Open Call for WEVA Special Awards Nominations - Videographers to be Honored at WEVA EXPO 2006
May 24, 2006
Sarasota, FL - Every year, the Wedding & Event Videographers Association International (WEVA) honors the exceptional achievements and service to industry of its members by bestowing several WEVA Special Awards of Recognition. For this year's nomination submissions, the deadline is June 20, 2006.
Submit Nominations Online Now
"The nomination forms for the WEVA 2006 Special Awards are online now at www.weva.com/nomination," said WEVA Special Awards Committee Chairman Ken Kurita. "There you will also find a roll call list of every previous WEVA Special Award honoree, and the list of WEVA Wedding & Event Videography Hall of Fame inductees."
The association's Special Awards of Recognition will be presented on Monday night, August 21st at the WEVA 16th Annual Wedding & Event Video Expo at spectacular Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas as part of the WEVA EXPO 2006 Opening Night Premiere events.
Any WEVA International member may nominate another for the Walter Bennett Service to Industry Award, the Bob LeBar Vision Award, the WEVA 911 Community Service Award, and may nominate WEVA members for induction into the WEVA International Wedding & Event Videography Hall of Fame.
The WEVA Wedding & Event Videography Hall of Fame opened in August 2000 at the WEVA 10th Annual Wedding & Event Video Expo with the unveiling of the Hall's historical "Tools and Technology" exhibit. This special industry preservation exhibit displayed professional video recording equipment dating back to the very beginning of professional wedding and event videography, and included industry memorabilia from videographers commemorating the history of our profession.
The following year, At WEVA EXPO 2001, WEVA International conducted the first Hall of Fame induction of videographers whose contributions to the professional wedding and event video industry nurtured its growth.
The Walter Bennett Service to Industry Award, named in memory of the pioneering videographer and local association founder from Tulsa, OK, was introduced in 1999. This Special Award honors the WEVA International member who, through donation of time, through service to fellow videographers by teaching or writing, by service in a local association or on a national level, strives for exemplary professionalism that lights a pathway for other videographers to follow.
The Bob LeBar Vision Award, introduced in 2000, is named in honor of the groundbreaking video animator from Hartsdale, NY. The award recognizes the WEVA International member who has made innovative contributions to the development of the professional wedding and event video community by advancing unique ideas, and invoking a keen sense of entrepreneurial spirit, together with a strong sense of professional pride, raising the "bar" to new heights.
The WEVA 911 Community Service Award, established in 2003 to remember the sacrifices on September 11, 2001, and in recognition that “911” is a universal call for help. The award is an acknowledgment of an exemplary response by a WEVA International member in using their professional skills as a wedding and event videographer to be part of a solution or resolution to a particular community situation.
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For more information about WEVA International, including the WEVA 16th Annual Wedding & Event Video Expo 2006 August 21-24, 2006 at the spectacular Mandalay Bay Resort in Las Vegas, contact the association at 941-923-5334 or email: info@weva.com |
