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Events, Awards, Recognition Hi,
Jean Scott here. I have been
asked to submit a brief ‘job description’ of my position as National
Awards Chair. So here goes:
send out, get back, send out, get back, cut and paste, tally, separate,
send to Molly, power point presentation, done. Maybe
this is a little too brief. The volunteer position of Awards Chair would become the elected position known as Event, Awards & Recognition, in the National Board Restructuring proposal. My
duties, as Awards Chair, are basically to reminds the Club Presidents to
send in their club’s submissions for the National Awards. All this information is available on the National Website
progressclub.ca. There is a
sign in and password that must be given, which I am sure everyone knows,
or can get from their club President, Zone Governor or National
Vice-President. The
submissions arrive mostly by e-mail (what a great communication tool).
There is a pool of active members that I can ask to judge the
awards –Past National Presidents, National Progressian of the Year and
Hall of Fame recipients. Representation is from all Regions (4) with one
extra judge from the same pool. Once the deadline for submissions has
passed, (June 30) I send to
the judges a copy of no less than 3 components. No judge will award points
for all components. The
components that have larger point values or are needed for a number of
awards are sent to three judges to make tie breaking for the Awards Chair
almost unnecessary! These judges also judge the club’s submissions for
National Progressian of the
Year and the Hall of Fame nominees. The judges are given about 1 month to
judge the awards and get their score sheets back to me.
The score sheets are compiled onto a master sheet, tallied and the
totals are transferred to the components that make up each award.
The easy part is to tally up the components for each award and find
out the recipient of that award. I
pass along the results to Molly and as National Executive Director, she
ensures all banner crests, plaques and certificates are ordered. (A big
job that is handled superbly!) The Awards Ceremony for both the Awards
Luncheon and the President’s Ball are done in Power Point. I am grateful
to Jacquie Cooney of Calgary Fish Creek who gave me an incredible amount
of help with this presentation. Thanks!
The
added responsibilities that will come with the proposed reorganization are
Events and Recognition. I
believe the Events portion would be to get the word out about the events
that clubs are working on or the results of functions they have done.
There are a number of functions that many members are not aware of
from each of the Zones that should get some ‘media’ time in our
National Newsletter. The
Recognition portion of this directorship would include the recognition
that Progressians have received from their club, Zone or Region.
Another source could be their contributions that have been
recognized by their communities or employers.
We have had a number of members written up in their city’s
newspapers and these articles should be brought to the attention of the
membership. We have many
compassionate and hard working members and sometimes their work outside of
Progress can be overlooked. I
look forward to staying with the Awards Chair this year and offering
assistance as we go forward with the new ideas for the Board. Remember
if each letter of the alphabet was equal to a number (i.e. a=1, b=2, c=3,
4=d etc to z=26, then hardwork (8+1+18+4+23+15+18+11 = 98%, knowledge =
96% but attitude = 100%. Congratulations
on another fine year in Progress - especially those club that sent in
submissions for awards. See
you in Halifax Jean
Scott
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