Summary of Awards Procedures Timing Activity Summer State President appoints state Awards Chair. Local presidents appoint local chairs. September-November Awards advertised in newsletter and other locations, announced in meetings, etc. December-January Awards committees engage in active recruiting of candidates. Local boards initiate contacts with likely prospects.
Local committees pursue good candidates to ensure that candidacy materials are submitted.
February-March Local candidacy submissions and selection of local winners. Judging to be done either by judges appointed by Awards Committee, by local Board, or with some other unbiased procedure. April Submission of candidacy materials in triplicate to state Awards Chair by early April. Judging by panel of three anonymous judges selected from three chapters. Judges selected to be free of conflict of interest.