IMPLEMENTING RULES AND REGULATIONS ON

NFJPIA-R3 CHRISTMAS PHOTO CONTEST

REVISION HISTORY:

Version No. Date Prepared By Approved By Noted By Details 1 12/11/2014 Patricia Ella V. Sicat Renzel D. Evangelista Conrad Allan M. Alviz Initial Issue

TABLE OF CONTENTS BACKGROUND .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 3

OBJECTIVES ................................................................................................................................................................................................... 3

CONTEST RULES AND MECHANICS ................................................................................................................................................... 3

ENFORCEMENT OF THE IMPLEMENTING RULES AND REGULATIONS .......................................................................... 4

AMENDMENTS OR REVISIONS............................................................................................................................................................. 5

SEPARABILITY CLAUSE ........................................................................................................................................................................... 5

REPEALING CLAUSE .................................................................................................................................................................................. 5

EFFECTIVITY................................................................................................................................................................................................. 5

BACKGROUND

NFJPIA-R3, in its celebration of the Yuletide Season, is launching the NFJPIA-R3 Christmas Photo Contest

2014. NFJPIA-R3 is looking for great pictures with unique qualities that will showcase creativity in

highlighting the true essence of Christmas. This, moreover, is a way for NFJPIA-R3 members and other

parties to witness how we conquer academic stress and pressure and still live up with the spirit of being

one and united remembering the birth of our Savior Jesus Christ. Show them how you uniquely celebrate

Christmas with your fellow JPIAns! Show them how you enjoy this season through pictures of you and

your peers.

OBJECTIVES

1. To exalt, in every JPIAns heart, the joy and essence of being an Accountancy student in the festivity

and, at the same time, solemnity of the Christmas Season.

2. To showcase the members creativity through photography.

CONTEST RULES AND MECHANICS

1. NFJPIA-R3 Christmas Photo Contest 2014 is open to all bona fide members of NFJPIA R3 for the

federation year 2014-2015.

2. There shall be two divisions: a) R3 Christmas Groupie and b) R3 Christmas Selfie.

3. All NFJPIA-R3 members shall be allowed to send an entry for this competition. Multiple entries

featuring the same person or group shall not be allowed. For groupies, multiple entries having the

same four (4) members shall be automatically disqualified.

4. A selfie shall be composed of only one individual while a groupie shall be composed of five to eight

persons.

5. Both selfie and groupie shall highlight the Christmas Decorations of the Local Chapter.

6. There should only be one photo, the use of collage shall not be allowed.

7. Participants may use any application in capturing the Christmas Photo but the copy which shall be

submitted to the Council shall be in .jpg or .jpeg format.

8. The Christmas Photo shall be messaged in the NFJPIA Region 3 Page. The message shall contain the

photograph, name/s of the participant/s, and the Local Chapter. Those who lack details shall not form

part of the official entries.

9. Deadline of submission is on December 19, 2014 (Friday).

10. All valid entries shall be posted in the album #HappiestR3Christmas in the NFJPIA-R3s Official

Facebook Page on December 20, 2014.

11. Participants shall then share or repost their entry with the hashtags #HappiestR3Selfie or

HappiestR3Groupie and #NFJPIAR3. No hashtags shall constitute to no share.

12. The criteria for judging is as follows:

Uniqueness, Creativity and Artistry 40% Online Voting (Facebook Likes) 30% Online Shares 20% Overall Photo Quality 10% Total 100%

13. For Online Voting (FB Likes), the highest number of votes shall get 30% and shall be the basis of the

percentage of the other entries. The use of auto-liking is prohibited, such action shall constitute to

disqualification. The same computation shall apply to Online Shares.

Example:

Entry 1 1,000 likes 30% Highest number of votes Entry 2 950 likes 28.5% (950/1,000) * 30% Entry 3 50 likes 1.5% (50/1,000) * 30%

14. The Online Voting (FB Likes) and Online Shares are until 1:00 PM of December 24, 2014

(Wednesday) ONLY.

15. The top three highest pointers shall be declared as the 1st placer, 2nd placer and 3rd placer

respectively. The winning photo shall be announced and shown on December 24, 2014.

ENFORCEMENT OF THE IMPLEMENTING RULES AND REGULATIONS

1. It shall be the primary duty of the Regional Secretary General to effectively enforce the provisions of

this Implementing Rules and Regulations. The Council also has the sole right to interpret the contents

of this Implementing Rules and Regulations and their decision shall be binding and irrevocable.

2. The Regional Adviser or his duly designated representative shall act as legal adviser to the Regional

Secretary General and the Council and shall render legal assistance as may be necessary in carrying

out the provisions of this Implementing Rules and Regulations.

AMENDMENTS OR REVISIONS

1. The Council shall be vested with the exclusive power to revise and amend the Implementing Rules

and Regulations.

2. Any amendments to or revisions to this Implementing Rules and Regulations may be proposed by any

member of any local chapter upon a written request of such member, stating the reasons thereto.

3. Any request for amendments and revisions as well as proposed amendments must initially be

reviewed by the Regional Secretary General then to be forwarded to the Regional Executive Officers

for discussion, editing and final approval and to be noted by the Regional Adviser.

4. The Regional Executive Officers shall have the right to debunk any proposed revisions and

amendments, submitted to them by the Regional Secretary General, which are deemed unnecessary.

The final decision on any inclusions and exclusions to this Implementing Rules and Regulations must

be determined by a majority vote of all Regional Executive Officers in which the Regional Secretary

General is included.

5. Amendments to particular provisions in this Implementing Rules and Regulations shall be allowed

provided that such amendments will be communicated to stakeholders at least two weeks before it

could take effect, or in extreme cases.

SEPARABILITY CLAUSE

If any clause, provision, paragraph or part of this Implementing Rules and Regulations shall be declared

unconstitutional or invalid, such judgment shall not affect, invalidate, or impair any other part hereof, but

shall be merely confined to the clause, provision, paragraph or part directly involved in the controversy

in which such judgment has been rendered.

REPEALING CLAUSE

Any rule and regulation or resolution or part/s thereof inconsistent with the provisions of this

Implementing Rules and Regulations are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.

EFFECTIVITY

This Implementing Rules and Regulations shall take effect immediately after its presentation and

approval from the Assembly. Promulgated in Pampanga this 8th day of December, 2014.

PREPARED BY:

_________________________________________________ Patricia Ella V. Sicat

SECRETARY GENERAL Tarlac State University

APPROVED BY:

_________________________________________________ Renzel D. Evangelista

PRESIDENT Our Lady of Fatima University

_________________________________________________ Kim Lamberth N. Matic

VICE PRESIDENT FOR ACADEMICS Holy Angel University

_________________________________________________ Patricia Joie M. Clamonte

VICE PRESIDENT FOR NON-ACADEMICS Phinma - Araullo University

_________________________________________________ Mariel L. De Lara

VICE PRESIDENT FOR FINANCE Phinma - Araullo University

_________________________________________________ Christian G. Dela Rosa

VICE PRESIDENT FOR MEMBERSHIP Eduardo L. Joson Memorial College

_________________________________________________ Jonnel L. Patricio

VICE PRESIDENT FOR COMMUNICATIONS Dr. Gloria D. Lacson Foundation Colleges

_________________________________________________ Nowielyn V. Alpuerto

VICE PRESIDENT FOR MEDIA Baliuag University

_________________________________________________ Arvin Mark A. Francisco

VICE PRESIDENT FOR AUDIT Central Luzon State University

NOTED BY:

_________________________________________________ Conrad Allan M. Alviz, CPA, CISA, CIA

ADVISER SGV & Co.