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Master Advancement Requirements Old and New Scoring System

Non- Non- Cumulative 30 15 Inter- Pro- Ad- Salon
Cumulative Cumulative Salon point point Beginner mediate ficient vanced and
Gold Award Club Points Acceptances higher
Salon to 27 99 122 14 7 Silver Bronze No No No
Master award award award
Master to 15
Master level 2 27 99 200 16 8 Gold Silver Bronze No No
Master Level 2 27 99 287 award award
to level 3 17
Master Level 3 27 99 391 18 9 Gold Gold Silver Bronze No
to level 4 award
Master Level 4 19
to level 5 27 99 513 20 10 Gold Gold Gold Silver Bronze
Master Level 5 36 132 664
to level 6 21
Master Level 6 22 11 Gold Gold Gold Gold Silver
to level 7 36 132 838
Master Level 7 23
to level 8 36 132 1046 24 12 Com Com Gold Gold Gold
Master Level 8 36 132 1277
to level 9 25
Master Level 9 26 and 13 and Com Com Com Com Com
to level 10 36 132 1508 above above

New rankings from p5 now been increased to 12 Golds and 44 Points.
• Level 3: allocating members to the newly
and 1 for a Bronze. Members therefore ben- introduced third level — Proficient —
efit from entering images, even if they re- was a bit more complicated. The require-
ceive no Golds. ment is now 15 Golds and 55 Points.
Lesley had her work cut out updating Our previous third level – Advanced
the PhotoVaultOnline (PVO) with the – required 10 Golds, 50 Points and 5
new 15-point scoring system, as well Salon acceptances.
as adding the new ranking levels. Some of the members who were pre-
These Points and Gold awards are only viously ranked at Level 3 (Advanced)
valid for that particular level and can- will be reclassified Proficient, namely
not be carried forward. Salon accept- those with between 15 and 20 Golds
ances are, however, cumulative. and 55 and 76 Points. Advanced mem-
While not required for the junior levels bers with more Golds and Points will re-
(including the new Proficient level), all main at the Advanced level.
salon acceptances you’ve earned count • Level 4: in the new system you require 21
when you want to advance to Level 5 (Salon) Golds and 77 Points to reach the fourth level,
onward – as long as the maximum allowed 3 ac- namely Advanced, which is now our first sen-
ceptances per image has not been exceeded. Lesley Parolis. ior level. In the old system our fourth level was
The tables on page 4 and above explain the called Salon and you required 50 Gold awards
new requirements for advancement, when compared to and 15 Salon acceptances to reach our highest level in
the old system. the old system.
• Level 1 and 2 Beginner to Intermediate: the Points • Level 5: in the new system this level will be called Sa-
and Golds earned by members in these rankings have lon and you will require 27 Gold awards, 99 Points and
been carried over to the new systems. Previously you 52 cumulative salon acceptances (please note, only 3 ac-
needed 5 Golds and 40 Points, which many members ceptances per image counts).
achieved prematurely within a few months, instead of • Level 6 to 10: the first five Master levels require 27
the recommended 18 months. These requirements have Golds and 99 Points, plus an increasing num- To p6

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