MGA Outstanding Section Awards

Nominators are encouraged to view previous recipients and activity highlights from recent award recipients and nominees to see examples of what achievements have been awarded in the past.

Previous MGA Outstanding Large and Small Section Award Recipients

All MGA Award Recipients by Year

The following aspects and activities in the past year are considered in selecting the Outstanding Section:

• completed nomination form (PDF, 82 KB) must be submitted;
• submission of financial, officers and meeting report must be submitted;
• evidence of retention of members;
• new GOLD Affinity Group formations;
• active Student Branch activity such as student paper contest, recruitment of Student members;
• continuing educational activities including conferences, technical activities, and training courses;
• contacts with Section members, including the number of newsletter issues, e-mail newsletters, regular updates of Section, Chapters, and Student Branches Web pages;
• community projects/service that project positive visibility to IEEE; and
• continuing support for Section/Chapter activities.

No Section may receive two MGA Outstanding Section Awards within three years.

• two (2) Outstanding Section Awards will be presented annually:
  • one (1) Large Section
  • one (1) Small Section
• recipients will be selected by the MGA Awards and Recognition Committee and approved by the MGA Board at the June MGA Board Meeting;
• nominees and recipient will be notified in July;
• recipient will receive a plaque inscribed with the accomplishment;
• the VP-MGA or Region Director will present the award at an appropriate Region event in which the Section Chair or representative of the Section will be attending; in the year of Sections Congress, the current recipient and two previous recipients will be properly recognized at Sections Congress.

Please e-mail MGA Awards if you have questions about the MGA Outstanding Section Awards or the MGA Awards Process.