Nomination form
Purpose
- To openly honor recipient(s) who have provided exceptional accomplishments at the Chapter and/or national level regarding government relations activities
- To acknowledge and promote achievement(s) deserving of said recognition
History
- Award established in 1996
- To be given annually
- Award is selected and kept unannounced until time of presentation
- There may be more than one (1) recipient in a given year
- Recipient(s) name(s) are engraved on a plaque at the National Office
Qualifications
- Recipient(s) does not have to be a member of AMTA or a massage therapist
- Recipient(s) may have participated at the National and/or Chapter level in government relations
- This award may be given posthumously
- May be a past recipient of other Government Relations awards
- Recommended by the Awards Committee
- Approved by the Executive Committee
Nomination form
Purpose
- To openly honor recipient(s) who is an AMTA member
- To acknowledge the “heart” of massage in action
History
- Award established in 1996
- To be given annually
- Award is selected and kept unannounced until time of presentation
- There may be more than one (1) recipient in a given year
- Granting of multiple awards will be decided by the Executive Committee
- Recipient(s) name(s) are engraved on a plaque at the National Office
Qualifications
- Active AMTA member for at least one (1) year
- In good standing at the time of award consideration
- This award may be given posthumously
- Chapter Humanitarian Award recipient for current year
- Volunteer work, which may or may not include massage, done in the larger community. Including but not limited to: charity, church, supporting the arts, working with children, disabled, needy, sick, homeless, elderly, community outreach to populations for who massage is otherwise difficult to obtain; fundraising for same, consciousness raising, relief efforts
- Recipient shall not have received this award in the previous year
- Recommended by the Awards Committee
- Approved by the Executive Committee
Nomination form
Purpose
- To openly honor an AMTA member
- To acknowledge diligent volunteerism done in an altruistic manner
History
- Award established in 1969
- Has been given annually since that time
- Award has been selected and kept unannounced until time of presentation
- There has been more than one (1) recipient in a given year
Qualifications
- Active member in AMTA for at least one (1) year
- Only one (1) nominee from each chapter can be a recipient
- Volunteerism at the National level
- Recipient shall not have received this award in the previous year
- Recipient of National Meritorious Award cannot be posthumous. With the exception that if a recipient has been selected for the National Meritorious Award and dies before the award presentation, the National Meritorious Award will still be granted to said recipient
- Chapter Meritorious Award recipient for current year
- More than one recipient can be chosen from different Chapters
- Recommended by the Awards Committee
- Approved by the Executive Committee
Nomination form
Purpose
- To openly honor an AMTA member
- To acknowledge accomplishments in the area of sports massage
History
- Award established in 1996
- To be given annually
- Award is selected and kept unannounced until time of presentation
- Recipient(s) name(s) are engraved on a plaque at the National Office
Qualifications
- Recipient must be an AMTA member for at least one (1) year
- Recipient accomplishment(s) exceed expectations in a timely and cooperative manner
- Recipient display cooperation and team play on team
- In good standing at the time of award consideration
- This award may be given posthumously
- May include but is not limited to accomplishments that enhance the visibility, prestige and acceptance of sports massage and sports massage therapists to the general public and the other components of the sports community
- Recipient may serve on more than one (1) committee
- There may be no more than one (1) recipient selected per year. Recipient may receive only one national individual award in any given year
- Recipient may not be a past year recipient of the National Sports Massage Achiever Award
- Recommended by the Awards Committee
- Approved by the Executive Committee
Selected by calculation
Purpose
- This award is to be given to Chapters with the most growth in membership.
- This award is selected by the most growth in membership for that state based on National Membership statistics.
History
- The Chapter Growth Award was founded in 1996; however, this award has been given since 1993 without appropriate approval from the National Board.
- Has been given annually since that time.
- Award has been selected and kept unannounced until time of presentation.
- Chapter is engraved on a plaque at the National Office.
Qualifications
- Chapter will have most growth in year.
- Determined by the comparison of Chapter Growth from the year prior and the current year.
- Calculated by the increase of both the number of members AND the percentage.
- Census numbers are taken from the August 1 Census of each year including all member types (students, professional, school, etc).
- There may be more than one (1) Chapter selected in any given year.
