The Meetings & Events Industry Awards are open to financial members and employees of financial members of MEA. The information included in your submission must apply to the qualifying period - from 1 July 2008 to 30 June 2009. Achievements outside of this timeframe will not be taken into account.
Submission Format
Please Note: All award submissions MUST be submitted on official award submission templates. Those submissions not completed on the official template will not be included in the judging process. New in 2009: Section 1 and Section 2 of your submission must be completed in 2 separate templates.
Submissions must comply with format that has been provided as a downloadable document.
The maximum number of words for each answer is outlined on the submission document.
The font must remain 12 and the spacing must remain single.
The font must be Arial or Verdana
All material that directly addresses a criteria heading must be included in the appropriate sections. Do not include this material as an appendix. MEA cannot guarantee that all supporting material will be taken into account when assessing submissions.
Entrants must spell out acronyms and abbreviations in the first instance of it appearing in the submission.
A separate submission is required for each category entered. Each category has specific criteria which must be addressed. MEA wishes to inform entrants that similar or identical submissions nominated in different categories are rarely successful.
No submission is to include video tapes, CDs or computer disks on which supporting material is stored. These items will not be viewed by judges nor taken into consideration.
Appendix
All material that directly addresses a criteria heading must be included in the appropriate Section 1 or Section 2. Do not include this material as an appendix.
An appendix should only contain supplementary information. Judges may not refer to any material contained within the Apendix due to time constraints, and will not be read in order to obtain answers to criteria questions. Please ensure that your Appendix is not more than 4 pages.
Information contained in an appendix must be relevant to the Meetings & Events industry.
Response Length
Each question has a maximum word response limit.
Answers should not exceed these maximum lengths as judges are instructed to stop reading after the maximum length has been reached.
