The submission deadline for the 2011 Gold Leaf Component of the Year Award is February 1, 2012.
Components: Please click here for your 2011 Gold Leaf Component of the Year submission application.
Purpose of the Award:
- to recognize excellence in component leadership and member development, communication, education services and community relations;
- to encourage quality component management;
- to recognize with distinction and visibility the efforts and results of meaningful activities that build a strong component;
- to benchmark standards.
Your Reward
- $500.00 and a plaque presented at the ASPAN 31st National Conference in Orlando, Florida.
- Recognition in Breathline and the Journal of PeriAnesthesia Nursing.
- A book or publication on perianesthesia nursing of the Component’s choice, for use by the Component for member benefits or recruitment efforts.
- Ribbons for all Component Members at National Conference signifying their membership in the Component of the Year.
Eligibility and Entry Preparation
- Any chartered ASPAN Component may submit an entry.
- The entry form must be completed by the Component President or designee selected by the Component President. If you are not the one who will be completing this application for your Component, please be sure to pass the entire package along to the appropriate individual.
- Complete the application based on your Component activities from January 1, 2011 through December 31, 2011.
- Shortly after the first of the year, the ASPAN National Office will supply Component membership reports as of 12/31/11 to aid in answering questions.
- Entry MUST be typed in the exact format provided.
- Please limit your answers to the spaced provided. If necessary to exceed the space, please include the additional information on a blank page.
- Please include all required documentation either in the application packet or on your website.
- When preparing your entry, please keep in mind that we will be making copies for reviewers. Do not put your entries in sleeves or other formats that would make this process difficult.
- A Component may receive this award only once every three years.
- All entries will become the property of ASPAN and will not be returned.
- The winner of Gold Leaf Component of the Year is determined by the cumulative total of points earned.
- The ASPAN Membership Committee will contact the Component President or designee if any documentation is needed.
- A copy of the application is provided to the Component President via mail in hard copy and on disk, and it will be posted on the ASPAN Web site.
SUBMISSION
Completed, typed form must be postmarked by February 1, 2012, and mailed to:
ASPAN, Gold Leaf Component of the Year, 90 Frontage Road, Cherry Hill, NJ 08034-1424
Past Gold Leaf Component of the Year Winners
- 2010 - TAPAN
- 2009 - OPANA
- 2008 - PAPAN
- 2007 - RMPANA
- 2006 - OSPAN
- 2005 - MASPAN
- 2004 - PANAC
- 2003 - MAPAN
- 2002 - NYSPANA
- 2001 - NAPAN
- 2000 - PANAC
- 1999 - CBSPAN
- 1998 - AzPANA
- 1997 - NCAPAN
- 1996 - TAPAN
- 1995 - FLASPAN
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