Membership Promotion PAOE & Awards

PRESENTER

What Awards Do We Have?

• PAOE – Presidential Award of Excellence

• Blue & Red Ribbon

• Green Ribbon

• Lincoln Bouillon Award

• Various Awards administered by Region

Presidential Awards of Excellence (PAOE)

What is PAOE?

• A points system for goal setting

• Set by the Society president

• An awards competition between chapters

• In many ways, a job description!

• All PAOE details are on ASHRAE.org – requires login• Staying active with PAOE ensures your chapter stays on track.

• PAOE changes each year, so be sure you are looking at PAOE for the current Society year.

Where Do I Enter PAOE Points?

1. ASHRAE.org: under Society Groups tab select Chapters

2. Scroll down and click on the link for the PAOE page

3. Login with your email address and personal password

4. Select ‘Update PAOE Chapter Totals (Authorized Users Only)’

5. Select year 2015-16 and enter your chapter’s logon and password

• All lower case, no spacing, the last three characters of the password are numeric

6. Select the PAOE category to enter points

• If needed, detailed instructions with screenshots are located towards the bottom of the PAOE page

• For assistance, contact Vickie Grant at vgrant@ashrae.org

If committee size is 5% or less of total chapter members

2015-2016 PAOE

If annual chapter goal (as assigned by RVC) is met (50 additional points for each percent increase in Area Assigned Member growth beyond annual goal)

If Society membership delinquencies in chapter are 2% or less of total Chapter Area Assigned Members

For Membership Promotion event at chapter meeting for specific organized MP event (i.e., member bring a member, etc) (100 points maximum)

Set by President Underwood

300 pts.

200 pts.

50 pts.

50 pts.

For recognition of new members and advancements at each chapter meeting (50 points maximum)

2015-2016 PAOE

For each non-member attendee invited to monthly dinners (75 points max per monthly meetings)

For retention of each new member (dues paid second and third year) 300 points maximum

For recruiting past members who have cancelled their memberships for more than one year.

Set by President Underwood

For each upgrade from associate to member

25 pts.

10 pts.

5 pts.

25 pts.

5 pts.

2015-2016 PAOE

YEA Activities:• 50 points for each YEA event at

chapter meeting for specific organized YEA event (100 points maximum)

• 25 points for each new member in Young Engineers in ASHRAE (YEA) category (300 points maximum)

• 25 points for each YEA activity outside of chapter meeting providing flyer or brochure of activity that includes a technical component (100 points maximum)

• 25 points for each new member in YEA category (300 max)

• 25 points for each new member sponsored by YEA

RVC Assigns:• 100 points for the incoming Chapter

Membership Promotion committee chair attending centralized training

• 150 points for the incoming chapter Membership Promotion Committee Chair attending the MP CRC workshop and participating in the CRC

• 100 points for an MP Chair holding the position for a 2nd or 3rd year

• 75 points for planning/goal setting session with RVC (points assigned by RVC by October 1)

• Up to 50 points for achieving goals established in goal-setting session with RVC (points assigned by RVC by June 30)

Blue & Red Ribbons

• The Blue & Red Ribbons recognize the membership successes of individual chapters

• To qualify, chapters must reach par in the membership growth column of the PAOE

First-place is awarded to the chapter in each region that obtains the highest points in the MP category of PAOE

• Award consists of a blue ribbon and is accompanied by a certificate and handed out at CRC

Second-place is awarded to the chapter in each region that obtains the second highest points in the MP category of PAOE

• Award consists of a red ribbon and is accompanied by a certificate and handed out at CRC

Green Ribbon

• Recognizes and supports online membership transactions (applications and renewals) in honor of sustainability

• The chapter in each region with the highest percentage (based on total number of members) of online transactions receives the award

• Presentation and recognition for award is held at the CRC (Chapter Regional Conference)

Lincoln Bouillon Award

Lincoln Bouillon Award

• Established in 1967 in memory of President Lincoln Bouillon

• Given each year to the Society member who has performed the most outstanding job in supporting the membership of the Society

• Criteria include:

• Increasing chapter membership

• Reducing the number of delinquent members

• Increasing the number of members who advance

• The recipient is determined by majority vote of the Society MP Committee and confirmed by the Board of Directors

• Chapters should consider top membership performers from previous year and submit names as recommendations to RVC for MP by August 15th

PAOE & AwardsAll of the MP training materials can be found at:

www.mptraining.weebly.com

Staff SupportYou have two staff contacts at ASHRAE Headquarters in Atlanta, GA,

USA. They are:

Daniel B. Gurley, Manager of MembershipEmail address: dgurley@ashrae.org

Phone: (678) 539-1127

Rhiannon Masterson, Asst Manager of MembershipEmail address: rMasterson@ashrae.org

Phone: (678) 539-1178