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

[Sheila Webber]

Congratulations to everyone who works so hard, especially Isabella!

Sheila

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From: Chirag Shah <chirags at rutgers.edu>
Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2016 21:55:53 -0400
Subject: [Asis-l] ASIS&T Chapter Awards 2016
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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ASIS&T 2016 Annual Meeting
Copenhagen, Denmark | Oct. 14-18, 2016

Creating Knowledge, Enhancing Lives through Information & Technology

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