THE 2009 OREGON MEDICAL CANNABIS AWARDS

Sponsored by Oregon NORML

PO Box 16057 ● Portland, OR 97292-0057 ● (503) 239-6110
Oregon NORML is the Portland affiliate of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws

EVENT RULES & INFORMATION

AWARDS
Determination of Oregon Medical Cannabis Awards shall be by scoring on Official Ballots
submitted by the Judges to the Organizing Committee.

Trophies for 1st through 3rd places,

ribbons through 5th, for OVERALL SCORE.

JUDGE’S CHOICE Ribbons to highest scoring non-trophy-winning

entries in each of the following special categories:
Appearance – Aroma – Taste – Smoothness – Potency

In the event of a tie in the special categories,

tie is to be broken by highest overall score.

WHO MAY ENTER CANNABIS TO BE JUDGED (Entrants)

All Entrants must be patients, caregivers, or
persons responsible for a marijuana grow
site, as defined in ORS 475.300 – 346 and
currently registered with the Oregon
Medical Marijuana Program (OMMP).
All Entrants shall be 18 years old or older.
Cannabis submitted by Entrant must be
grown by Entrant personally, within the
State of Oregon.

WHAT TO ENTER
Entrant’s sample(s) must be submitted, in Registration fee shall be returned to
the manner described herein, to Committee Entrant only under specific conditions:
no later than 5 PM, Friday, November 6,
 Denial of OMMP Registry ID Card by
2009.
the OMMP office;
All Entrants must pay a non-refundable  Withdrawal from event before
Registration Fee of $50.00 for one Friday, October 16, 2009.
strain, $35.00 for two strains, or $25 for
three strains or more. Entrants may submit Cannabis submitted by Entrant shall
up to four (4) strains of cannabis for not be returned under any
consideration. circumstances.
For each strain of cannabis entered, the
Entrant shall submit one (1) ounce [28
grams] of cannabis.

