[Eurchap] Fwd: [Chapters-l] ASIS&T Chapter Awards 2016

[Diane Sonnenwald]

Congratulations to everyone!!

Well done!

Regards,
Diane

On Mon, Sep 26, 2016 at 10:25 AM, Isto Huvila <isto.huvila at abm.uu.se> wrote:

>
> Congratulations to the board, all chapter members, and for Isabella of
> course. This is big, no it is huge :-)
>
> best wishes,
>
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> Isto
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> *From: *Chirag Shah <chirags at rutgers.edu>
> *Subject: **[Chapters-l] ASIS&T Chapter Awards 2016*
> *Date: *25 September 2016 at 03:55:53 GMT+2
> *To: *<asis-l at asis.org>, <chapters-l at asis.org>
>
> Hello,
>
> We are happy to announce the following chapter awards for this year.
>
> *Chapter of the Year*
> We are pleased to announce that the *European Chapter* is the 2016 winner
> of the ASIS&T regional Chapter of the Year Award. In selecting
> European Chapter for the award, the jury considered the chapter’s
> membership, activities, communications, financial and administrative
> management, and contributions to ASIS&T and the broader IS community.
>
> The Chapter takes advantage of the regional information science meetings
> to hold their own chapter meetings.  Great focus on the 2016 ASIS&T Annual
> Meeting and the very important contributions to the success of the meeting
> dully noted.  Also, recognizing the fact that the students are our future,
> such collaboration with and focus on student members is very important and
> essential to the success of ASIS&T.
>
> The chapter surveyed its members to understand members’ needs and the jury
> members impressed with the honesty with which the leadership has identified
> the issues and is tackling the problems.
>
> *Chapter Event of the Year*
> The 2016 Chapter Event-of-the-Year Award goes to *New Jersey ASIS&T* for
> the first ASIS&T Regional Meeting held at Rutgers University on April 15:
> https://www.asist.org/events/asist-regional-meeting-2016-rutgers-university/.
> The nomination received high point with a theme of participant engagement.
>
> Reviewers noted the timeliness of the topic, diverse and well-known
> speakers, and opportunities for students and SIGs engagement. It was
> well-publicized and well attended, both face to face and virtual. As
> described by the nominator, this event brought together students chapters
> from Rutgers, Pratt, and Drexel together in working with the NJ Chapter,
> setting a good example of chapters could collaborate in mutually beneficial
> way. In addition to executing a highly successful program, this event
> created a milestone in ASIS&T and set an example of how ASIS&T could create
> value for its members at a local level.
>
> *Chapter Member of the Year*
> The award goes to *Dr. Isabella Peters*, whose outstanding service and
> leadership to the European Chapter (EC) has been identified by several
> members and officers. Dr. Peters has served as chair and advisor of the
> European Chapter, and has been a dedicated and active member of ASIST for
> many years. She has actively advertised and administered the ASIS&T free
> student membership program for the European Chapter, renewed and upgraded
> the EC website and Facebook pages, and provided advise and support to
> the EC Student Chapter. Dr. Peters has served as a mentor for ASIS&T New
> Leaders program, organized New member brunches at the Annual Meetings, and
> participated in delivering high-value webinars to the members.
>
>
> Congratulations to the winners of these prestigious awards. Hope to see
> you all in Copenhagen next month!
>
> Sincerely,
> Chirag Shah, Rutgers University, Chapter Assembly Director
> Daniel Alemneh, University of North Texas, Chapter Assembly Deputy Director
>
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