Yes, there is a report. ICG International Competitions Standards of
Practice from 2010
On Thu, Dec 27, 2018 at 3:28 PM Kevin Roche <kevin@twistedimage.com> wrote:
> I was part of the group considering the Anime North application so long
> ago... I though we submitted a report on future procedures...
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> On Thu, Dec 27, 2018 at 10:55 AM Merrily Wolf ma_walking_wolf@yahoo.com
> [ICG-BOD] <ICG-BOD@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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>> If they meet the guidelines yet don’t get official approval it would be
>> more appropriate to have them say they “meet the ICG stated standards”
>> since the ICG is not actually giving them any real seal of approval. To
>> give them a seal of approval there would have to be some oversight to make
>> sure they comply and stay in compliance.
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>> Merrily
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>> On Thursday, December 27, 2018, 12:39 PM, Marianne Pease
>> marianne.esl@gmail.com [ICG-BOD] <ICG-BOD@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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>> I think it would actually be a good idea to offer some sort of seal of
>> appproval or recognition for convention masquerades. I've been toying this
>> idea while working on the guidelines this year- mostly by myself. In a
>> nutshell:
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>> 1. Clearly define what local, regional, and international masquerades
>> look like. Make a checklist for each.
>> 2. Offer ICG fair play guidelines for use in governing their masquerades.
>> 3. Let an individual masquerade self-declare whether they're
>> local/regional/international without us being official gate keepers.
>> 4. If a convention self-declares themselves as running under ICG
>> guidelines, request that they donate a copy of their official photos and
>> the masquerade results to our archives.
>> 5. Offer a "We use ICG Guidelines" seal that they can include on their
>> website and advertising material as well as a "Included in the ICG
>> Archives" seal that links to us.
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>> On Wed, Dec 26, 2018 at 7:13 PM Merrily Wolf ma_walking_wolf@yahoo..com
>> [ICG-BOD] <ICG-BOD@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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>> I agree with Byron. We either need to outline requirements to be
>> recognized or change the wording so we don't get applications.
>> Unfortunately, I don't have the experience to volunteer for this working
>> group.
>> Merrily
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>> On Wednesday, December 26, 2018, 6:58:52 PM EST, Byron Connell
>> byronpconnell@gmail.com [ICG-BOD] <ICG-BOD@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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>> Marianne --
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>> This is the second inquiry I’ve seen in only a couple of months seeking
>> ICG recognition of a masquerade as an international-level competition. Our
>> only guidance is the 2010 statement on the web site, “Accrediting
>> International Costume Competitions,” at
>> http://costume.org/wp/standards-of-practice-for-costume-competitions-requesting-icg-recognition-as-international/.
>> I do not believe it gives the ICG sufficient guidance to make
>> determinations when groups actually ask us to consider them. I suggest you
>> put together a small working group to develop the statement into either
>> workable guidelines for recognition or something that will discourage
>> applications.
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>> For those who don’t know, the phrase, “international-level competition”
>> came with the original version of the Guidelines in 2006. As I recall, we
>> came up with the phrase to cover World Science Fiction Convention
>> masquerades and Costume-Con Masquerades because the worldcons were
>> international by definition and we wanted to promote costume-cons as being
>> at the same level, and of course, because we were the *International*
>> Costumers’ Guild. We added Anime North subsequently, in part because the
>> con convinced us of the masquerade’s scope and quality and, once again, in
>> part because we were *International *ourselves.
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>> From my perspective, the first question an appicant should answer ought
>> to be, “How many entrants in each of the last five masquerades came from a
>> different country from the one in which it was held and what percentage did
>> they constitute each year? Please break the numbers and percentages down by
>> country of origin.”
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>> In the meantime, someone needs to answer Ms. Zusi — preferably one of the
>> officers, in my opinion.
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>> Byron
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>> My name is Lyndsey and I'm the Assistant Director of Programming (Cosplay
>> Division) and Masquerade Coordinator for Anime Boston. I'm reaching out to
>> you today to determine what steps our Masquerade would need to take in
>> order for the ICG to recognize our masquerade as an "international level
>> competition."
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>> I've been discussing this with Vicky Assarattanakuland she mentioned that
>> the first step is that someone would need to bring the matter to the Board
>> of Directors. Is this something you would be willing to help me with? If
>> you're interested, you can view our rules
>> <http://www.animeboston.com/cosplay/masquerade/>here. Anime Boston is
>> run by NEAS, the New England Anime Society (a non-profit with a mission
>> statement grounded in promoting and educating on Japanese culture).. Anime
>> Boston is the flagship event and adheres to this mission statement closely.
>> We work closely with the Japanese consulate, have a sister-city program,
>> and we routinely gather the most Japanese guests of any convention in the
>> USA. For the last ten or so years, Anime Boston has cemented a place for
>> itself amongst the cosplay community as one of the largest, most
>> competitive, and fairest Masquerades in the USA. Our convention brings in
>> about 25k people each year and we always have a full house (about 3k
>> people) for the Masquerade. In my role as Masq Coordinator over the last
>> four years, I've been trying to push our event and competitors to be better
>> and better - and one of the ways I would love to do this for 2019 is to
>> gain recognition with the ICG. So far as I can tell, we adhere to the
>> standards you have listed on your website - we do have separate
>> craftsmanship awards that are considered outside of performance, with the
>> split being about 40/60 in regards to awards granted based on performance
>> vs craftsmanship, respectively.
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>> I will be happy to provide any documentation or additional information
>> that the board should need.
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>> Thank you for your time and your consideration;
>> *Lyndsey Zusi*
>> Anime Boston 2019
>> Assistant Director of Programming, Cosplay Division
>> Masquerade Coordinator
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