MIDWEST REGION SKIRMISH RULES

1. SKIRMISHES

Section 1 : The schedule of Midwest Regional Skirmishes shall beestablished at the January/February meeting. Dates may be submitted and atentative schedule established at the October/November Meeting. Firm datessubmitted in October [November may not be superseded in January/Februaryby proposals submitted by other organizations.

Section 2: Only official skirmishes, as defined in the Skirmish Rules of theNorth-South Skirmish Association, Inc. may be Midwest RegionalSkirmishes.

Section 3: Invitations for participation in Midwest Regional Skirmishes

shall be sent to each member organization of the region. They may also be

sent to other member organizations of the N-SSA.

Section 4: Before invitations are sent out the host organization must submit

its proposed schedule of events, program, and list of awards to the Region

Commander at least EIGHT WEEKS in advance of the skirmish date. The

Commander will determine that all aspects of the skirmish comply with the

Skirmish Rules of the North-South Skirmish Association, Inc., and with

Midwest Region rules. The Commander shall disapprove any parts of the

proposal which are not in compliance with the rules.

Section 5: Upon approval of the skirmish proposal the Commander shall

authorize the host organization to send out invitations. He shall also forward

the insurance application to the North-South Skirmish Association Insurance

Chairman.

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Section 6: The commander has the power to veto any part of a skirmishprogram which is obviously contrary to the Skirmish Rules or other rules or

policies of the North-South Skirmish Association or the Midwest Region.

(see ARTICLE VIII, Section 5 of the by-laws of the North-South Skirmish

Association, Inc.)

Section 7: In the Midwest Region a competing organization is expected to

use its own members whenever possible. Organizations shall not set aside or

farm out their own members in order to use pick-ups from other

organizations.

Section 8: Participants in Midwest Region skirmishes must wear their

organization's approved uniform.

Section 9: Stakes, pickets, or any other "wood" targets excepting wood

blocks shall be made of single-thickness particle board.

Section 10: The Midwest Region may adopt, by a majority vote of the

member organizations present at a meeting, such rules as may be desired for

the regulation of regional skirmishes, provided such rules are not contrary to

the Skirmish Rules or the by-laws of the North-South Skirmish Association,

Inc.

11. SKIRMISH AWARDS

Section 1: ANNUAL REGIONAL AWARDS

A. The type and number of mnual regional awards shall be

established before the beginning of each skirmish season.

Section 2: ELIGIBILITY

A. To be eligible for regional awards a member organization orindividual competitor must participate in all Midwest Regional Skirmishes.

Section 3: REGIONAL TEAM AWARDS

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A. Each Midwest organization shall receive points at eachMidwest skirmish equal to its finish place, relative to the other MidwestOrganizations. 'A' and 'B' teams shall be computed separately.

B. Organizations which do not compete in a Midwest RegionalSkirmish shall be credited with points equal to the number of organizationsin the region. 'A' and 'B' teams shall be computed separately.

C. Host organizations shall receive the average of their pointsearned at the other Midwest Regional Skirmishes. 'A' and 'B' teams will becomputed separately.

D. Ties shall be broken by comparing the total elapsed times of thetied teams in the skirmishes they fired against each other. The tied teamsshall be ranked according to their comparative times, least to greatest. If thisfails to break the tie, it shall remain unbroken.

E. Awards shall be made to the teams which accumulate the leastnumber of points.

SECTION 4: REGIONAL INDIVIDUAL AWARDS

A. All regional individual events shall be contested with five (5)shot matches.

B. N-SSA targets shall be used for all regional individual matches.C. Awards shall be made to the competitors having the highestaccumulated scores in match competition throughout the year.D. Competitors must fire in all Midwest Regional Skirmishes.Members ofhost organizations shall receive the average of scores fired in

the other skirmishes as the score(s) for the skirmish they hosted.

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E. In the event of ties, winners shall be determined first by greaternumber of Xs, then by greatest single score, then by second greatest singlescore, then down by comparative single scores until a difference is found. Ifboth competitors had the same scores on their targets for the year the tie isunbreakable, and duplicate awards will be presented. Possession of rotatingtrophies shall be shared.

111. COMPANY CLASSIFICATIONS.

A. There shall be two classes of musket and carbine companies forregional competition.

B. Class A shall consist of all Midwest teams; only "B" and "C",etc. companies will be excepted.

C. Class B shall consist of all Midwest "B", "C", "D", etc. teams.

D. Any non-Midwest organization entering a team in a Midwestregional skirmish shall be entered in Class A. Its "B" or "C" teams shall beentered in Class B.

