The Local Committee Innovation Award is designed to recognize the achievements of committees that have implemented creative ideas and think “outside the box” in their local committees in order to achieve goals.
Nature of the Award
The award shall consist of a certificate to be presented to the Local Chair(s) and all Local Committee members who were key contributors to the innovation. The award shall be presented at the Grassroots Leadership Awards Luncheon on June 29.
Purpose of the Award
The purpose of the award is to recognize innovation by a Local Committee during the previous year (2012) that will have a positive impact on future operations, collaborations, outreach or communications within the Local Committee, other Local Committees, or within the DPVA.
Examples:
-Outreach activity or social media effort to recruit members
-Collaborated with other local committees on initiatives to strengthen the Democratic brand
-Led voter registration drive that resulted in ‘xxx’ new voters being registered
-Held issue-oriented forums for the community to recruit new members
-Partnered with another jurisdiction to target a close political race
Eligibilty:
Any type of innovation by one or more Committees is eligible
Nominations:
A nominating letter which contains a 250-word description of the innovation which is being nominated;
Selection of Recipients:
The criteria by which Committee innovation shall be evaluated include:
(a) Creativity and originality;
(b) Benefits to members;
(c) Benefits to operations, collaborations, outreach and communications;
(d) Benefit to other committees and operations, collaborations, outreach and communications;
(e) Overall ability for the innovation to serve as a model for Local Committee leadership.
Please submit nomination letter by 5PM on June 16 to clark@vademocrats.org.