Van Slam Family Awards Committee Report

[Shannon]

cool.
so when do you want nominations for rookie?

[RC]

the awards once decided upon are for next year.

[Tristan]

A Van Slam awards committee meeting will take place on Monday June 14th at 6 pm at Cafe Deux.
We will discuss all your comments above.

If you have burning point to make on this issue, or you'd like to reiterate something please do so here before Monday, or see us in person at the meeting.

Thanks so much to everyone who commented so far.

Tristan

[Tristan]

Here are the motions the awards committee submitted for tomorrow's meeting.

Be it resolved that the Van Slam Family strike a standing awards committee to:

receive nominations for awards; and 

to make recommendations to the Van Slam Family on awards recipients in advance of finals night each year.; and 

to establish a selection process for awards recipients which honours the grassroots, democratic origins of slam poetry.



Be it further resolved that for the purposes of these awards, a year shall be the time between finals nights, including alternative slams and the summer seasons.



Be it further resolved that the Van Slam Family grant the following award each year at finals night beginning in April 2011.

1. Rookie of the Year

An Award open to a poet new to the Vancouver Poetry Slam who gave a poem (including slam, open mic, and sacrifice) on the Van Slam stage that year, provided they slammed in competition at least once. Special consideration will be given to poets new to slam poetry. This award is open to members of the Vancouver Poetry Slam Team, including the WOWPS an IWPS poets.

2. Spirit of the Slam Award 

An award open to any member of the Van Slam Community who contributed to the betterment of the community that year. This award is open to poets and non poets, including volunteers. This award is open to members of the Vancouver Poetry Slam Team, including the WOWPS an IWPS poets.

3 Poet's choice awards- The ‘Vladdy’

An award in memory of the Vlad E. Vostock, open to any poet who gave a poem (including slam, open mic, and sacrifice) on the Van Slam stage that year and who demonstrates the greatest growth of their craft or who served as an inspiration to our community. Special consideration will be given to a nominees who have not scored highly in competition. Vancouver Poetry Slam Team members, including the WOWPS an IWPS poets are ineligible for this award.

Nominated for this award will be made to the awards committee only by poets who have given poems (including slam, open mic, and sacrifice) on the Van Slam stage that year.


Be it resolved that X, X, X, X and X be appointed to the Van Slam Award Committee for a term ending May 1st 2011.

Be it resolved that X shall be chair.