Plaque Attack! Billy the Bobber

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The Florida District Plaque Attack is an addition to the Florida District Visitation Program. The Plaque Attack featuring Billy the Bobber is another incentive for Chapters to get out and visit. The following are the rules for capturing Billy the Bobber (Florida District Plaque Attack):
Rule # 1 All participants must have FUN!
Rule # 2 Only Florida District Chapters may capture Billy the Bobber and must have a minimum of 3 participants.
Rule # 3 All Chapter Participants must arrive together at the location the plaque is being given away.
Rule # 4 All Chapter Participants must arrive within 30 minutes of the event start time.
Rule # 5 Chapter Directors (or designee) must present a paper copy of a Mapquest map to the Chapter giving away the Billy the Bobber.
Rule # 6 The Mapquest map must show the route and miles plus number of Chapter Participants.
Rule # 7 Miles must be computed from the prospective capturing Chapters monthly Gathering location to the Plaque Attack giveaway location using the shortest distance.
Rule # 8 Overall miles are calculated by multiplying the number of miles and Chapter Participants.
Rule # 9 The Chapter with the highest mileage total will capture Billy the Bobber.
Rule # 10 Any question as to miles traveled or other issues must be resolved at the time of the capture. Once the plaque has departed the point of capture, there is no recall.
Rule # 11 Hosting CD completes the verification form (Date, Capturing Chapter, Mileage, # of People, Total Points as determined by all eligible Chapters per Rules 5-10) and Host CD signs form to verify winner.
Rule # 12 A Chapter which has captured Billy the Bobber is not eligible to take it back from the Chapter that immediately captured it from. Billy the Bobber must pass through that Chapter and be in possession of another Chapter.
Rule # 13 The capturing Chapter must make Billy the Bobber available within 30 days of capture on a Saturday or Sunday.
Rule # 14 When in doubt refer to Rule 1!

It is the responsibility of the capturing Chapter to report the capture immediately to the following:
Bill & Gina Berry, Florida District Director, bgberry93@tampabay.rr.com
Howie Taylor, Florida District Webmaster, gwrraflorida@gmail.com

The Florida District Plaque Attack goes into play at the annual Chapter Conference each January and will be recalled and returned to the Florida District Director no later the December 15th.

At the annual Florida District Chapter Conference the winning Chapter will be announced. The Chapter will be awarded Billy the Bobber.

The Florida District Director is excluded from the mileage calculations in capturing Billy the Bobber.

Revised: 1/2013

Visitation Competition

The purpose of the visitation program is to promote Chapter Visitation by attending the events of other Chapters, Florida District and attending the Region A Rally/Convention. This exposes GWRRA Members within Florida to new friends and FUN activities and is in keeping with the GWRRA motto; Friends for Fun, Safety & Knowledge.

Rule # 1 All participants must have FUN!
Rule # 2 A minimum of three (3) Chapter Participants with a current GWRRA membership are required to count for a Chapter Visitation.
Rule # 3 Members of the International, Region A and Florida District Teams that reside in Florida are allowed to participate in the Chapter Visitation Program for their Home Chapter.
Rule # 4 Multi-Chapter Events - Only the host Chapter counts for Visitation not each individual Chapter involved.
Rule # 5 The Chapter Visitation Program will run from December 16, 2012 to December 15, 2013
Rule # 6 February - November: Double Visitation points (Total) for Visitations to designated Chapters as per schedule on District Website. All Chapters will have a designated month during the year (3 - 4 Chapters during any one month). Just another incentive for you to get out and visit your FL GWRRA friends and to have FUN!
Example:
Miles Points 40 + Participants Points 30 + Event Type 25 = 95 (Total). 95 +
95 = 190 (Grand Total)
Rule # 7 Year End Bonus Points
Bonus points will be awarded at the end of the year to a Chapter for the total number of different Chapters visited during the year.

Double Point Visitation Schedule

The purpose of the visitation program is to promote Chapter Visitation by attending the events of other Chapters, Florida District and attending the Region A Rally/Convention. This exposes GWRRA Members within Florida to new friends and FUN activities and is in keeping with the GWRRA motto; Friends for Fun, Safety & Knowledge.

 

FEBRUARY 2013					JULY 2013
FL1-A FL1-S FL1-V				Tampa Zephyrhills Jacksonville Beach	FL1-F2 FL2-H FL1-A2	Ocala Wauchula Tallahassee
MARCH 2013					AUGUST 2013
FL1-H2 FL1-G FL2-G	Orlando Deltona Ft. Myers				FL1-E2 FL1-W FL2-F	Ft. Walton Beach Apopka Punta Gorda
APRIL 2013					SEPTEMBER 2013
FL1-L2 FL1-Y FL2-E FL1-D	Wesley Chapel Gainesville Miami Pensacola				FL1-K FL1-B FL1-L FL2-A	Palm Coast Brandon Panama City West Palm
MAY 2013					OCTOBER 2013
FL1-R FL1-T FL1-J FL2-B2 FL2-R			Dunnellon Inverness Jacksonville Sarasota Ft. Lauderdale		FL1-H FL2-N FL1-D2 FL2-L	Daytona Beach Cocoa New Port Richey Lakeland
JUNE 2013					NOVEMBER 2013
FL2-W FL1-M FL2-D FL2-B2 FL1-O		Winter Haven Clearwater Melbourne Sarasota DeFuniak Springs			FL1-X FL1-K2 FL2-O	Orange Park St. Petersburg Stuart