23:1 (2008:03) Committee Update: A&R
March 12, 2008 at 6:14 pm | In Awards & Recognition | Leave a CommentTags: Tuttle Award
[Ed. note: Highlights from the January committee report to the Executive Board.]
AWARDS & RECOGNITION
Clint Chamberlain, Co-Chair
One of the goals set last year for A&R was to explore ways to encourage applications for the Tuttle Award. That has been one of the primary focuses of A&R this fall. Committee member Carol Ficken conducted an informal survey of the past Tuttle Award winners (Karen Darling, Jean Hirons, Taemin Park, and Regina Reynolds), with questions regarding how they learned of the award, what factors about the award encouraged them to apply, what other factors might discourage potential applicants, and what their suggestions might be for attracting future applicants for the award. What emerged from their responses was that although part of what is needed is interest on the part of potential applicants, A&R can facilitate the generation of ideas for eligible projects by suggesting possibilities for projects in the documentation for the award; the idea here is that mention of types of eligible projects could engender interest amongst potential applicants. Although some suggestions were already present in the award documentation, A&R took the initial step of slightly changing the wording of the suggestions in hopes that simplified wording would make clear that delivering a presentation at international conferences is a type of project that would render one eligible for the award.
Other suggestions that emerged from the survey include:
- Allowing application for the award after the fact; i.e. allowing application after someone has already delivered a presentation, completed an eligible project, etc., such that it could be funded retroactively by the award monies
- Greater publicity
- Target people known to be active in international groups
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