Ambassador Award
Ambassador Award
Purpose of the Award
To recognize the outstanding achievement of 500 or more membership recruitment points.
Award Determination
The recruiter must enlist enough members to receive 500 recruitment points and at least 250 points must have been earned with Individual Active or Operations/Administrative members. Recruiters earn five points for each Individual Active member and two points for each Student or Operations/Administrative member.
Recruiters earn points for organizational membership recruitment as follows:
New Utility Member by Grade
- Grade 80 = 25 points
- Grade 81 = 50 points
- Grade 82 = 75 points
- Grade 83 = 100 points
- Grade 84 = 150 points
- Grade 85 = 250 points
- Grade 86 = 300 points
New Service Provider Member by Grade
- Grade 90 = 50 points
- Grade 91 = 75 points
- Grade 92 = 100 points
- Grade 93 = 150 points
- Grade 94 = 250 points
New Partner Agency Member
- Grade 74 = 50 points
AWWA staff tallies and analyzes the total number recruited on a calendar year basis to determine the top recruiter. The award determination period may be changed at AWWA’s sole discretion.
The Award
A walnut plaque engraved with the name of the recruiter and Section.
Frequency of the Award
Annually when point targets are achieved.
Eligibility for the Award
The recruiter must be an active AWWA member.
Past Recipients
Congratulations to the past recipients of this prestigious award.
Lawrence Goldsmith, New York Section
Randy Lusk, Illinois Section
Raymond J. Raposa, New England Section
Donna Margo Howe, Texas Section
Frederick Elwell, Florida Section
Victor Lopez, Puerto Rico Section
Michael Meadows, Texas Section
Cliff Shrive, Ohio Section
Harry Siebert, North Carolina Section
Mona Cavalcoli, New York Section
Elizabeth Cerda Andrade, Mexico Section
George Davenport, Pennsylvania Section
Laurie Dougherty, Illinois Section
Dixie Fanning, South Carolina Section
Kenneth McCool, Alabama-Mississippi Section
Frank Triplett, Pacific Northwest Section
John Van Arsdel, Illinois Section