FAQ 2007 Acheivement Awards

Here is the list of questions and answers received about the 2007 Award Entry process. As questions are received and answered, they will be posted here, most recent first. If your question isn't answered, please email us at info@adme.org and we will reply promptly.

For the Second File description of the Destination Management Professional of the Year, are we allowed to mention the nominee at all? The directions say you cannot mention the company name, but doesn’t say not to mention the nominee’s name.
According to the Entry Instructions, you should name the file DMPY-name.pdf where NAME is Nominee Last name. For these entries, the names are an important part of the entry. It is only for the Achievement awards that the entries do not include the company name (and even then, we ask you to include the company initials in the file you send to ADME. Those files will be renamed when sent to the judges.)

Am I correct in understanding that a fee is not necessary for Recognition Awards, even though the Entry Fee instructions say there is a fee for all company entries. Could you please clarify? There is no fee for NOMINATION. Once you submit an entry form, there is a fee of $125.00

Where do I include the 1,000 word description?
This should be included in the second file:

If we are submitting more than one entry, how do we number our entries?
Please number them sequentially, no matter how many entries you are submitting for your company. If you are submitting five entries, number then 1 - 5. We will be renaming the files to remove your company information for the files that are sent to the judges.

We have an event that we only billed a management fee and the invoices were passed through to the client and paid directly. In this case, we’d like to clarify. The overall event budget was $79K (including the amounts the client paid directly to vendors), but we only invoiced for a management fee of less than $25K. Can we submit this in the lower category?
No. The overall event budget of $79K included all fees paid by client, including your management fee. Use that figure to determine the category for your entry.

We noticed last year that there were companies that were finalist in multiple award types, however, no one company won multiple awards. Is it possible to win multiple awards? We understanding the judging is unbiased, but thought the judges were possibly trying to include more companies as winners.
The different categories are judged by separate judging teams in separate cities... so that the team judging the Teambuilding doesn't know what the judges are doing for the BIE category. And, The Meeting Manager in San Diego last year DID win in two categories.

May I use my client's name in the entry?
Yes, you can. However, please be sure that your company's name does not appear anywhere in the entry, as this will cause your entry to be eliminated from the competition.

Can the support photos be placed at the end of the entry document?
Yes. If you want, you can include a link from the description to the photo at the end of the document.

Is there a limit on the size of the photos?
While there is not a specific limit, we ask that you incorporate the photos into a regular page (8.5 x 11) layout. You can include more than one photo on a page. The judges may choose to print out your entry. Also, please do what you can to keep the entire document a reasonable size so that it can be easily e-mailed.

How can I keep the entire entry document a "reasonable size"?
In Acrobat, you have two choices: Save and Save As. By using Save As, all the elements are condensed, resulting in a smaller file size. There is also the option Reduce File Size that can sometimes further reduce the size with no significant loss of quality.

Please click on the appropriate link(s) above to download the document. Maximum file size is 246kb.