Association Professional Achievement Award

Criteria
The nominee(s) of this award should:

	Be recognized as an exceptional association/nonprofit professional who has advanced the welfare of his or her employer's industry or profession;
	Contribute significantly and consistently to the advancement or recognition of the profession through service to ne/sae, ASAE, and related organizations;
	Openly share valuable experience with other association/nonprofit professionals; and
	Serve an active role in civic and community affairs.

Eligibility
Any member of ne/sae may nominate himself or herself, or another member, for this award. The nominee must be currently employed in a full-time capacity as an association/nonprofit professional other than as chief executive officer at the time of nomination; must have been employed in his or her present position for at least one year prior to nomination; and must have been a regular voting member of ne/sae for one year. This category includes heads of subsidiaries or foundations who still have reporting responsibility to the chief elected officer of the parent organization. Officers and directors of ne/sae, and ne/sae staff are not eligible for this award

Deadline June, 2nd 2009

Judging Criteria for ne/sae Awards
IMPORTANT NOTE: If you were not selected as a recipient this year, you will be asked next year if your materials may be reconsidered for the same award (if your eligibility is the same). Since only one person can be selected each year, this practice allows us to reconsider many of the exceptional candidates that are nominated. ne/sae will keep your form on file and you can update it upon request.

Association Professional Achievement Award
ne/sae awards are judged using the following system. Please note that the information you provide on the form is all the committee rates. The nominee application form focuses on four key areas:

	Achievements in the last ten years of career
	Contributions to ne/sae
	Contributions to ASAE and related organizations
	Positions of leadership in civic and community organizations

Judges score each key area on a 0 to 3 scale (3 = superior, 2 = above average, 1 = average, 0 = below average), and then those scores are multiplied according to the following scale:

	Achievements in last ten years of career = 6 times the 0-3 score (e.g., a score of 2 x 6 - 12 points for this key area)
	Contributions to ne/sae = 4 times the 0-3 score
	Contributions to ASAE and related organizations = 2 times the 0-3 score
	Positions of leadership in civic and community organizations = 2 times the 0-3 score
	Plus, two additional points for the CAE or industry designation

The judges review the application forms, score the categories as described above, then fax their score sheet to ne/sae. The staff totals all of the judges' responses. The judges then meet in person to review the totals. Only in rare circumstances has the highest point recipient not been officially selected as the award recipient. If scores are extremely close, the judges may elect to present more than one award. Judges routinely abstain from judging awards in which a conflict of interest exists (e.g., an employee is nominated, etc.).