Seal Of Approval Nominee Voting Form

Please note that AP's rated 4.0 or above are required to actively participate in the SOA Incentive Program by placing nominations and practising the courtesies recommended for Bronze, Silver and Gold SOA nominees. Non-compliance will result in an automatic downgrade to 3.0+. (This affects all new and upgraded AP's since 09/07/2004)

If it is evident that a SOA applicant has read your criteria, you should place a nomination for their site even if they did not win your award.

For Bronze Seal of Approval Badge holders. If an applicant did not meet your criteria or did not score high enough, but was very close, consider putting that evaluation on a hold. Let the applicant know they have X number of days to correct the error. This is strictly optional for you to decide on an individual basis. This also applies to sending a courtesy email if a site is beyond being close to the approval score. If an applicant requests what part of your criteria they did not meet, you are encouraged to give them this useful information. All of these guidelines for the Bronze badge are strictly optional for you to decide.

For Silver Seal of Approval Badge holders. The guidelines for the Bronze badge also apply for this level. However, granting these courtesies to the applicant is strongly recommended. This applicant is a holder of 25 nominations. There is a good chance that a simple misunderstanding was involved. Again, this is up to the UWSAG member to handle this on an individual basis.

For Gold Seal of Approval Badge holders. This is an applicant of 50 nominations or more! Their consistency demands respect. Granting the above courtesies is required of the UWSAG Member. A simple misinterpretation of your criteria should never prevent this applicant of having a chance to correct a minor error.

Only ONE vote per nominee per evaluation is permitted.
A nomination may be placed EITHER by the owner of the rated Award Program concerned, OR by one of the evaluators for that Award Program.

If this form does not work email Incentive Program with all above information.

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