Fwd: Announcing the launch of the 2012-13 Outstanding Program Award competition
Yash Rane
From: Vince Dilworth <Dilw...@asme.org>
Date: Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 3:22 AM
Subject: Announcing the launch of the 2012-13 Outstanding Program Award competition
To: Vince Dilworth <Dilw...@asme.org>
Announcing the launch of the 2012-13 Outstanding Program Award competition
To Section Chairs & Officers:
Attached are the Rules and Category Descriptions for the 2012-13 OPA. Section, Subsection and Group programs conducted between July 1, 2012 and June 30, 2013 may be entered by an officer of the unit. Deadline for submittal of an entry is July 15, 2013.
The link to the 2012-13 OPA entry form is: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/Y6MPQRG
The Purpose of the OPA is to recognize Section’s whose leaders produce outstanding local programs and collect material for the Unit Best Practices collection for other sections to use in developing their own outstanding programs. You may also note that the Affinity Communities Operating Board has decided to use the OPA for their Affinity Groups.
Lynden Davis
Chair
Outstanding Program Award Committee
Outstanding Program Award Competition Rules – Revised 12/4/12
(Sponsored by the ASME Knowledge & Communities Sector’s Program & Activities Board’s Local Program Committee)
1. Competition includes unit events conducted from July 1 to June 30 of the following year (coinciding with the ASME program year). The deadline for submitting Outstanding Program Award (OPA) entries is June 30, the end of the program year. The OPA competition will restart each program year.
2. This competition is limited to Sections (their Subsections & Groups) and Affinity Groups. (Other ASME units, such as Technical Divisions or Students Sections are encouraged to develop their own unique OPA competitions).
3. The OPA competition will be in 6 categories: Technical Presentations, Facility or Plant Tours, Professional Development, Social Events, Special Events and Affinity Groups. Refer to the Category Definition page for a detailed description of each category. The OPA Committee reserves the right to switch an entry to another category that more closely fits the entries event characteristics.
4. Sections may enter a join Section/Student Section event as long and the section served in a major way (at least 50% of the planning and operation).
5. Each unit may enter more than one category, but is limited to only one OPA entry per category per year. Units conducting more than one potential outstanding event should pick the best event to enter in the OPA competition for that category.
6. ASME unit may enter an event including other technical societies or social organizations as long as the ASME unit had a major role (at least 50%) in the organization and conduct of the event.
7. Submitting unit member must keep in mind that the purpose of the OPA program is to generate Unit Best Practices for other units to use and the event will be judged on how the entry can help other unit in duplicating the event successfully.
Category descriptions for outstanding program award competition
Technical Presentations (With or without meals)
Presentations typically under 2 hours
May or may not issue PDH credits/certificates
Presentation must be a technical subject
Facility or Plant Tour
Must be a visit to a specific facility or plant
Can be a visit to a university, research laboratory or entertainment facility
May be a tour where family members are included
May include a meal and/or related technical talk about the tour, at a different location
Vendor open house, possibly with networking, tour and/or talk
Professional Development
Technical presentation of over 2 hours intended to a learning experience
Can include webinar or other long distance participation, even speakers at several sites.
Submitter must be the host, lead organizer or co-host/organizer of a multi-site program
May issue PDH credits/certificates to attendees
Social Event
Typically a non-technical/tour program
Can be an awards presentation or networking event
Picnic or entertainment venue for the entertainment (For tour of facility – se above)
Special Event (Example: Early Career event, Local Technical conference or Industry event)
An activity not covered by another category, but similar to the examples above
Early Career event, such as networking, resume critique or interview workshop
Locally conducted Technical Conference
Industry event, including award presentations (other than a tour)
Affinity Group
This category limited to Affinity Groups affiliated with the Affinities Communities Operating Board
Includes all programs and activities conducted by an Affinity Group
To serve our members, our customers and our community even better, ASME is pleased to announce that
it has moved its New York headquarters to:
ASME
Two Park Avenue
New York, NY 10016-5990
Our phone number remains unchanged: (212) 591-7000
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Regards,
Yash Rane
Vice-Chairperson,
Student District Operating Board India,
Asia-Pacific, District G,
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Contact - +91-8439-33-9149
Yash Rane
Yash Rane
Co-Chairperson,
Student District Operating Board,
Ravi Ranjan
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