Hi, Ukrainian organizing committe has trouble with one winner.
In 2012 the chapter board set rules for Ukrainian part of the competition,
which contains a point that organizing committe members, jury and their
family members (I don't know how to translate precisely, and the correct
word matters here) cannot take part in the competition. According to our
rules places are determined by jury but organizing committee can disqualify
works.
This year we found out only after final jury round that second place is
authored by one of jury member's father an his wife. While we have no
direct objections that this choice was unfair or biased, we thougth that it
would be difficult to understand by other people and may harm the contest
reputation. We decided not give the prize from the chapter but to present
this photo among 10 best to international competition and say that it was
seconf by jury decision but authors were not given prizes due to violation
of the rules as the organizing committe decided.
Now the authors of this photo ask us questions
1) There is no prohibition in the international rules for jury members'
family. Does our chapter have a right to add additional criterias?
2) Can a father be qualified as a family member? Is this a good criteria?
3) Is this ok for organizing committee to override jury decision in this
case?
Oranizing committe, the winner and jury member in question are in copy.
Thank you,
Illia