Annual Meritorious Service Awards – Individual committee member award – Nomination form

To nominate a Standards New Zealand committee member for an Individual committee member Meritorious Service Award, please complete this form. Each nomination should provide detailed information on the nominated committee member for each of the criteria below, to allow the judging panel to make an independent and objective evaluation.

Nominations need to be submitted to Standards New Zealand by 5pm on Friday, 6 June 2014.

Please email your completed nomination form to
by Friday, 6 June 2014.

Or, post to: Vicki Allison
Standards New Zealand
Freepost 1573
Private Bag 2439
Wellington 6140

If you have any questions about the nomination process, please contact Jayne McCullum at Standards New Zealand, , telephone 04 498 3989.

Previous winners of a Meritorious Service Award are not eligible for renomination. View a list of previous Meritorious Service Award winners. Committee members who have been nominated in the past, but did not receive the award, are eligible to be nominated again this year.

Judging

Nominations will be reviewed based on the criteria outlined in the nomination form. The judging panel will include a range of industry sector representatives.

The judges’ decision is final and no correspondence other than the nomination form will be considered.

Awards event

The winners will be announced at our awards breakfast event in Wellington on 26 August 2014. This is an opportunity to formally recognise the exceptional commitment of our committee members and enables us to outline our plans for the coming year. As well as committee members, invited guests include our Minister, Standards Council members, funders, sponsors, industry organisations, and professional associations. We will send a summary of the awards results and speeches to all committee members, funder representatives, and nominating organisation representatives who are unable to attend the event.


Nomination details

Please enter details of the person you wish to nominate for an award:

Nominee’s full name:
Nominee’s committee:


Please enter your details as nominator:

Your full name:
Your employer:
Your contact phone number:
Date nomination submitted:
Your email address:

Criteria to be considered

Nominations will be assessed by an independent panel according to the following four part criteria. Please be as comprehensive as possible on your nominee’s merits in these areas.

1. Input into committee deliberations (maximum 60 points)

Part one – communication, leadership, and representation (maximum 20 points)

·  Provides constructive critique

·  Assists the group in achieving consensus

·  Openness to alternative views and opinions

·  Effectively represents the views of the organisation/sector/community they represent

·  Problem solving

Part two – technical knowledge (maximum 20 points)

·  Consider industry/sector knowledge

·  Originality of ideas

·  Consumer and government benefit

·  Personal involvement in the preparation of standards

Part three – commitment (maximum 20 points)

·  Nominee's personal involvement in the preparation of standards, pre-meeting preparation and forethought, commitment and personal effort, including their leadership role during the standard’s development

·  Nominee's overall attitudes towards the standards process and industry, consumer, and government benefit. For example, how they:

-  assist the group in achieving consensus

-  are open to alternative views and opinions

-  effectively represent the views of the organisation/community.

·  Nominee’s focus on how the outcome of the standards process contributes to New Zealand as a whole.

2. Attendance at committee meetings (maximum 15 points)

·  Details about the nominee’s active attendance and contributions at NZS, and AS/NZS standards committee or subcommittee meetings.

3. International involvement and contributions (if applicable) (maximum 10 points)

·  Details about the nominee’s active attendance at international standards meetings (such as ISO/IEC), participation in original research, and review of international documents/activities on behalf of Standards New Zealand.


4. Length of service (maximum 15 points)

·  Details about the contribution made by the nominee’s participation and service on NZS, AS/NZS, and international standards committees and subcommittees over an extended period of time (where known).

Supporting comments

·  Any further comments in support of this nomination

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