| Dear Everyone, Please save the date for the 2018 CIASA Awards Gala to be held on Sunday, 28 January 2018 at Grand Old House. We are very much looking forward to this Gala Party, which is taking place where everyone is welcome; more details of this event will follow shortly. The Booster Group is working very hard to make this event a fun and fantastic event! In connection with this, the Board of Directors is seeking nominations from the CIASA Members for our Volunteer Awards: Lifetime Achievement Award, Service to the Community Award, Volunteer of the Year and Open Water Volunteer of the Year. If you are interested in nominating someone for one of the Volunteer Awards, please email your written nomination to me. The deadline for submission will be 17 January 2018 but please send the nominations as soon as you possibly can. CIASA cannot operate without its valuable volunteers, so please take this opportunity to nominate someone you believe deserves recognition for their time and dedication to Cayman swimming. The Board of Directors will review the nominations and vote for the recipients. The names of the 2018 recipients will be announced during the course of the Awards Gala Party along with the winners of our athlete awards. Please refer to the following link on our website for an explanation of the Awards and past recipients. www.ciasa.ky The nomination(s) should include the following details: 1. the name of the nominee and the award that they are being nominated for; and 2. in four or five lines describe why the nominee should be considered for the award in accordance with the descriptions provided in the link above It should be noted that the Lifetime Achievement Award and the Service to the Community Award are not annual awards and that these awards will only be bestowed upon exceptional nominees. Happy Swimming! Chilian Wong-Ellison CIASA Secretary |
