PRESENT AND Former Queens of GUMMSAA

Only persons representing one of the Regions of GUMMSAA USA who are registered GUMMSAA members in good standing shall be eligible to contest the Annual GUMMSAA-USA Queen Contest. A contestant shall participate as long as her membership dues are fullyid b pay the time of the contest.

For planning purposes, all regions shall disclose the names, address, telephone numbers and biographical information of their queen contestants to the chairperson of the Queen Contest Committee of GUMMSAA-USA at least one month prior to the start of the National Reunion Conference. Each regional coordinator shall also submit to the Queen Contest Committee chairperson the name of a person to escort the contestant at the contest no later than one day before the day of the queen contest.

Each queen contestant or regional coordinator shall appoint a neutral person to carry its plate from the contest table to the Counting Room to be counted by the Queen Contest Committee and certified by the National Treasurer or designee. This courier will also serve as the contestant’s representative to observe the counting of all funds collected in the Queen Contest, and shall be present in the Counting Room until the final results are announced in the contest.

The National Treasurer of GUMMSAA-USA shall be in attendance in the counting room to receive, count and certify all proceeds from the rounds in the queen contest. A clearly marked carrying bag, assigned to each regional contestant, shall be used to collect and carry funds from the Contest Table to the Counting Room during the Queen Contest. Only funds in this bag shall be counted at the end of each round.

At the end of each round, when the Carrying Bag is taken to the Counting Room, the next round will begin. The ensuing round will be interrupted briefly to announce the certified results of the previous round. Each Round will last for 10 minutes or as determined and announced by the Queen Contest Committee. The Master of Ceremonies shall announce at the beginning of every round that no post-dated checks shall be counted in favor of any contestant. However, post-dated checks not taken back by their writers will be considered as gifts to GUMMSAA-USA and used in that manner.