Presidential Citations
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Chapter of the Year Awards
The Awards Committee has proposed submission criteria for the Chapter of the Year award that I intend to place in the NAWCC Procedures Manual. Submissions for this award have previously not followed any formal criteria. Chapter members who wish to nominate their respective chapters for an NAWCC Presidential Citation or for the annual Chapter of the Year Award should take the following into consideration when applying: Presidential Citations and the Chapter of the Year award shall normally be announced at the annual NAWCC National Convention by the NAWCC President. Therefore, nominations shall be made at least two months before the beginning day of the Convention. Attendance at the Convention by a chapter representative is not a requirement. However, the National Convention banquet is the appropriate location for award presentations. The nominations shall be made by a letter requesting consideration and including a chronological summary of chapter activities for the previous calendar year. Activities that occurred outside of that time frame will be considered if they are a part of a longer project culminating in the calendar year. The nomination will be submitted both to the current NAWCC President and the Awards Committee Chair. The Awards Chair will distribute copies to his committee members. All comments will be forwarded to the President for consideration. The President will make the final decision. Information Required- Chapter name and number.
- Chapter president.
- Nominating member if not the chapter president.
- Number of members in the chapter at the beginning and end of the year of nomination.
Average number of members attending chapter meetings. - Brief summary of meeting programs, including speakers, with emphasis on educational presentations.
- Brief, but specific, summaries of special programs, including workshops, suitcase workshops, joint chapter meetings, and chapter donations.
- Summary of chapter displays, news articles, etc. that have provided public education and public awareness of the chapter and the Association. The total number of people participating in public events and number of new members as a result should be documented.
Examples of other special activities that will be considered:- Chapter membership attendance at Nationals and Seminars
- Chapter membership that made contributions of money or service to National conventions, regionals, etc., as volunteers
- Chapter support for maintenance or restoration of public timepieces
- Chapter support for local or national historic projects
- Chapter programs for the lending library
- Chapter support for NAWCC projects when requested by National
- Improvements in chapter facilities and services, e.g., a chapter lending library
- Chapter efforts to increase the voting by members in National elections
- Chapter use of the newsletters and other communications from Columbia
Good luck and please understand that you do not have to be a big Chapter to win Chapter of the Year. Doug Cowan |
