Criteria

The Distinguished Service Award is presented by the District Chair to one member of District 3 per year at the Fall Meeting. If the member is not at the Fall Meeting, the award will still be announced with actual presentation postponed until a future convenient date, perhaps at the member's fall or winter concert.

Selection of members to receive the District 3 Distinguished Service Award is at the sole discretion of the District Chair, using the following criteria:

• Length of service: Member has actively participated in District 3 activities for no less than 10 years.

• Consistency: Member has shown consistent interest in District 3 and volunteers for positions on a consistent basis. (i.e. has their name listed next to some job on the web site more often than not.)

• Variety: Member has served in a variety of positions - host/manager, appointed, elected

• Leadership: Member has assumed leadership positions within the District or has taken a leadership role in positions that don't necessarily require it (e.g. an auditions manager who works to change/improve/redefine the audition requirements instead of going with the status quo or a chorus manager who works to better define the sight reading requirements).

• Creativity: Member has worked to find creative solutions to problems within District 3.

• Collegiality: Member has done all of the above and most of the rest of the members of the District are still engaging with them.

• Membership: Recipients should also be members of MMEA/NAfME to be eligible for this award.

Past Distinguished Service Award Recipients

2022-2023 - Deb Large

2021-2022 - Kim Murphy

2020-21 - Beth Preston

2019-20 - Nancy Rowe

2009-10 - Roger Whitney

2008-09 - Allen Graffam

2007-08 - Barbara Larsen

2006-07 - Ed Judd

2005 -06 - Julie Anderson

2004-05 - Jill Hodgdon

2003-04 - Beth Whitney

First awarded fall 2003