SLAGA WANTS A MASCOT!

The board is asking for members' help to give SLAGA it's own named mascot.  A mascot is anything including an animal, person, character, or object, that is adopted by a group as a symbolic figure. Mascot characters for organizations help engage the community and can create an inviting and fun atmosphere when they appear on organizational announcements, social media, and promotional merchandise too. Mascots are terrific advertising tools. Our own Geocaching.com has "Signal the Frog," and other caching organizations have mascots as well.  So if your creative, artful, clever, or not, and want to participate in the SLAGA mascot design and mascot name competition, keep reading.  

For this friendly competition, members may submit either a design Or a name Or both, since these two catergories will be voted on separately.  More than one entry is permissable from members so we have a variety of options from which to choose.  All entries must comply with the following guidelines. 

• Mascot design/artwork must be 2-dimensional ORIGINAL work only (to avoid copyright infringement).  Any submission that is intellectual property of another company or sports entity will automatically be disqualified
• Mascot design/artwork entry must be submitted without a name on the image, because design entries are separate from name entries.  And since there are two separate voting categories for this competition, design and name, it is possible that the chosen design entry could end up with a different chosen name than one that may have been submitted by the winning design creator. Please be aware of this.
• Mascot design and mascot name entries must be FAMILY-FRIENDLY.   
• Mascot design and mascot name should reflect some aspect(s) of SLAGA or SLAGAland, or geocaching in general. 
• The winning/chosen mascot design and mascot name will become the sole property of SLAGA. 
• All entries must be in the hands of the SLAGA Officers no later than midnight May 19, 2024 via email or snail mail attachment. 

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Mailing Address:  

              SLAGA 
              101 W. Argonne Dr.
              PMB226
              Kirkwood, MO 63122

If you are artistically challenged, but have a creative design idea, you are encouraged to join up with another more 'artistic' geocacher to submit your mascot design as a team. 

All entries received by May 19 will be presented for voting purposes via email to all members with photos of the design entries and the name entries along with a ballot for voting for your favorites.  Voting instructions and the 'respond by' date will be included in the email.  This will be conducted similarly to the voting for board officers every term.  After the votes are tallied, sometime in early summer, the board will announce the winning design and winning name. Note that final approval of the SLAGA mascot and name will be by the SLAGA board.  The winner(s) award will be the recognition, thanks, and notoriety for years to come for having created the SLAGA mascot. 

Our geocaching organization's mascot should stand out, entertain, engage and be fun!  They should be designed with merchandise like pathtags, trackables, and apparel in mind especially.  So get your creative juices flowing and submit your mascot entry by May 19, and give SLAGA a new 'face!'