1. Tips For Summit Award Success
Chartered Affiliate – Special Recognition Committee
Jakki Grimball, Co-Chair
Heather Neal-Rice, Co-Chair

2. 7 categories or criterion for scoring
Education/CRCE Activities
Membership, Recruiting and Retention
Legislation/Advocacy
Promoting Public Awareness
Benefits to Membership
Collaboration with other health care organizations
Student activities, scholarships, sputum bowl, etc..

3. Education/CRCE Activities Scoring
Need at least 15 points to achieve excellence
How many total credits have you offered in the past year? Include all credits (traditional and non-traditional).
0 to 15 credits 1 point
16 to 30 credits 2 points
31 to 45 credits 3 points
46 to 60 credits 4 points
61 to 75 credits 5 points
> 75 credits 6 points
Number of credits for the year/number of members in state x100
to point
2.1 to 3 2 points
3.1 to 4 3 points
4.1 to 5 4 points
5.1 to points
> points

4. Education/CRCE Activities Scoring
How many separate traditional educational events have you offered in the last year?
1 point for each offering
How many nontraditional or web based credits have you offered in the past year?
How many credits are required per year to maintain licensure in your state?
2 points for requiring at least 15 each year

5. Education/CRCE Activities: TIPS
Contact education coordinators at hospitals, homecare agencies, SNFs with RTs and vendors
Contact department directors
Regional/Chapter meetings (required)
Mini-conferences
Speakers bureau to draw from for meetings
Telehealth network

6. Membership, Recruiting and Retention Scoring
Need 8 points to achieve excellence
Points will be awarded based on the following criteria:
Total ACTIVE membership
Increase by 10% in one year award period 5 pts
Increase by 5% in one year award period 3 pts
Increase by 3% in one year award period 1 pt
Increase by 0-3% in one year award period 0 pts
Decrease in one year award period pts

7. Membership, Recruiting and Retention Scoring
Membership Percentage of Licensed Therapists
> 50% membership at end of year 5 pts
> 40% membership at end of year 4 pts
> 30% membership at end of year 3 pts
> 20% membership at end of year 2 pts
< 20% membership at end of year 0 pts

8. Membership, Recruiting and Retention Scoring
State Membership Activities
(1 pt for each of the following activities)
Offer reduced registration for AARC members at all state affiliate sponsored events
Utilize discount membership voucher program
Perform at least one state affiliate sponsored membership drive during the year
State affiliate membership committee with chair other than affiliate President

9. MEMBERSHIP, Recruiting and Retention: TIPS
Membership drives at all RT events
Discount membership vouchers
Membership committee on affiliate board
Drawing for free memberships at state meeting
Purchase membership for RT of the month, quarter, year, etc..

10. Legislative Activities Scoring
Need a total of 10 points to achieve excellence
Legislative Committee as one of your affiliate committees
PACT participation
A fully represented and active 435 team for your state
Employment of a lobbyist
Activities to engage members in legislative activities like a booth at your state convention to promote a letter writing campaign to support legislature
Action on your licensure bill to either protect or expand it
Active licensure board activities
Meetings with congressional representatives either on the state or national levels.

11. Legislative Activities Scoring
You will receive points for each activity that you have participated in as follows:
Legislative Committee points
PACT participation points
Employment of Lobbyist points
Fully represented and active 435 team 2 points
Activities to engage the membership in legislative activities point for each activity
Activities to defend or expand licensure bill
5 points
Meetings with congressional representatives points each

12. Legislative Activities: TIPS
Legislative committee on affiliate board
Paid lobbyist
PACT participation
Active in state legislative activities
435 Plan
Aggressive “contact your representative” at all meetings including having computer access to write letters
Lung health screenings at state capital for representatives, legislators

13. Promoting Public Awareness Scoring
Need a total of 15 points to achieve excellence
Public relations can play a very important role in an association like the American Association for Respiratory Care. It can contribute to influencing local, state and national government officials on legislation the AARC supports, and it can improve the overall image of the Association's members and the respiratory therapy profession

14. Promoting Public Awareness Scoring
A public relations team as one of your affiliate committees
Special event such as: COPD Awareness Day, Lung Health day, Drive4COPD
Open Houses
10K runs
Free early screenings
Public Service Announcements (PSAs)
Advocacy events
Smoking prevention or lung health to children
Asthma camps
Asthma awareness to school teachers
OpEds
Occupational health screenings
Pulmonary self-care programs

