Western Canada Division promotes excellence in our members, chapters and in IAAP. In 2007-2008 this Division instituted four new awards – Commitment to Excellence, Excellence in Membership, Excellence in Newsletter and Excellence in Website. Each year Chapters and members, and the Division, builds on their successes of the preceding year which demonstrates their commitment to Making the Leap to Remarkable for IAAP excellence.
Here is a summary of the Division Excellence Awards.
The Excellence in Newsletter award will be given to the Western Canada Division Chapter member who creates and maintains, as well as ensures distribution of at least six Chapter newsletters to its members. The newsletters must be developed in the fiscal year between July 1 and June 30. It must be a newsletter that is appealing, informative, and newsworthy throughout the season.
It is Western Canada Division’s commitment annually to recognize the Chapter and the Newsletter Editor who makes this valuable contribution to their members, and to those persons who receive and read about the accomplishments of individual Chapters.
The Excellence in Membership award will be presented in recognition of the Chapter’s accomplishment and the accomplishment of the person who was responsible for the overall maintenance, reporting and tracking of the membership of the Chapter. This Membership award will be given to the Western Canada Division Chapter member who has primary responsibility for membership.
It is Western Canada Division’s commitment annually to recognize the Chapter and the Membership Chair who makes this valuable contribution to their members. The award is presented in recognition of the Chapter’s accomplishment of not only membership growth but also retention which is a valued part of making the Chapter successful.
The Excellence in Website award will be presented in recognition of the Chapter’s accomplishment and the accomplishment of the person who was responsible for the overall maintenance of the chapter website. This Website award will be given to the Western Canada Division Chapter Member who created, developed, maintained and provided to its members a website that is appealing, relevant and current.
It is Western Canada Division’s commitment annually to recognize the Chapter and the Website Master who makes this valuable contribution to their members. The award is presented in recognition of the Chapter’s accomplishment of having a website which provides value to the Chapter.
The Commitment to Excellence award will be presented in recognition of the Chapter’s accomplishment and the accomplishment of the person who was responsible for developing a program of topics and speakers relevant to the professional development/interest of their chapter’s members for the year. The program shall be for September to June. This would include all program/topic speakers for Administrative Professional Week in April of each year along with speakers for any extra events such as education forums, impact meetings, etc. This award will be given to the Western Canada Division Chapter member in recognition of their Commitment to Excellence for providing members the best value for their membership and also providing value to the Chapter.
It is Western Canada Division’s commitment annually to recognize the Chapter and individual who makes this valuable contribution to their members. This award is sponsored by OfficeTeam.
These awards can be achieved by every Chapter and each member. Every chapter should submit a nomination for each award – it is a valuable evaluation process to go through. I would encourage you to start planning for success; think about whom in your Chapter you would recognize with a nomination.
Nominations for the Division Excellence Awards are now formally requested.
A summary of the Division Excellence Awards, as well as the criteria and nomination procedure for each award, can be found here.
Good Luck to all of our WCD chapters!