Selected by National President
Purpose
- To openly honor recipient(s) who have contributed to the massage profession
- To acknowledge diligent volunteerism done in an altruistic manner
- To acknowledge someone who has bridged the gap between AMTA and/or massage and other associations and/or professions
History
- The Certificate of Appreciation Award was founded in 1996
- Has been given on an as needed basis since that time
- There has been more than one (1) recipient in a given year
- Recipient(s) name(s) are kept with staff, Awards Chair or assignee
Qualifications
- Recipient(s) do not need to be AMTA members or massage therapists
- This award may be given posthumously
- Recipient(s) are to have contributed to enrich the lives of others and promote the awareness of massage, which may or may not include massage
Selected by National President
Purpose
- To openly honor recipient(s) who have contributed to the massage profession in an outstanding manner
- To acknowledge diligent volunteerism done in an altruistic manner
- To enable the President and the Executive Committee to give an award to (a) recipient(s) who seem(s) worthy
- This award is selected by the President with the approval of the Executive Committee
History
- The National Distinguished Service Award was founded in 1981
- Has been annually since that time
- Award has been selected and kept unannounced until time of presentation
- Recipient(s) name(s) are engraved on a plaque at the National Office
Qualifications
- Recipient must be a member of AMTA and a massage therapist
- There may not be more than one (1) recipient selected in any given year
- This award may be given posthumously
- Recipient must contribute to the massage profession in outstanding manner
- Recipient shall not have received this award in the previous year
- Recipient may receive only one national individual award in any given year
Selected by Executive Committee
Purpose
- To openly honor a recipient who has demonstrated outstanding qualities and/or service to the AMTA in their National Chair position
- To promote outstanding achievements and to honor an individual who is deserving of said recognition
History
- Award established in 1996
- To be given annually
- Award is selected and kept unannounced until time of presentation
- Award given to one (1) recipient per year
- Chair’s name printed in Hands On
Qualifications
- Meets all requirements for position held
- In good standing at the time of award consideration
- This award may be given posthumously
- Recipient may serve as National Chair to more than one (1) Volunteer Group; however, will receive award for only one (1) Volunteer Group
- This award may be given to a Volunteer Group Chair who has completed a project to benefit AMTA or enhance the massage profession
- May be a past recipient of another Outstanding National Volunteer Group Chair Award
- Recommended by the Awards Committee
- Approved by the Executive Committee
Selected by Executive Committee
Purpose
- To openly honor a National Volunteer Group that has demonstrated outstanding qualities and/or service to the AMTA in their position
- To acknowledge and promote outstanding achievements deserving of said recognition by persons involved
- To recognize team effort
History
- Award established in 1996
- To be given annually
- Award is selected and kept unannounced until time of presentation
- Award is given to one (1) Volunteer Group and all said therein per year
- Volunteer Group names printed in Hands On
Qualifications
- Volunteer Group accomplishment(s) exceed expectations in a timely and cooperative manner
- Cooperation and team play displayed on Volunteer Group
- Members of Volunteer Group are in good standing at the time of award consideration
- This award may be given posthumously
- This award may be given to a Volunteer Group who has completed a project to benefit AMTA or enhance the massage profession
- Volunteer Group members may serve on more than one (1) Volunteer Group
- Only one (1) National Volunteer Group will be selected per year
- Volunteer Group members may be a past recipient of another Outstanding National Committee or Volunteer Group Award
- Recommended by the Awards Committee
- Approved by the Executive Committee
Selected by National President
Purpose
- To openly honor recipient(s) who have contributed to the massage profession in an outstanding manner
- To acknowledge diligent volunteerism done in an altruistic manner
- To enable the President to give an award to (a) recipient(s) who seem(s) worthy
- This award is selected by the President
History
- The President’s Award for Chapters founded in 1988
- Has been given annually since that time
- Award has been selected and kept unannounced until time of presentation
- Recipient(s) name(s) are engraved on a plaque at the National Office
Qualifications
- The recipient does not have to be member of AMTA or a massage therapist
- There may be no more than one (1) recipient selected in any given year
- This award may be given posthumously
- Recipient(s) must contribute to the massage profession in outstanding manner
- Recipient(s) shall not have received this award in the previous year
- Recipient may receive only one National individual award in any given year?