E. Medals shall be awarded to a minimum of the first three Class

A musket and carbine companies and the first place Class B musket and

carbine companies at each Midwest regional skirmish.

SECTION 6: ANNUAL REGIONAL INDIVIDUAL AWARDS

Regional annual awards for individual competition shall be based on the

same method which decides winners of individual skirmish medals: i.e.

highest scores of the day.

111. REGIONAL SERVICE AWARDS

The Midwest Region gives non-shooting awards to individuals or member

organizations whose contributions to the Region warrant them.

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Section 1. MIDWEST REGION SERVICE AWARD

Award: A bronze medallion with the Midwest Region logo; ribbon withmilitary clasp. Ribbon bars, as appropriate: "COMMANDER", "DEPUTYCOMMANDER", "INSPECTOR", "ADJUTANT".

Presented for: Completion of at least one two-year term in the office named.

Presented when: Medal with appropriate ribbon bar would be awarded whenthe recipient leaves the office for which it is awarded. Ribbon bars would begiven for subsequent offices, upon leaving each subsequent office.

Presented to: Officers who complete full two-year terms, and to previousofficers who completed full two-year terms and who are still members ingood standing ofN-SSA member organizations. Past officers who aredeceased or who are no longer skirmishing will have their names entered ofthe rolls of past region officers in the N-SSA museum.

Section 2: MIDWEST REGION DISTINGUISHED SERVICEAWARD

Award: A gold medallion with the Midwest Region logo, ribbon withmilitary clasp, gold ribbon bar imprinted: "DISTINGUISHED SERVICE".

Presented for: Contribution of time, talent or resources to the MidwestRegion and/or to the North-South Skirmish Association, Inc. which has

resulted in substantial benefit to the Midwest Region. These contributionsmay be through outstanding service in offices held, freely undertakenvolunteer tasks, good and faithful service on regional or national committee

and/or staff positions, or other contributions of major benefit to the region

which the Awards Committee deems worthy of this recognition. This award

should be made for contributions made over a period of time, and not for a

single act. It should be made to skirmishers who have demonstrated patterns

of service to the Midwest Region and/or the N-SSA.

Presented when: Medals will be awarded at a Midwest Region skirmish

following the required affirmative vote of the Midwest Region.

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Presented to: Members of Midwest Region member organizations, or to

members of non-Midwest Region organizations whose actions have

substantially benefited The Midwest Region. Deceased or inactive

skirmishers shall receive no medal, but shall have their names entered on a

roll of honor in the museum.

Section 3: AWARDS COMMITTEE

Membership: A three person committee will be appointed by the Region

Commander with the approval of a majority vote of the Commanders of the

Midwest Region organizations.

Chairman: The Committee Chairman will be elected from among the

committee members by the committee members.

Meetings: Committee meetings will be held at regional skirmishes, as

needed to consider nominations.

Quorum: A quorum shall consist of two-thirds of the committee members.

Section 4: NOMINATIONS FOR THE DISTINGUISHED

SERVICE AWARD

NOMINATIONS: Nominations for the Distinguished Service Medal may bemade to the chairman of the Awards Committee by any member of anyMidwest Region member organization.

FORMAT: Nominations must include the nominee's name and unit, the timeframe in which the nominee's distinguished service was performed, thespecifics of the nominee's acts of distinguished service, and the benefitsderived by the Midwest Region from those acts of distinguished service.

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Section 5: APPROVAL

The affirmative vote of two-thirds of the members present at an Awards

Committee meeting is required for recommendation of the award. If the

Awards Committee votes by telephone or by mail, a complete list of those

voting affirmatively and negatively shall be mailed to the entire committee

membership. All deliberations and votes of the Awards Committee are to be

in executive session. Vote totals and records are not to be made public.

Committee recommendation shall be forwarded to the Organization

Commanders where a three-fourths vote, of those present and voting, shall

be required for approval.

Section 6: CITATION

The Midwest Region Distinguished Service Award shall be accompanied byan appropriate printed citation, citing the recipient's contributions to theregion and the benefits accruing to the region. Citations only shall beawarded to Inactive recipients, and to next-of-kin of deceased recipients.Such citations shall be presented at Midwest Region skirmishes, ifarrangement can be made for attendance by the recipients or their designees.