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1. |
Active in school
nursing 15 years or move. |
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2. |
Member of MASN district
and state organizations 10 or more years as active, associate, or retired/active retired. |
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3. |
Served on BOD in district
and/or state organizations. |
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4. |
Shall not be
in MASN elected office at presentation time. |
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5. |
Made significant
contributions to school nursing or the school health program at the state level. |
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6. |
Initiated programs
for students that strengthen the educational process through improvement of health. |
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7. |
Organized and/or
furthered district organization. |
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8. |
Active or retired
from school nursing. |
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9. |
Worked on a
committee at state level. |
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Selection Process: |
| 1. |
Letter of recommendation
demonstrating eligibility of the nominee must be postmarked no later than October 1. |
| 2. |
Life Membership
will be granted to all nominees who meet the eligibility criteria. |
| 3. |
Awards Committee
chair verifies MASN membership and other required eligibility information. |
| 4. |
Awards Committee
chair will arrange for a neutral person or persons to be involved in award selection
if a member of the committee has a conflict of interest (i.e., the committee members
are from the same district as the nominee. |
| 5. |
If nominee(s)
does (do) not meet eligibility or submission criteria, letter(s) of recommendation
will be returned prior to reviewing with a letter of explanation from the Awards
Committee chair. |
| 6. |
Awards Committee
discusses the merits of the letter of recommendation and prepares a presentation to the
BOD for approval at the fall board meeting. |
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Award Process: |
| 1. |
Awards Committee chair presents
the nominee(s) to the BOD at the fall board meeting. |
| 2. |
President shall notify the
nominee's(s') MASN district president of the OBOD decision to grant, deny or delay Life Membership. |
| 3. |
President will notify the
school administrator(s) of any individual granted MASN Life Membership. |
| 4. |
Awards Committee will
purchase an engraved silver bowl, silver tray or glass paperweight on a wood base to be
presented to the nominee(s) approved by the BOD at the annual meeting. Funding for the Life
Membership gift wil be approved by the Executive Committee. |
| 5. |
Awards Committee will
coordinate the purchase of corsage(s) for the award recipient(s) with the MASN district
conference host. |
| 6. |
The honoree(s) and
one guest will have luncheon or banquet dinner cost paid for by MASN. |
