Sunday, May 11, 2008
RWTO AWARDS POLICIES - Sarnia Convention 2007
It is the policy of RWTO that the following honours may be bestowed on members.
HONORARY MEMBERSHIP
A Provincial Honorary Membership in RWTO is the highest honour that can be bestowed on a member for outstanding service at the provincial level. This award is presented at the Annual Meeting. Nominations are sent to the Honorary Membership Committee Chair.
Criteria for Honorary Members:
- The most important consideration must be the member’s contribution to RWTO at the provincial level.
- The contribution may include: length of service, provincial offices held with distinction, extraordinary care and devotion to a task, outstanding ideas or innovations introduced.
- The retiring Provincial President is automatically recommended for this honour at the completion of her term of office
- No more than 4 members may be selected in any one year.
Procedures:
- A notice and the criteria for selection of a recipient are placed in the November newsletter by the Honorary Membership Convenor inviting branch executives and/or members-at large to submit nominations for this award.
- The name and the accompanying background information about the proposed recipient must be forwarded to the Honorary Life Membership Convenor by January 31.
- The Committee selects the recipients as soon as possible after January 31. The chairperson forwards the choices, along with the rationale for the selections, to the Provincial President for presentation, discussion and ratification at the April executive meeting. The decision is relayed to the chairperson of the Honorary Membership Committee who then notifies the recipients.
THE CORA BAILEY AWARD
Cora Bailey from the Peterborough Branch was RWTO’s first Executive Secretary-Treasurer. She held this position for eleven years until 1982 and wrote the History Book - OASWT 1956-1976. Beginning in 2003, this award was presented in her honour.
Criteria for Cora Bailey Award Recipients
- The Cora Bailey Award may be presented to a Branch member who has contributed outstanding service to her Branch.
Procedures:
- The certificate for this award is available on request from the Provincial Office and will be signed by the provincial President.
- All branch members are eligible for this award whether or not they have received an Honorary Life membership Award.
- There is no limit to the number of Branch members who can be awarded this honour, but usually not more that 3 are chosen in a Branch in one year.
- A picture of Cora Bailey, donated by Jean Axcell from Peterborough, is to be kept by the Archivist for display at the Annual Meeting.
- After being displayed at the Annual Meeting, pictures of the recipients for that year will be kept in an album by the Archivist.
THE BARBARA BAIN MEMBERSHIP AWARD
The Barbara Bain Membership Award was created to honour Barbara Bain, a Past President and first Membership convenor. Branches who achieve the largest annual increases in membership from April 1 to March 31 are eligible for cash rewards.
Criteria for Barbara Bain Award Recipients
- These awards are presented to the three branches with the largest percentage increase in the
number of regular paid-up members in their Branch’s respective size group. (The list of
Branches in each tier will change every year since it is based on the largest third, middle third,
and smallest third of the Branches’s number of regular members at the beginning of the year)
The calculations are based on the increase of members in that Branch. Adjustments are made
so that Branches are penalized for members who do not renew their membership but not by the
change is the status of members (sustaining members, obituaries).
Procedure
The membership increases are calculated by the Executive Secretary-Treasurer.
THE FEATHER IN YOUR HAT AWARD
The Feather in Your Hat was established by the Membership Committee.
Criteria for the Feather in Hat Award
- This award recognizes creative, innovative and successful activities carried out by a Branch that has clearly enriched the programs offered by RWTO.
Procedure
- Area Directors can submit the names of deserving Branches.
- Branches can nominate themselves by writing a descriptive article and submitting it to the Chair of the Membership Committee for consideration.
- Chosen Branches have an article describing their activity or program published in the Provincial Newsletter and the “Hat” itself is presented at the Annual Meeting.
- Two or three Branches are honoured each year.
