Criteria for the "We Are Family" and "Workamper" Awards

                                        “We are Family Award” Nominations 2009

 

 

The KOA Owners Association is looking to receive nominations for this year’s recipient of the” We Are Family Award” that will be presented at the Houston, TX annual meeting.

 The nominations must be received at the OA Office by October 15, 2009.

The nominees should be a match for one or all of the following criteria, and it is not limited to the KOA Owners Association membership.

 

The KOA Owners Association family member(s) who help other family members beyond the call of duty as well as/or to those who consistently show special qualities that contribute to the whole KOA system.

 

The KOA Owners Association created and first presented this award at the convention in November 2000.  At which time there were three recipients:

1)      Judy Whiting

2)      Pat Hittmeier

3)      Carol & Walt Preble

 

The following years was limited to one outstanding KOA family member/contributor

 

2001-Jim & Jane Rose

2002- Mike & Rowena Bell

2003-Marv & Carol Linde

2004-Loren Smith

2005-no nominations

2006-Jim & Audrey Eberhart

2007- Jim Finch

2008-Jerry & Barbara Dale

 

If you wish to nominate someone please call the KOA Owners Association office at 800-678-9976 and please include the specific reason why you are nominating them for this award.

We are pleased to announce a new award that will be presented to the

 

WORKAMPER OF THE YEAR

 

 

This award will be presented for the first time at the upcoming convention.  The award will include limited travel expenses and a cash award to the winning workamper.  The criteria for selecting this person(s) is listed below.  If you would like to nominate a workcamper from your campground please submit the information to the OA office by October 15, 2009.  More complete information on this award will be sent by email to all campgrounds in the system.  Watch for it.

 

 

       1.  The workamper nominee must have an active membership in the Work@KOA program.  Their resume may be inactive only if currently working at a KOA campground.  Also must allow for workampers that are not full-timers, but work only in the summer months.

        2.  Demonstrate loyalty to the KOA Organization by choice of campgrounds to work at.
      
        3.  Demonstrate outstanding customer skills per the "Making it Great" program.  The workcamper nominee is an employee who goes above and beyond on the campground, is a team player and gets along well with peers.  Demonstrates positive energy and attitude proving to be an asset to the campground atmosphere.

 

        4.  Implements the Code of Conduct for Workampers as developed at the Workamper University.

 

 

Points to consider:  competence, friendliness & high customer satisfaction.

Willingness to take on projects and implementing them to their solutions

Positive comments from customers about the extra effort & treatment they receive from the workamper

 

 

 

KOA Owners Association

PO Box 361064

Birmingham, AL 35236

Phone: 800/678-9976

Fax: 205/823-2760

Email: info@koaowners.org  

        

 

 

 

Bill Ranieri

Executive Director