Requirements/Eligibility
- A personal volunteer commitment to amateur radio.
- A consistent record of promoting amateur radio.
- Active participation in a variety of volunteer activities such as organizing amateur radio classes, promoting amateur radio with the news media, and on social media, promoting amateur radio to the non-amateur radio community, being a presenter at hamfests and club meetings, teaching creative and/or innovative ideas (Kludge), promote amateur radio technology, learning and new ideas on podcasts and live-streams,etc.
- Current licensed Amateur Radio operator.
Nominations must be received by November 1 to be considered for an award to be bestowed at HamCation in February of the following year.
Selection Criteria
A nomination for the HamCation® Gordon West Ambassador of the Year Award should reflect the nominee’s exemplary service to the Amateur Radio community in the following categories:
- Type of Ambassador’s Contribution: Consider the services performed and activities undertaken, and the need for services or activities performed.
- Character of Ambassador’s Service: Consider creative, unique, or innovative characteristics of the nominee’s service and the quality of service (e.g., accomplishments, effort, enthusiasm, obstacles overcome, etc.).
- Breadth of Ambassador’s Contribution: Consider the length and degree of service, and community benefiting, directly or indirectly.
- Impact of Ambassador’s Service: Consider how the extent of the nominee’s action would be recognized and valued by their peers or community.
Eligible Service
- Unpaid acts of service benefitting others. Travel stipends, transit/parking passes, membership passes, expense reimbursements, and other nominal support do not impact service eligibility.
- Eligible Service does not include: Donating funds, Political lobbying, or Serving only family members.
Materials Required For Nomination
- Information to support eligibility requirements, including a listing of the nominee’s activities performed during the past 5 years, or a description of a similar level of commitment and duration of service.
- Recommendation from an amateur radio licensee, amateur radio organization, or service organization.
Additional Materials That Would Support a Nomination
- Information about dedication and extraordinary personal commitment.
- Candidate recommendations from receiving organizations, amateur radio operators, or colleagues. Endorsements can provide anecdotal information and should address the award’s criteria.
