GOES-R Quarterly Awards

+ View Feb. 24, 2012 Awards
1st Quarter of FY12 (Oct. - Dec. 2011) and 2nd Quarter (Jan. - March 2012)
It’s that time again!  Time to recognize all those across the program who went above and beyond the call of duty over the past few months…  Nominations are due May 25, 2012.
Past Award Photos | Nomination Form
Quarterly Awards Categories

The GOES-R Awards Board is now accepting nominations for the following categories: 

Outstanding Employee of the Quarter:  

This award recognizes leadership or substantial contribution by either a government or contractor employee in the successful completion of a significant GOES-R event. 

     
Outstanding Team of the Quarter:   

This award recognizes leadership or substantial contribution by a team of government and/or contractor employees in the successful completion of a significant GOES-R event.

     
Esprit de Corps Award:    This award recognizes an individual (government or contractor) for special achievement on a specific task or activity (i.e., completing a project, taking the lead on an activity, coordinating an activity under a very short timeframe, volunteering on GOES-R events, etc.)
     
Outstanding Communications Award:   

This award recognizes an individual for superior communication skills applied to a particular activity, i.e., scheduling, briefing, conflict resolution, meeting leader, etc.;

     
Process Improvement / Innovation Award:   

This award recognizes an individual for an idea that resulted in a process improvement that yielded a cost or time savings.  The award can either be for a technical or administrative process.


As a reminder, nominations may be initiated by anyone (Government or contractor) including individuals outside GOES-R.   While using the official nomination form is appreciated, your Awards Board members are just as happy to accept email nominations too and they will work with you to complete the form.  Please route all nominations thru your cognizant board member for concurrence no later than Friday, May 25, 2012.

Cognizant Award Board Members:
Program Office – Michael Corbett
Program Control – Steve Schaeffer
Program Systems Engineering – Craig Keeler
Ground Segment – Vanessa Griffin
Flight Project – Tim Walsh

As always, please address any questions to the Award Board Members or Dann Karlson.

Past Award Ceremonies

View names of winners, runners-up and photos from past awards ceremonies by clicking on the appropriate dates below.
Feb. 24, 2012
Sept. 30, 2011
April 15, 2011
October 15, 2010
March 26, 2010
December 17, 2009
August 27, 2009











 
 
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