InfraGard Northern Ohio Chapter : Awards

2008 InfraGard National Awards Program

Fellow InfraGard Members,

On behalf of the 2008 InfraGard National Awards Committee, we are pleased to announce the 2008 InfraGard National Awards Program. This program recognizes individuals and chapters from the Member Alliances and the FBI that have demonstrated outstanding commitment and dedication to the InfraGard program. The following provides you with an overview of the program.

The first year, 2003, the Linda Franklin Award was established and the second year, 2004, we added the InfraGard Coordinator of the Year Award. In 2005, the InfraGard National Awards Committee expanded the program to include two additional National Awards. Furthermore, in 2005, at the request of many Chapters and through discussion within the Awards Committee, a local Chapter award guideline/suggestion was created.

The 2008 Awards Program overview is as follows:

Linda Franklin - A single National Award. Get the form here

Coordinator of the Year - 1st, 2nd and 3rd Nationwide. Get the form here

Community Outreach Award - This award is designed to recognize the top three Chapters nationwide for activities that get their communities involved on a business, academic and community level (i.e. those Chapters that go above and beyond getting press placements and push the envelop in raising awareness of their local Chapter as well as the InfraGard program as a whole). Get the form here

Meeting the Challenge Award - This award is designed to recognize the top three Chapters who have met a specific challenge for the public good as related to InfraGard's mission and who have provided a means for resolution or mitigation of detrimental effect. The intent is to recognize the Chapters that have taken on an initiative that requires additional time, resources, and commitment from the Chapter to achieve a specific goal. For example, a Chapter that conceives and executes a unique initiative locally that can be replicated across multiple Chapters and/or Nationally. This would not include things such as getting incorporated, fundraising for no specific cause, or holding regularly scheduled meetings. Get the form here

Local InfraGard Spirit Award - This award is designed after the Linda Franklin Award but would be optionally implemented by the local Chapter to provide recognition to an individual within their own Chapter. The concept behind this award is to help local Chapters identify an individual that they then might nominate for the National Linda Franklin Award. Additionally, should a Chapter decide to implement this local award, the recipient would be recognized /announced at Congress once they have received the Award locally. Contact our chapter President Gary Sheehan to submit nominations for this award. Gary's email address is Gary.Sheehan@wolcottgroup.com

The 2007 Awards Program Calendar is as follows:

Nominations Open: April 15, 2008
Nominations Close: May 2, 2008 at 5:00 pm CDT
Committee Selection Process Complete: May 5, 2008
Announcement of Award Recipient: June 2, 2008 at the 2008 InfraGard National Congress

Get involved in the Awards Program. All of the forms your Chapter needs to participate are attached and will also be posted on the National InfraGard website and on the CyberCop Portal.

Special thanks to all the members who have volunteered to serve on the National Awards Committee for their active participation and to those who take the time to recognize outstanding contributions of fellow members by submitting nominations.

On behalf of the 2008 InfraGard National Awards Committee
Thank you,
Janis Rose
2008 Awards Program Committee Chair
President, InfraGard Springfield Members Alliance

The Linda Franklin Award (Northern Ohio Chapter)

This award has been established in memory of Linda Franklin and her contribution to the InfraGard program. Linda, in her position as a National Infrastructure Protection Center representative, worked with the InfraGard Provisional National Executive Committee to help InfraGard become a national organization. That effort involved training FBI coordinators, helping to establish lines of communication, traveling to various states to assist with chapter roll out presentations, as well as organizing a national press conference.

Unfortunately, in October of 2002, Linda Franklin fell victim to a sniper attack. In view of Linda's accomplishments, this award is meant to honor her. It is, however, also intended to recognize others in our chapter who, like Linda, have made significant contributions to the growth and development of our program.

The award will be given as follows:

Time frame:
The award will be presented annually. It will be based upon a member's activities from September of the previous year to September of the current year.

Nominations:
Any Northern Ohio Chapter member can nominate any other member at any time during the award period. The nomination should describe how the individual supported and/or further developed the Northern Ohio Chapter. Nominations should be 150 words or less and should be sent to nocinfragard@lists.nasa.gov . The nominations will be posted on our web site as they are received.

Selection:
Chapter members will vote on the nominees each December. The results of the election will be announced via email after the votes are counted.

Presentation:
The award will be a plaque that will be presented to the winner during our March quarterly meeting.

Past Winners:

2006 - Alex Desberg
2005 - Glenn Brzuziewski
2004 - James Delaney
2003 - Gary Sheehan

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