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CALL FOR NOMINATION OF CANDIDATES FOR: Virginia Prince Lifetime Contribution Award Trinity Award Partners in Diversity Award Dear IFGE members and friends of the transgender community: The IFGE Awards Committee is seeking your help in searching for candidates for the year 2002 Virginia Prince Award, the Trinity Award, and the Partners in Diversity Award. These awards will be presented during the 16th Annual IFGE Convention to be held in Nashville, Tennessee. The Virginia Prince Lifetime Contribution Award is the transgender communityís top award, and is given to a person who has made a significant lifetime contribution to our community. The Trinity Awards honor our heroes and heroines, people who have preformed extraordinary acts of courage and love. The Partners in Diversity Award recognizes a company, corporation or government agency that has adopted comprehensive policies of diversity regarding employment and service to customers or clients. Your participation in the awards process by nominating worthy candidates is very important. You will find information and forms to guide you in your consideration of candidates for these awards. Please read the guidelines below carefully, and fill out the nomination form and return it by August 15, 2001 to: IFGE Awards Committee, PO Box 540229, Waltham, MA 02454-0229 OR you can email your nominations to: NancyJC@ifge.org Please include the words "Awards Nominations" in the subject field. OR FAX your nominations to: (781) 899-5703. The forms may be copied for anyone who wishes to make a nomination. Thank you for your participation in this process and we hope to see you at the convention in 2002! IFGE Awards Committee 2001-2002 THE AWARDS SELECTION PROCESS The Virginia Prince and Trinity Awards are the transgender communityís highest awards. Although these awards are sponsored and coordinated by IFGE, they are not intended to be IFGEís awards. Nominations are open to the entire transgender community. The final selection is made by a committee of respected members and friends of the community who have agreed to serve on the Selections Academy and vote for the recipients. The members of the Selection Academy are not necessarily members of IFGE, and must not be a current Director of IFGE. Since the nominations are made by the transgender community at large, and the final selections are made by the Academy, these awards are truly the Transgender Community Awards.
SCHEDULE FOR PROCESSING THE VIRGINIA PRINCE & TRINITY AWARDS: 1. Eight months before the Annual IFGE Convention, a call for nominations is sent to IFGE members and members and friends of the transgender community. Nominations are returned to the Chair of the Awards Committee. 2. Six months prior to the Convention, the Awards Committee prepares and mails ballots for the two awards to the Selection Academy. 3. Each member of the Selection Academy completes their ballot and returns it to the Awards Committee. The votes are counted and the recipients of the awards are notified prior to the Convention. 4. The Awards are presented at ceremonies during the Annual Convention. CRITERIA OF ELIGIBILITY FOR VIRGINIA PRINCE LIFETIME CONTRIBUTION AWARD The Virginia Prince Award is given to a person who has made a lifetime contribution to our community. The recipient must: 1. Be a living member of the transgender community. 2. Be a leader or pioneer who has been instrumental in the development of the community. 3. Have actively served the transgender community for a minimum of ten years. Previous recipients:
CRITERIA OF ELIGIBILITY FOR A TRINITY AWARD The Trinity Award acknowledges heroes and heroines of the transgender community, people who have preformed extraordinary acts of love and courage. Everyone is eligible to receive this award; they need not be transgendered themselves. They can be any living individual or couple. Look for little known or unacknowledged people who have done something extraordinary. Previous Trinity Award recipients:
CRITERIA OF ELIGIBILITY FOR A PARTNERS IN DIVERSITY AWARD This award was established to recognize companies, corporations and government agencies that have adopted comprehensive policies of diversity regarding employment and service to customers or clients. The policy must be all-inclusive, specifying non-discrimination on the basis of race, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, disability, as well as transgender. The Awards Committee will seek documentation to verify the eligibility of any nominees and make recommendations to the IFGE Board of Directors, who will determine the final selection. Previous Partners in Diversity Award recipients:
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