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Lambton Shores community organization that has a main focus within the
municipality.
2. Elected officials of the Municipality of Lambton Shores are not eligible
3. Paid staff, full time or part time are not eligible
4. Services must have been performed on a wholly volunteer basis and not for pay
5. Nominees must be aware of the nomination and sign the nomination form
Procedures
1. Nomination forms (‘Appendix A’) will be made available at Lambton Shores
municipal offices and on the municipal website at the beginning of April each year.
Availability of forms will be advertised in local newspapers, through social media, on
community signs, the Living and Playing in Lambton Shores newsletter and the
municipal website beginning in April of each year.
2. Award nominations will be solicited from the community at large
3. Nominations shall be made in writing on an approved nomination form
4. Nomination forms and supporting documents will be submitted to the Lambton
Shores Community Services Department no later than August 17 each year
5. All nominations and supporting documents become the property of the Municipality
of Lambton Shores and will not be returned
Selection
1. A selection committee shall be appointed by Council for the inaugural year of the
program. In subsequent years, the selection committee will be comprised of the
previous year’s award recipients. A staff member from the Community Services
Department will provide staff assistance to the committee but will be a non-voting
member.
2. The committee will review nomination forms and supporting documents and provide
a listing of all nominees and recommendations to Lambton Shores Council for
recipients of all awards categories. A scoring sheet (‘Appendix B’) will be utilized to
establish a fair and consistent process. The nominee with the highest overall score
will be recommended as his/her category awards recipient to Lambton Shores
Council.
3. The selection committee and/or Council may choose to not recommend/select an
award recipient in a category if there are no appropriate nominees.
4. There shall be no publicity as to the proposed nominees or voting at any time. The
only name(s) to be released to the public shall be the recipients of awards.
5. Nominees who are eligible for selection but were not selected will be kept on file for
future consideration for a period of three (3) years.
6. Only individuals selected for a volunteer award will be contacted.
7. A nominee may be excluded if he/she has previously received an award in the same
category for which he/she is presently being nominated.
8. Nominee’s may be entered in more than one award category but will qualify for only
one award.
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