CPC Karen B Smith Award Nomination 2021

CPC Karen B. Smith Awards Nomination 2024

The Chapter Presidents Council cordially invites nominations for the 2024 Karen B. Smith Chapter Awards. These awards honor the late APA Board of Director member for her outstanding contributions to the association.
Nomination and Selection Process

Any chapter member may prepare the nomination, but it should be signed (or otherwise endorsed) by the chapter president. The nominator will act as the “submission coordinator” for the chapter should the submission win an award. The submission coordinator will be responsible for working with APA staff to obtain information as needed for the awards presentation ceremony.

Applications and supporting materials must be submitted by December 31, 2024.

Judging will be done by the CPC Executive Committee.

In reviewing the nominations, the CPC Executive Committee will apply the criteria of quality, relevance, originality, and significance of the program and also its resourcefulness in light of the size and resources of the chapter. Because the CPC Executive Committee is always looking for good models to share with other chapters, the transferability or lessons learned from a program are of interest. However, programs and achievements that are uniquely suited to one particular chapter will not be passed up.

The CPC Executive Committee may, by vote, move submissions from one category to another more appropriate category and are under no obligation to grant an award in any category.

Nominators will be notified confidentially by early January. Official announcements of the winning submissions will be made after all nominators have been notified.
Biography

Karen B. Smith was a planning consultant in Aspen, Colorado and treasurer of the AICP Commission, until her untimely death in an auto accident on July 24, 1984.

Smith at that time was the president of Planning Management Services in Aspen, and had long been active in APA’s Colorado Chapter, serving as its president from 1979 to 1981. In 1981, she was elected to chair APA’s Chapter Presidents Council. She was elected to the APA Board of Directors in 1983.
1. Nominee Information

Any chapter member may prepare the application, but it should be signed (or separately endorsed) by the chapter president.
List the names of all persons to be recognized:
2. Choose the Award
Select an Award Category:

Outstanding Service to Members - To recognize innovations, programs, or new or improved services that benefit the members of a particular chapter. These might include such things as a training, a continuing education program, a conference, newsletters, an online service, membership, or volunteer recruitment efforts, AICP exam assistance, or any one or several things that have improved the service delivered by a chapter to its members.Outstanding Outreach to the Community - To recognize programs or outreach efforts which serve the community, region, or state. These might include, for example, educational programs, a public policy initiative, community service, service to advisory or legislative groups, or more things that have improved the service the chapter provides to the public or enhanced the understanding or image of planning in the community at large.Overall Chapter Achievement - To recognize the overall accomplishments or improvements of a chapter.
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Attach a two to three-page summary of the chapter’s achievements, innovations, or improvements in the award category selected above. The submission may concern a single chapter program or a set of programs. The summary should indicate how the chapter’s program(s) meet the following criteria: quality, relevance, originality, significance, and resourcefulness. It should also indicate how the program(s) might be transferable to other chapters or lessons learned that might be valuable to other chapters.

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Additional Materials - Any of the following materials, if applicable, may also be provided: related reports or other products created by the chapter; a statement in support of the submission from someone who did not directly work on the nominated program; clippings or other materials about the program. These items are strictly optional, bulk does not equal quality.

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3. Nominator's Information
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CPC Karen B. Smith Awards Nomination 2024