It is once again time to nominate individuals for the North American Zarathushti Community Awards. As you may know, these awards will be given out at the 16th North American Congress which will be held in August in New York. There are 7 award categories:
-- Outstanding Zarathushti Student Award
-- Outstanding Young Zarathushti Award
-- Excellence in Performing Arts, Painting or Literature Award
-- Excellence in Business or Profession Award
-- Humanitarian Service Award
-- Outstanding Zarathushti Award
-- North American Mobeds Council (NAMC) Community Services Award
Our goal this year is to have at least 3-4 applications for each award category - for your reference, a minimum of 2 applications is required for there to be a recipient for an award category. We are therefore asking each and every association and corresponding member association to nominate at least 2 individuals from their community. We know that we have the talent within our community, and that a number of individuals within our North American community qualify for these awards. It is therefore up to us to recognize them for their achievement and showcase them in order to inspire the next generation.
With this in mind, please find attached the nomination instructions and application. Kindly forward this to your membership with the following timeline:
March 21st - please send an email to both Shehernaz Joshi Verahrami (
sverahrami@yahoo.com) and myself (
navroz_gandhi@yahoo.com) with the award categories for which you are planning to submit an application. This is simply an advisory email to us, so that if need be we can solicit additional nominations in order to ensure that we have a recipient for each award category. The actual individual's name, while welcome, is not important at this stage.
April 30th - All nomination applications due. We encourage all applications to be as succinct as possible. While some repetition of qualifications and achievements may be necessary, the FEZANA Awards Committee is looking for quality over quantity. No consideration whatsoever is given for the length of an application so long as it does not exceed a maximum of six 8.5"x11"-size pages, including a cover page. Also, we encourage all applications to be scanned and sent to us electronically. If sent via postal mail (the address is in the nomination package), please make sure it's postmarked no later than April 30th, and send us an email so that we know the application is on its way.
May 31st - All award recipients will be notified.
Finally, please note that while the FEZANA Awards Committee is collecting applications for the NAMC Community Services Award based on the timeline, guidelines, and process mentioned above, the actual award recipient for this award will be determined by a committee selected by the NAMC.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us. Thank you in advance for your assistance in helping highlight the talent and inspiration of our community.
Sincerely,
Shehernaz Joshi Verahrami & Navroz Gandhi
Co-Chairs, FEZANA Awards Committee
