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Cindy Nagel

Nominator: Lynn Alex
“I nominate Cindy Nagel for OSA’s first SPOT Award. She, along with hourly employee John Hall, has displayed an exceptional performance going beyond the scope of her current job description and duties by suggesting a major outreach and engagement activity connected with the 2008 RAGBRAI event. She has contributed hours of effort to the planning and organization of the project which promises to reach thousands of Iowans. This idea is innovative and has energized much of the OSA. This effort strikes at the heart of OSA’s Strategic Plan Goal 2 but also dovetails with Goals 4 and 5 that aspire to translate archaeological research into public programs that involve broad-based community participation and foster interoffice communication and collaboration.” – Lynn Alex
 
Mike Perry

Nominator: Robin Lillie,
also nominated by Joe Artz.

“I would like to nominate Michael Perry for the Spot Award. His recent and ongoing work with the Ellison Orr papers and his service to the Iowa Archeological Society as director and now as editor of the JIAS are just two of Mike’s many accomplishments and contributions to the OSA. Mike has been on board for nearly 28 years. He assisted me this past fall for several days on the Dubuque Third Street Cemetery project and his exacting field methods proved essential to finding material that may otherwise have been missed by a less qualified individual. I highly recommend that Mike be recognized for his many years and continuing service to the OSA.” - Robin Lillie

“I nominate Mike Perry. He's been with HAP since Creation, and has consistently done quality work for the DOT. In addition, he founded OSAs chert comparative collection. His work in recent years with the Keyes site has been significant, and has involved using aerial photographs and map sources to determine more precise locations of sites and excavations recorded in Keyes' (and others') often cryptic notes. He's been an example and mentor to many of us.” - Joe Alan Artz


   

OSA SPOT AWARDS

“SPOT Awards” (referring to on-the-spot, or instant recognition of value) are a University of Iowa incentive program in which OSA participates. The goal is to have up to two eligible salaried and up to one eligible hourly (PZ05) staff members awarded each calendar quarter with awards announced at the respective monthly staff meeting (March, June, September, and December). OSA utilizes UI General Education Funds for SPOT Awards; eligible recipients may receive these awards (up to $75) only once per calendar year.

Awards are by nomination. Self-nominations are not permitted, but eligible staff may recruit a nominator. The committee members should not be recruited for this purpose and should generally refrain from serving as nominators during their term of service. Nominations can be submitted by anyone (UI or external) other than an immediate family member of the person being nominated. Nominations should be e-mailed to the committee chairperson by the date announced each quarter for this purpose. Nominations will be held in confidence by the committee. Nominations that result in awards will be shared at the OSA all-staff meeting when awards are announced. Recipients will receive a signed certificate from the Committee Chair and a copy will be added to their personnel folder. Names and photos of award winners will be added quarterly to this webpage and submitted to the editor of the Newsletter of the Iowa Archeological Society.

Nominations should identify the individual being nominated and describe in 50 to 100 words why the named person deserves the award. From the UI guidelines: “These awards are for exceptional performance which may include, but is not limited to, rewarding a variety of outcomes and behaviors. Examples include expanded scope of duties, completion of a major project, extraordinary performance, the development of significant new initiatives, cost savings, process improvement, or outreach and engagement” (emphasis in original). Identification of applicable OSA mission and strategic plan linkages (see http://www.uiowa.edu/~osa/index.html) will enhance the nomination. Nominations ranked highly by the committee but which are in excess of those selected in any given quarter may be saved by the committee for consideration during following calendar quarters. The committee may at its discretion weight differentially new vs. rollover nominations.


2008 Approved OSA SPOT Awards Committee

  Colleen Eck (Chairperson)
Melody Pope
Shirley Schermer
Mike Perry (Alternate)

Updated by Mary De La Garza, March 2008.
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