Service Awards Committee

The Service Awards Chair is appointed by, and reports to, the Guild President. The Chair’s primary responsibility is to ensure that Guild volunteers accurately track and record their volunteer hours, and that volunteers are recognized and rewarded in accordance with Guild policy.

In addition, the Chair will head the Service Awards Committee comprised of the sitting and past Guild Presidents. In the event the Chair is not a past president, he/she will serve as a non-voting participant on that Committee.

The Service Awards Committee Chair will:

• Ensure that volunteers are made aware of their responsibilities accurately to record their volunteer hours in accordance with Guild policy.
• Provide convenient mechanisms for recording volunteer hours while encouraging members to use the Guild site or phone app as a preferred mechanism.
• Prepare reports as soon as possible after March 31 on total volunteer hours and identify individuals who merit recognition for a service award in accordance with Guild policy.
• Ensure that the Service Awards Committee considers nominees for special recognition.
• Ensure that the Education Coordinator, Shop Coordinator, and Library Coordinator submit candidates for recognition.
• Work with Museum staff to ensure that individual awards are ordered, service hour certificates are prepared, and plaques are engraved as necessary.
• Work with the Museum Events Coordinator, the Guild President, and other appropriate staff, to ensure that all awards are prepared in a timely manner and available for presentation at the Guild Appreciation Dinner.
• Chairs, or appoints a chair, or a special committee to determine recipients of the Lifetime Achievement Award typically honored at the Guild Holiday Brunch