Proposed “Rules for the Association Award and the Service Award”
(Amended February 2009)
Status: It is to be awarded for exceptional or continuing service beyond club level.
Nominee eligibility: a present or past member of a constituent or former constituent club.
The nominee may be nominated by either a retiring member of the Executive, National Officer or a retiring National Councilor who has served at least three consecutive years on Council in any capacity, except as a ‘caretaker’.
A nominator may not make any more than one nomination in four consecutive years.
The nominator must lodge an appropriately worded citation with the National Secretary who may request additional information.
The nomination must have been approved by a majority of the National President, National Vice-President, National Secretary and Immediate Past National President.
Such approval will not be put into effect unless it is ratified at the next Council meeting.
The National Secretary, in order to maintain consistency of awards criteria, shall keep a formal record of citation wordings (whether approved for award or not) and award recipients.
The award is only available to ratified nominees and can only be ordered by the National Sales & Marketing Officer.
The cost of the award is to be borne by the National Association.
Association Award physical description:
Ribbon:
2mm orange, 5mm green, 16mm orange, 5mm
green, 2mm orange stripes (See Regalia
Guidelines)
At top is a gold coloured name bar inscribed “ASSOCIATION AWARD” on two lines and enameled dark blue.
The fob is the standard 41 Club jewel (size 1)and is suspended from the bottom of the ribbon.
The back of the jewel is to be inscribed, unless Council decides otherwise, as follows:
On the first two lines with the recipient’s FORENAME and SURNAME and the YEAR it is awarded, and on the next two lines with “FOR SERVICES TO 41 CLUB”, all in capital letters.
Status: Awarded for exceptional or continuing service of a club member to
i) his club(s), ii) a National Officer(s) iii) a National Councillor(s) or iii) the Association.
Nominee eligibility: a present or past member of a constituent club.
Nominee may be nominated by a present or past member of a constituent club.
The cost of the award is to be borne by the nominator. To be purchased directly from the National Sales & Marketing Officer.
Service Award physical description:
....mm blue, ....mm red, ….mm blue stripes
(See Regalia Guidelines)
A fob jewel.
At top is a gold coloured name bar inscribed “SERVICE AWARD” and enameled in dark blue.
Fob is the standard 41 Club jewel and is suspended from the bottom of the ribbon.
The back of the jewel be inscribed with the recipient’s FORENAME and
SURNAME and the YEAR it is awarded, all in capital letters.
