Association Programming Achievement Award

Criteria
Categories for this award include, but are not limited to:

	Award and recognition programs
	Board and committee training
	Chapter relations
	Conventions and meetings
	Educational programming
	Financial management
	Government relations
	Information/data processing
	Interassociation relations
	Marketing/promotion
	Membership communications
	Membership development
	Personnel and staff development
	Other association management activities
	Strategic planning
	Technology

Entries will be reviewed for overall impact on the organization (regardless of budget size of the organization), need, development, implementation, and results/response. In addition to the award recipient, Certificates of Achievement may be awarded at the discretion of the judging body.

Eligibility
Any member of ne/sae may nominate himself or herself, or another member, for a particular project. The entry form should specify the program name or description and the nominee's name (the person primarily responsible for the project's conception and/or implementation).

Deadline June, 1st 2010

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 Programming 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.).