{"id":8843,"date":"2019-11-16T20:16:58","date_gmt":"2019-11-17T01:16:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.skipatrol.ca\/newsletter\/?p=8843"},"modified":"2021-11-03T22:08:40","modified_gmt":"2021-11-04T02:08:40","slug":"nominations-are-now-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.skipatrol.ca\/newsletter\/2019\/11\/nominations-are-now-open\/","title":{"rendered":"Nominations are now open"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Craig Taggart, National Recognition Committee Chair (<a href=\"mailto:craig.taggart@skipatrol.ca\">craig.taggart@skipatrol.ca<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In accordance with the national recognition policy, we would like to inform you that nominations are now open for the 2019-2020 Recognition Program.<\/p>\n<p>We have updated the <em>Recognition Program Guide<\/em>, so please be sure to review it prior to making a submission. It can be found on the shared files area of the NDS, and also in the members\u2019 area of the national website, under \u2018Awards.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>There are some things to remember when making a submission:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Nominations may be made, in most cases, by any member in good standing<\/li>\n<li>A complete nomination is needed \u2013 be sure to include all information being requested. The program guide indicates what questions are being asked for each award.<\/li>\n<li>Be specific \u2013 say things like \u201cThis person led the committee responsible for&#8230;.,\u201d rather than \u201cThis person worked on xyz committee.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Be sure the individual has met any prerequisites where necessary. If not, nominate the person for that award first.<\/li>\n<li>Consider having a committee to review patrollers and come up with submissions \u2013 don\u2019t just leave it for one person to do.<\/li>\n<li>Be succinct \u2013 there is a limit to the number of words. If you cannot say what you want in that number of words \u2013 rework your nomination.<\/li>\n<li>The committee can only score a nomination based on what is presented. The committee members cannot bring their personal knowledge of a nominee into the discussion process, as it is not fair to other nominees who may not know somebody on the committee.<\/li>\n<li>If you have questions, ask! If you are not sure of which award is best suited, just drop a note \u2013 the recognition committee is here to help. We want to ensure that all members who are deserving, get recognized.<\/li>\n<li>And finally, don\u2019t wait for somebody else to nominate an individual \u2013 that person may be waiting for you! Be that \u2018somebody else\u2019 and submit your nomination.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We look forward to receiving your nominations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Craig Taggart, National Recognition Committee Chair (craig.taggart@skipatrol.ca) &nbsp; In accordance with the national recognition policy, we would like to inform you that nominations are now open for the 2019-2020 Recognition Program. We have updated the Recognition Program Guide, so<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":53,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8843","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archive"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skipatrol.ca\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8843","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skipatrol.ca\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skipatrol.ca\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.skipatrol.ca\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/53"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.skipatrol.ca\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8843"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.skipatrol.ca\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8843\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10803,"href":"https:\/\/www.skipatrol.ca\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8843\/revisions\/10803"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skipatrol.ca\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8843"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.skipatrol.ca\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8843"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.skipatrol.ca\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}