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SLOVAK HUMOUR ACADEMY
Statute of institution and competition at Festival of humour and satire Kremnické gagy®

STATUTE

Article n.1 – Constitution
a) Slovak Humour Academy (SHA) is the council of Slovak humourists who act and work in Slovak Republic. It was established during the Festival of humour and satire Kremnické gagy® (Festival Kremnické gagy) in Kremnica based on the tradition of this unique event held every year.
b) The founders of festival are main organizers of Festival Kremnické gagy. Main organizers of festival Kremnické gagy are following: Mesto Kremnica (Kremnica City), Nezisková organizácia NEO (Nonprofit organization), n.o. Bratislava, G.A.G. – umelecká agentúra (art creative agency), spol. s r.o. Banská Bystrica, Spolok KM Labyrint (Club KM Labyrint – Civic association), o.z. Kremnica and Múzeum gýča (Bad Art Museum – Civic association), o. z. Kremnica.
c) Firts conference and constitution sitting of SHA was held during 24th year of Festival Kremnické gagy on 28th August 2004.
d) Festival Kremnické gagy is generally held during last August weekend of a year.
Article n.2 – Guarantees
a) Organization guarantees of SHA are main organizers of Festival Kremnické gagy.
b) Special guarantees of SHA are members of SHA council – the academicians.
c) Organization guarantees and special guarantees of SHA are appealing to another cultural organizations, enterpreneurs, medias and celebrities in order to support the festival by their representation.
Article n.3 – Program and intention
a) The function of SHA is to monitor art productions and to create the space for evaluating the position and value of humour and satire in every art performance in Slovakia by awarding the prizes for best Slovak humourists at Festival Kremnické gagy.
b) As a longtime aim of SHA is to motivate and support Slovak humour and satire actors/actresses and creators to progress into more quality and advanced work or performances in every art genre together with an effort to influence public opinion towards better and quality lifestyle where humour and satire are essential.
Article n.4 – Membership
a) Members of Slovak Humour Academy are designated annually by main dramaturge of Festival Kremnické gagy, at least six months before festival opening.
b) Best humourists, humour representatives or specialists professionally working with humour in some of art genres (the academicians) are among the members of Slovak Humour Academy. The membership in Slovak Humour Academy is annual and must be confirmed by celebrity addressed. Membership is closed after finishing the festival.
c) All important arrangements and decisions must be validated in the attendance of at least 50 % of academicians. Final decision must be accepted by more than a half of attendant academicians.
d) Council of acedemicians creates festival´s dramaturgy, represents preparation and events during festival and nominates works and performances in individual genres to be awarded.
e) The chief representative of Slovak Humour Academy is ”President of SHA”, who must agree with his proposition and is proposed and voted by academicians for two years (seasons).
f) Slovak Humour Academy membership is honorary function.
g) President of Slovak Humour Academy and all academicians are VIP guests which means that they can visit all events and performances free of charge.
Article n.5 – Nominations commission
a) Academicians, Festival Kremnické gagy main dramaturge and President of SHA composed the Nominations commission, which nominates best art works and performances for last year or season (from September to June) in individual categories after proposals of Academical plenum members and academicians. Nominations commission choose also from aplication forms.
b) President of Nominations commission is main dramaturge of Festival Kremnické gagy.
c) Nominations commission is composed of members from every art-humouristic category in actual year.
Article n.6 – Academical plenum
a) Academical plenum is advisory member of Slovak Humour Academy composed of cultural and social life celebrities in Slovak Republic.
b) Members of Slovak Humour Academy Academical plenum are proposed by academicians and are approved by Slovak Humour Academy council. Academical plenum membership is voluntary, annual and every member of Academical plenum must agree with her/his proposition. Membership is closed after finishing the festival.
c) Ex-academicians and presidents of Slovak Humour Academy become automatically members of Academical plenum. This membership is voluntary, lifelong and must be approved by every member.
d) Members of Slovak Humour Academy Academical plenum have a right to:
- recommend considerable works and performances to Slovak Humour Academy Nominations commission to be awarded the Golden Gander (in writing: by application form delivered – till the end of last season, it means till 30th June);
- propose the concept of program to Festival dramaturgy;
- attend the Festival Kremnické gagy as a guest with a free ticket to all events and performances.
Article n.7 – Competition
a) Slovak Humour Academy annually announces great prestige competition. Best art works and performances in humour and satire area are awarded the ”Golden Gander.”
b) Nominations commission directly proposes art works and performances in every category.
c) Every natural or artificial person in Slovakia can suggest nomination proposals. It is possible by sending the letter with name of performance, author, main actor and place or time of next performance or by electronic devices (Betacam SP, DVCAM, DV, CD, VHS, DVD).
d) It is possible to send the application form by post or by e-mail through internet page www.gagy.sk
e) The deadline for sending the application form is 30th June of actual year.
f) Productions, which were not seen by members of Slovak Humour Academy Nominations commission or by dramaturgy or have not been recorded on electronic devices can not be proposed for competition.
g) Only those productions which have had its premiere during last season, their copyright is with no doubts and 60 % part of authors have Slovak nationality can be proposed for competition.
h) If none production in some category was created in last season, Nominations commission does not have to announce any nomination. In such a case the Golden Gander in this category is not awarded.
i) Works and performances created by one of the academician of Slovak Humour Academy can be proposed for competition. However, this academician may not propose or evaluate the performances in category where her/his production is held. Nomination like this must be proposed by at least 3 members of Slovak Humour Academy.
j) Members of Slovak Humour Academy Nominations Commission approve the proposals for best works and performances awarding in every category by the nomination for major prize. This prize works like the invitation for Festival Kremnické gagy. Festival dramaturgy arranges work or performance into festival´s main program for public after agreement with authors of work or performance. If this agreement is not possible, nominated performance will not be arrange into program.
Article n. 8 – Categories
a) Art works and performances are divided into 10 categories which correspond with actual situation in humour and satire area in Slovakia. Their classification can be modified after the consensus of Slovak Humour Academy members.
b) 1. Categories:
1.1 Theatre performances, cabarets and motional productions
1.2 Music productions (all genres)
1.3

