HISTORICAL CATEGORY -- MINIMUM: 100 POINTS, PAR: 500 POINTS

Note: Histories about a system, standard, person, event or a company, outside the geographic area of the chapter are not acceptable for PAOE points unless a credible connection may  be established by the Chapter Historian and approved by the Regional Historian. Histories for the Gold Ribbon Award shall be written by the Chapter Historian from information  obtained by interviewing a person knowledgeable of the history being written or from personal knowledge of the history of the system, standard, person, event or company; or from  detailed research as outlined in the document “How to Find Historical Document information.” All sources must be cited and referenced in a Bibliography attached at the end of the submittal document. Information obtained solely from electronic material or sources is not acceptable.