The CSMFO Professional Standards and Recognition Committee is recruiting and selecting reviewers for the 2011/12 CSMFO Budget Awards Program. If you are willing and able to be a reviewer, please complete the questionnaire and send it to Terri Willoughby, Finance Director for the City of Menifee. You can send it via fax (951) 679-3843 or email at . For questions, call Terri at (951) 672-6777.

Please provide the following information and answer the questions below:

Name ______Job Title ______

Organization ______Length of time with this organization ______

Population ______Length of time in this profession ______

(or customer count for Special Districts)

Telephone Number (_____)______

Address ______Facsimile Number (_____)______

______e-mail address ______

1.  Have you submitted your budget to the CSMFO or GFOA for award? [ ] yes [ ] no

2.  Has your budget received the award from either CSMFO or GFOA? [ ] yes [ ] no

3.  How long have you prepared a budget or been involved in the budget preparation process? ______

4.  Describe the role(s) you have had in a budget process. ______

______

______

5.  How many years have you been in your current position? ______

6.  If you are selected as a reviewer, will you be willing to discuss your rating with other reviewers?

[ ] yes [ ] no

7.  Would you be willing to discuss your rating with a member of the Budgeting and Management Reporting Committee? [ ] yes [ ] no

8.  Would you be willing to discuss your rating with the applicant? [ ] yes [ ] no

9.  Have you reviewed budgets for the CSMFO or GFOA budget programs? [ ] yes [ ] no

If yes, proceed to A and B below:

A.  How many budgets have you reviewed? ______

B.  Do you review the budgets on your own time or your organization’s time? ______

10.  Have you attended the CSMFO Conference session “Tricks of the Trade – Tips on Preparing an Award Winning Budget” or other budget awards program training offered in the past?

[ ] yes [ ] no [ ] no, but I reviewed the Power Point Presentation on the CSMFO web site.