Street productions ( juggling, magic and illusions, statues, ...) and improvisations

1.4 Children productions (puppetry, theatre, musical...) and recitation
1.5 Caricatures, photographs and others paint works
1.6 Literary and journalistic works
1.7 Audio and audiovisual records of performances and events, internet pages
c) 2. Prizes :
2.1 Stano Radič prize for New Artist
2.2 Trafená hus – prize for the most awkward work or event of a year
Article n. 9 – Voting
a) Voting about nominations will be held fifteen (15) days after posting the application forms for the Golden Gander nominations deadline.
b) Voting about prizes awarding will be held during Nominations commission sitting at festival, at latest one day before announcing the Golden Ganders winners.
c) Voting about nominations and prizes awarding provided by Nominations commission must be attended at least by half of actual academicians.
d) Only more than a half of academicians can decide about winners.
e) Golden Gander award for work or performance where the academician of Slovak Humour Academy participated must be agreed by all attended members of Slovak Humour Academy.
f) The voice of Slovak Humour Academy President is counted as two voices if decision is indecisive.
g) Voting about nomination and prize awarding for work or performance where the academician took a participation as an author is not permitted for this academician.
h) If none nomination in some category was agreed by majority of members, the prize will not be awarded.
i) If the value of works or performances in the same category is equal, Slovak Humour Academy can divide the prize among several winners, award ”ex-equo” prize or award more prizes in one genre (maximum are three prizes).
j) Publication of Golden Gander laureates will be held at the end of Festival Kremnické gagy in Kremnica.
Article n. 10 – Award
a) The main prize in every art genre and category is the ”Golden Gander”, male of goose. The idea, that Slovak humour started its development from ”common goose” (which produces the sound ”...gág, gág...”) has the same age as Festival Slovenské or Kremnické gagy in Kremnica (*13th November, 1981). Symbol of ”gander”is mascot of festival, metal statuette of ”gander” is main prize of Slovak Humour Academy.
b) Slovak Humour Academy can award special prizes (Progress of humour, ”Brake” of humour, ...) and prizes for ”lifelong humour”.
c) Besides the main prize, Slovak Humour Academy also awards the Medal of humourists with portraits of J. Satinský, J. Filip and S. Radič for saving Slovak humour and help to Festival Slovenské gagy.
d) Slovak Humour Academy can after agreement with organizers of Festival Kremnické gagy also award financial award.
Article n. 11 – Approbation and declaration
a) The statute for actual season is approved by council of Slovak Humour Academy at its first sitting by major part of members´ voices.
b) The statute of Slovak Humour Academy and announciation of ”Golden Gander” competition are characterised like public bill and Slovak Humour Academy guarantees provide them in print and electronic forms.
c) ”Golden Gander” competition must be announced and publicated at latest six (6) months before opening the Festival Kremnické gagy.

Bratislava, 5th November, 2006