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Breeder Award Program

  Breeder Award Program Chairperson:

  Purpose
  To encourage members of SWMAS to breed fish, and disseminate information concerning the
  spawning and rearing of fish.

  To promote interest in, and make available, a wider variety of fish.

  To improve membership participation in SWMAS.

  Program
  Participants will breed fish, report successes to committee members, and raise at least ten (10) fish
  to at least sixty (60) days of age.  Points will be awarded according to the difficulty, on a scale of five (5)
  to twenty (20) in five point increments.

  At this time, the award system will be a decorative plaque with brass slips denoting eight levels of
  achievement at fifty (50) point intervals.

  Committee
  The B.A.P. Committee will consist of a chairperson, to be appointed by the Executive Board, and at least two (2)
  other members, to be selected from the members who do not hold other offices in the club (if possible).
  The Chairperson shall be responsible for keeping all records up to date, choosing committee members,
  verifying spawns, and calling committee meetings when necessary.

  The remaining committee members shall assume the duties of the Chairperson in his/her absence,
  help to determine point scores for fish not on the schedule or in dispute, and provide any help and
  assistance necessary to make this program successful.

  Rules
  Points are awarded only once for any species.  In case of a hybrid spawn, the breeder may choose
  either species to determine points.

  Egg must be produced in the breeder’s own tanks, NOT obtained from another breeder.

  The breeder must have at least ten (10) fry not less than sixty (60) days of age from hatching.
  These fry must be witnessed by a B.A.P. committee member at a meeting.
  At that time, the breeder will turn in a report form.

  In case of small spawns, fry from succeeding spawns may be turned in until at least ten (10) fry of at
  least sixty (60) days of age have been witnessed.  Points will be awarded after the youngest fry have
  been witnessed.  The B.A.P. Chairperson will not be responsible for keeping records of partial spawns;
  this is strictly the responsibility of the breeder.

  To receive the award at each fifty (50) point level, the breeder must submit an original article to the
  SWAM publication on one of the species spawned by the breeder.  The article must be at least 200
  words in length, or longer.  If the breeder wished, they may ask the B.A.P. Chairperson to approve an
  article on some other phase of the hobby.

  Points may be transferred from another society if the breeder can provide documented listings of the
  species spawned.  The points will then be tallied according to the SWMAS listing.  The breeder is still
  required to write the required articles by SWMAS to achieve each level in the B.A.P.

  Additional Notes
  The points allocated are, of necessity, subjective values.  We have attempted to adopt the most widely
  accepted point scale in use.

  If it is not possible to bring fry to a meeting for witnessing, the breeder may request a B.A.P. committee
  member to witness them elsewhere.  Prior notification of the committee member is necessary when this
  is done.  (No surprises!)

  The eight levels of accomplishment are titled:

  Articles must be submitted BEFORE the award will be given.

  Participants may act as a family or as discrete individuals.
  Once the choice is made it will be adhered to.
  EXCEPTION:
  When younger family members reach an appropriate age to become junior or adult members they
  may choose to start their own participation.

  Species of any point value may be spawned at any level of participation.

  This list of rules and conditions is not necessarily final.  Additions and corrections may become
  necessary as experience and opinions develop.J

For more information, and questions, please e-mail George Coy

This page was last updated  Saturday, March 03, 2007