ANST - What is a Peer?

[Bob Dewart]

Greetings and Hi There,

This method will work.  However,  when I was Middleford's herald (twice), I
found it much easier to maintain an up to date OP with all the awards list
for the Shire.  It takes a little while to get it straight, but once it is
you can tell at a glance who has what and when they got it.

So.  Since it is easy to keep track of and there seems to be several
effective ways of doing it,  why do we still end up with folks you go for so
long without getting recognition?

Someone recieving an award is a multiple step process.  It just doesn't
Pooof and it's there.  Knowing who has what is great.  Being able to
identify who needs what is also important.  But the Crown will never have
the opportunity to approve or disapprove the award if someone doesn't write
up the recommendation first.

And there in lies the rub.  It tends to be human nature to not want to do
this sort of thing.
Folks will say, "I can't write an award recommendation.  I don't know what
to say."  But if you  ask them what so n so has done to deserve the award,
my goodness, they rattle off all sorts of stuff.   Just write it down in
your own words and it will be just fine.

And like HG Willow said, it might not get given the first  time.  So try it
again  the net event.

Gilli


Moriel wrote:
>
>> While anyone can make award recommendations, most groups don't have
anyone
>> who keep track of who has what and what folks have been doing.  How many
>> times have you been surprized to discover that so n so didn't have the
award
>> you thought for a long time they did?
>>This can be EASILY rectified.  As herald for Tempio several years ago I
started
>a system that worked great.  Each person who has submitted a name/device
from
>your group should have a folder in the herald's box.   I organized ours in
>manilla folders.  On the top tab was the person's name.  Insides were there
>submissions.  On the front of the folder I had it set up like this:
>Name passed______________
>Device passed______________
>AOA_____________________
>
>In the lined spaces I put the date the item had passed or was given.  As
for the
>awards I simply added them to the front as they were given  In the case of
>Thistles I also put WHAT it was for.
>For those who were new to the group and did not submit name/device through
our
>office I made a folder for them anyway with al the info on the front as
well.
>This also helped out greatly in doing an OP for the group. Now for a HUGE
group
>like Stargate they might want to have a person whose sole job is keeping up
on
>awards.
>
>Also, my  method was used before I had aa computer.  For anyone who has a
>computer this would be the way to go.  It would take up less physical
space.  Of
>course hard copy folders won't get erased  when a virus or major computer
glitch
>hits.
>
>At first it may take a while to do but *I* think it was worth it.  Many
times
>someone would ask if So n So had an award.  I could quickly check it out
and get
>back to the person asking.  I also kept a copy of the award rec. in that
folder
>for future use if needed.  If So n SO was passed over for an award then on
the
>second recommendation I/whoever was writing the rec. could inform the Crown
that
>this person had been recommended at _______________ before.
>
>Hope this helps.
>
>Moriel***


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