Awards Overview
Each year, awards are presented at the MISA Ontario Annual Conference to individual information technology leaders, and to municipal and associate member organizations. An awards panel selects the recipients on the basis of submitted nomination forms. To nominate someone for an award please select the link on the right.
ASSOCIATE MEMBER OF THE YEAR was introduced in 1996 to be presented to the associate member felt to have made the most significant contribution to municipal information technology and MISA during the past year.
Additional factors used to determine an award winner:
• Extent to which the associate member has developed a mutually beneficial partnership with the municipal sector or a critical mass of municipalities;
• Associate member's application of products in new, innovative ways that improve service delivery, extend the pervasiveness of technology usage in the municipal sector, or contribute to leaner, more efficient organizations;
• Effective facilitation of alliances with other municipalities, levels of government & IT vendors to produce effective and timely business solutions.
EXCELLENCE IN MUNICIPAL SYSTEMS is for both a municipality and one or more individuals within the municipality who have successfully undertaken a significant initiative or set a new standard that other municipalities may follow. Additional criteria:
• Furtherance of a municipality's strategic objectives using information technology;
• Demonstrated improvement in service delivery to clients, citizens or businesses;
• High level of collaboration between IT and other City departments as shown for example in a joint submission between IT and client business unit.
JOHN CUSHING AWARD OF MERIT is an award for long and exemplary service to MISA and is to recognize outstanding and dedicated service to the Municipal Information Systems Association over the years.
LIFE MEMBERSHIP is awarded to retiring MISA member representatives who have been active in the association including participation on committees and the Board of Directors for a number of years. Life members continue to receive Municipal Interface and are entitled to attend the conference and workshops at no charge.
REGENA LERKE DISTINGUISHED SERVICE is an award for individual service to MISA that exemplifies Regena's spirit of working "beyond the call" with humour and humanity and making a difference to the organization and its members.
SPECIAL RECOGNITION is awarded to individuals or groups who have made a specific and outstanding contribution to MISA or the municipal systems community.
