PHILOSOPHY:  The AAC does not discuss the nominations as a group.  Each member is asked to read and evaluate the nominees and cast votes individually.

RECEIPT OF NOMINATIONS: The nominations are received and placed in folders located in a central / secure place (see Jean Cleveland or Florence King). All nominations for each category will be kept in a single folder. Within the folder, each nomination form will be labeled with a letter as an identifier.

Example:  All nominations for Best Committee/Group Collaboration will be in a folder labeled with that award category’s name. Within the folder, each nomination will be numbered.  The “Let’s Trash GIL Task Force” would be labeled “A,” the “Committee for Using Fines More Creatively” would be “B,” the “Stop the Construction on North Campus Task Force” might be labeled “C,” and “The Less You Communicate the Better Task Force” labeled as “D.”

VOTING:  (see tally sheet below)

1. 12 points may be cast in each award category.
2. Attempt to rank the nominations so that your 12 points are spread among the three (or less) nominations that you think are most deserving.
3. Do not give all your points to one nominee.
4. Do not divide your points evenly between the nominees.
5. Voting should be done in administration.

Example: Best Committee/Group Collaboration 12 points were divided among the “Stop the Construction on North Campus Task Force” (7 points), “The Less You Communicate the Better Task Force”(3 points), and the “Let’s Trash GIL Task Force” (2 points)

COMMITTEE MEMBERS NOMINATED FOR AWARDS: Any member of the AAC nominated in a category does not vote in that category.

ANONYMITY IN VOTING: The tally sheet is routed to the Committee Member (s) charged with tallying votes and should contain no names (neither yours nor the nominees’).

RUNOFFS:  In the event of a tie, there will be a runoff in that category.  (For next year, examine this:  old guidelines state, ”there will be a runoff in each category where there are less than 5 points separating the top two nominees”.

WINNERS IN MULTIPLE CATEGORIES: If the recipient wins in two categories, that “win” will remain.  There was discussion of also spreading the winnings around to the runners-up but it was felt that a “winner is a winner”.