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 THE 2009 OREGON MEDICAL CANNABIS AWARDS
Sponsored by Oregon NORML
PO Box 16057 ● Portland, OR 97292-0057 ● (503) 239-6110
Oregon NORML is the Portland affiliate of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws
HOW TO ENTER
Entrants must sign a Participant’s Contract
(see packet) and agree to abide by the Event
Rules.
A legible photocopy of Entrant’s Oregon
State Identification Card or State Drivers
License and entrant’s OMMP Patient or
Caregiver Registry Identification Card must
accompany Entrant’s application.
 In lieu of a photocopy of the
Entrant’s OMMP Registry ID Card, a
photocopy of the acknowledgement
letter from the OMMP offices, on
OMMP letterhead, shall suffice and
serve as proof of Oregon Medical
Marijuana Act coverage, --or--
 The dated receipt issued when
personally delivering an OMMP
application to the State offices shall
ENTRY SAMPLE SUBMISSIONS
Organizing Committee will notify Entrants
when accepted, and arrangements will then
be made for Entrant to submit samples for
judging.
Samples must be submitted, in the
manner described herein, to
Committee no later than Friday,
November 6, 2009.
The Committee shall furnish to the Entrant
standardized packaging marked “for
medical use only”.
Entrant shall place into each package no
less than one (1) gram of personally grown
cannabis.
For each strain entered, Entrant shall fill 28
standardized packages, for a total of 28
grams, or one ounce.
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suffice and serve as proof of Oregon
Medical Marijuana Act coverage.
Send photocopies only. Documents will
not be returned to applicant. Documents
used to support Participant’s eligibility
become the property of the Organizing
Committee and Oregon NORML
Applications will be available online
at www.ornorml.org, or by calling (503)
239-6110.
Applications postmarked before
September 1, 2009 will not be accepted and
will be returned.
Organizing Committee must receive
Entrant application, Registration Fee, and
proofs of identity no later than 5 PM,
Friday, November 6, 2009.
Entrant shall make no marks of any type on
the packages supplied.
Arrangements for transferring Entrant’s
submission(s) to the Committee will be
made individually, with scheduling and
transfers beginning on September 1, 2009.
Following receipt of Entrant’s submission,
the Committee will check no fewer than 4
packages per strain submitted for required
weight.
 A tolerance of no more than 1 gram
per strain will be allowed.
 In the event that an Entrant’s
submission is underweight, that
submission will be disqualified.
 Each strain submitted shall receive a
unique identification number, which
 THE 2009 OREGON MEDICAL CANNABIS AWARDS
Sponsored by Oregon NORML
PO Box 16057 ● Portland, OR 97292-0057 ● (503) 239-6110
Oregon NORML is the Portland affiliate of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws
will be marked on each 1-gram
sample package.
 The Chairperson shall record the
unique identification number for
WHO MAY JUDGE MEDICAL CANNABIS STRAINS (Judges)
All Judges must be patients currently
registered with the Oregon Medical
Marijuana Program (OMMP).
The maximum number of Judge’s positions
to be filled for this event shall be 28.
Judging positions shall be filled by order of
receipt of completed application packages.
Organizing Committee members may not
participate in the OMCA as Judges.
A patient may be an Entrant and a
Judge; however, that person’s ballots for
their own strains will not be counted in the
HOW TO APPLY
Applications will be available online at
www.ornorml.org, or by calling (503) 239-
6110.
Applications postmarked before
September 1, 2009 shall not be accepted
and will be returned.
A legible photocopy of Judge’s Oregon
State Identification Card or State Drivers
License and Judge’s OMMP Patient
Registry Identification Card must
accompany Judge’s application.
 In lieu of a photocopy of the Judge’s
OMMP Registry ID Card, a
photocopy of the acknowledgement
letter from the OMMP offices, on
OMMP letterhead, shall suffice and
serve as proof of Oregon Medical
Marijuana Act coverage, --or --
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each strain submitted, and shall
insure complete confidentiality of the
roster containing all identification
numbers.
overall results and that person will not
know which strains are their own.
All Judges shall be 18 years of age or older.
Judges must sign a Participant’s Contract,
agree to abide by the contest rules, and pay
a nonrefundable Registration Fee of
$100.00.
Application packages that are incomplete,
incorrectly or improperly completed,
without Registration Fee, or irregular in any
particular shall, at the Organizing
Committee’s discretion, be disqualified.
 The dated receipt issued when
personally delivering an OMMP
application to the State offices shall
suffice and serve as proof of Oregon
Medical Marijuana Act coverage.
Send photocopies only. Documents will
not be returned to applicant. Documents
used to support Participant’s eligibility
become the property of the Organizing
Committee and Oregon NORML.
Organizing Committee must receive
Judge’s Application, Registration Fee,
and acceptable proofs of identity no
earlier than Tuesday, September 1,
2009 and no later than Friday,
November 6, 2009. Judges are solely
responsible for any and all consequences,
civil or legal, physical or mental, resulting
from participation in the Oregon Medical
Cannabis Awards™.
 THE 2009 OREGON MEDICAL CANNABIS AWARDS
Sponsored by Oregon NORML
PO Box 16057 ● Portland, OR 97292-0057 ● (503) 239-6110
Oregon NORML is the Portland affiliate of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws

JUDGING SCHEDULE
The Organizing Committee will present Arrangements for delivery of samples shall
Judges with samples no later than be arranged individually between Judge &
Friday, November 13th, 2009. Committee.