15. Promoting Public Awareness Scoring
You will receive points for each activity that you have participated in as follows:
10K runs, tennis, or golf tournaments or other sporting events points
Putting words to paper: press releases, Media Alerts, Pitch Letters, and Op-eds points
Open Houses for prospective RCPs points
Quarterly activities to promote the RC profession-
2 points
Activities to engage the membership in public awareness
1 point for each activity
Special Events with screening opportunities for public points
Speaking engagements, lectures, and briefings on a RC Topic points each
Public Awareness committee on affiliate Board
1 point

16. Promoting Public Awareness: TIPS
Public relations/health promotions committee on affiliate board
Public health screenings/health fairs
Community outreach activities-volunteerism
PTA meetings, school career days, open houses, high school health career clubs
10K runs, teams at health related walk/runs, 5K vent run
Floats in Holiday parades
Respiratory Care Week proclamation with press release
Participate with asthma camps
Drive4COPD Adopt-a-company
Senior Center Events – health screenings
Peak Performance USA

17. Benefits to Membership Scoring
This section has a possibility of 20 points. A total of 15 points is needed to achieve excellence.
Affiliate Web Page points
Does your State Society sponsor scholarships for Respiratory Care students in your states programs?
$100 to $ points
$500 to $1, points
$1,000 to $2, points
> $2, points

18. Benefits to Membership Scoring
Does your state affiliate offer logo ware (i.e. pins, t-shirts, sweat shirts coffee cups etc.) to your members? points
Does your state affiliate sponsor membership get-togethers such as golf tournaments, social events etc.. where members have the opportunity to meet each other? points
Offer discounted fees for Affiliate sponsored conferences? points
Offer chapter, district or other regional meetings, educational offerings or other membership activities? points

19. Benefits to Membership: TIPS
Logo items at all meetings
Member activities: picnics, bowling nights, theater nights, golf tournaments, attend ALA Oxygen Balls
Member discount at meetings
PACT chairs invite members in districts to join the meetings with state representatives

20. Collaboration with other health care organizations Scoring
Need a total of 4 points to achieve excellence
Affiliate member on state Thoracic Society points
Affiliate collaborates with initiatives to promote patient advocacy or the profession points
Affiliate work with other physician organizations 2 points
Affiliate work with other multidisciplinary groups like nursing, pharmacy, etc points

21. Collaboration with other health care organizations: TIPS
Partner with DHEC for disaster preparedness
Medical Reserve Core
COPD coalition
Lung Association
School Nurses Association
Sports Medicine Clinics
High School medical health programs: HOSEA, MedPro, MACH

22. Student Activities/Leadership Mentoring Scoring
Need a total of 15 points to achieve excellence
State Society partners with Respiratory Initiative group to promote RC profession to prospective students
Offer professional observations points
Offer presentations to high school or middle school groups points
Designated Job Shadow Day during Respiratory Care Week points
Quarterly (or biannual?) meetings points
Student attendance and/or participation at State Society BOD meetings points

23. Student Activities/Leadership Mentoring Scoring
Student participation in any activities/events in other categories, i.e. social events, health screening events, RC week events, chapter meetings, etc points
State Society has a student track at annual conference points
Student Sputum Bowl Team points
Student poster presentations or other competition points
State Society incorporates team building/strategic planning/leadership training into BOD meetings points

24. Student Activities/Leadership Mentoring Scoring
State Society sponsors Student and/or Practitioner of the Year Awards points
State Society partners with Lambda Beta National Honor Society point
State Society publications congratulate RC program graduates and newly credentialed individuals point
100% of RC program faculty are AARC/State Society members point
State Society (at local/chapter level) participation in event to welcome incoming RC program student cohort (i.e. student picnic); participation in graduation related event point

25. Student Activities/Leadership Mentoring: TIPS
Student breakout sessions at meetings
Attend RT graduations or pinning ceremonies
New students shadow therapist
Presentations at middle and high schools
RT students involvement in public awareness activities-perform lung screenings, etc..
Student scholarships
Student poster presentations at meetings
Student representative on affiliate board
Student page on web site
100% RC program faculty are AARC/affiliate members
Affiliate has leadership training and orientation for BOD members
Student mentors

26. Overall Scoring
Committee will evaluate applications and score each section appropriately per criteria in each section
The total score will be tallied with the sections weighted as follows:
Legislative Activities %
Benefits to Membership %
Education/CRCE Activities %
Student Activities/Leadership Mentoring 15%
Collaboration with other health care organizations 10%
Membership, Recruiting and Retention 10%
Promoting Public Awareness %
Any Affiliate that achieves excellence in a section will be recognized
The Affiliate that achieves the highest score will win the Summit Award