The most misunderstood Award of all those available is the "People's Choice" Award. This Award is presented to an individual nominated by the Region Membership for recognition of a specific reason or action. Basically we are looking for some special person or persons who have accomplished something that is not covered by one of the other awards. This is a special, one-time award that has special meaning to those involved.
Straight from the GSR Ops Guide:
a. These awards are presented to individuals who, in the opinion of the Membership, have displayed traits or leadership skills which are not normally recognized by any other Standing Award presented by the Region. These may be for specific events or could be an accumulation of activities over the period of a specific Fiscal Year. The intent of this Award is to recognize those whose efforts, actions, activities, etc., reach beyond the Chapter Level or for which other Chapters have indicated a desire to emulate.
b. This award is intended for those members who give extra efforts, who can be counted on, who can bring life to a situation, etc.
c. Care and caution must be exercised to ensure that no maliciousness (no matter how unintended) is displayed.
d. Examples of the Awards include, but are not limited to:
1) Most Organized Member
2) Most Photogenic
3) Great at Fund Raising
4) Most Outgoing
5) Rising Star
As you can see, this award is open to many interpretations. The one thing that this award cannot do is make a member or members uncomfortable or feel that they are being bullied or otherwise made fun of. The award is intended to give the nominators another route to bringing some special individual or group into the limelight for their contributions to the Region. This award, more that others, must also be fully transparent in that the individual or group need to understand they are being nominated and for what. We haven't had a nomination in this category in many years, so I am hoping that this year we will receive at least one nomination.
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Billy Mathis FCSI, CDT®
Administrative Assistant for Architecture
Taggart Architects
North Little Rock AR
501-951-1061
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