JUDGING CRITERIA AND PROCESS

Judges will endeavor to be strictly  Length until Onset of Symptom
fair and objective when evaluating each Relief (time in minutes)
sample.  Duration of Symptom Relief
Judges will not discuss or disclose to any (time in minutes)
other person or persons their findings until  Amount of sample used per dose
after the Awards Banquet, Saturday, (in 0.1 gram [1/10th gram]
December 12, 2009. measurements)

Ballots will have each strain to be sampled Each criterion shall be scored on a scale of
listed by its identification code as assigned 10 (best) to 1 (worst). Please, no zeros
by the Committee. (0), fractions, “+” or “-” marks. (Some
Judges have found that thinking of the 10-1
Each specimen should be evaluated on its scale using the some of the adjectives below
own merits; judges shall not compare one helps to maintain consistency in judging.)
against another.
10: “Superior”
“Excellent”
Each specimen will be graded according to 9: “Good” “Excellent”
these criteria: 8: “Very Good”
“Good”
7: “Good”
 Appearance: “how good does it 6: “Fair”
look?” “Average” “Fair”
5: “Average”
 Aroma: “how good does it smell?” 4:
“Poor”
“Below Average”
 Taste: “how good does it taste?” 3: “Poor”
2: “Bad” “Bad”
 Smoothness: “is it easy on your 1:
“Bad”
“Awful”
lungs?”
 Potency: Different than Medicinal Judges will note their findings on the
Effect; this criterion asks “how Official Ballot and in the Journal, and
strong is the strain?” return both to the Organizing Committee
 Medicinal Effect: How well does not later than 5:00 PM, Friday
this strain sample work for your December 11, 2009. Failure to comply
individual medical conditions? with this rule will result in disqualification
During the Tally, the Medicinal of the Judge and forfeiture of all rights and
Effect criterion shall be given twice privileges attaining thereto (loss of Judge’s
the weighting as the other criteria Gift package, banquet attendance, etc.)
(score for this criterion only will be Judges may choose method of ingestion,
doubled). but are instructed to be consistent

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 THE 2009 OREGON MEDICAL CANNABIS AWARDS
Sponsored by Oregon NORML
PO Box 16057 ● Portland, OR 97292-0057 ● (503) 239-6110
Oregon NORML is the Portland affiliate of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws
throughout the judging process on all judged per day. The Committee has
specimens. If you use a vaporizer, use only a provided four full weeks for judging to be
vaporizer for all specimens, if using a pipe, done, which averages out to judging one
use only a pipe for all specimens, etc. sample per day; please make use of the time
wisely.
Judges are instructed to, as far as is
practical, limit the number of specimens

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
The 2009 OMCA Organizing Committee shall consist of the Board of Directors of Oregon
NORML and other Oregon NORML volunteers as appointed by the Board.

TALLY COMMITTEE & PROCEDURES

The Chairperson shall appoint three (3)
persons to the Tally Committee.
Two (2) persons so appointed shall be non-
board members of good standing in Oregon
NORML.
Appointees shall not be Entrants or Judges
in this event, to prevent any conflict of
interest.
One member of the Tally Committee shall
be a member of the Organizing Committee.
The Tally Committee shall be responsible
for tallying the OMCA ballots, determining
order of place by numerical results, entering
this information onto the Official Tally
Result Form, sealing the Form into an
obscured envelope, and presenting the
sealed envelope to the Chairperson.
The Tally Committee shall perform their
duties in the publicly accessible area of the
Event; however, this is not to infer public
participation in the tally process.
The Tally Committee shall not disclose any
information obtained in the performance of
their duties until Awards have been
announced and presented.
The Chairperson shall not disclose the
results until the Awards are presented.

Miscellaneous
The Committee shall retain ballots for no
less than 90 days; Judge’s Journals shall be
retained indefinitely.
All decisions made by the Organizing
Committee are final.
The Committee reserves the right to review
and grant special exemption(s) to Judges or
Entrants providing, in the Committee’s
judgment, said exemption(s) do not
adversely affect the integrity of the Event.
The Committee reserves the right to make
such changes to the Event Rules, Registrant
Application, unsigned Participant’s
Contracts, or any other aspect of the Event,
as are deemed necessary by the Committee.
Any Applicant, Entrant, or Judge, who is
disqualified at any time, shall immediately
forfeit his/her Registration Fee, Participant
Gifts, Banquet Ticket(s), and/or other
Event-related gifts.

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