Contingency Planning

Voting Process

The CPM Hall of Fame Panel is responsible for voting candidates into the CPM Hall of Fame and is comprised of The CPM Group's Editorial Advisory Board, as of January 1 of the current year, and all past Hall of Fame inductees. The 2007 inductees will be announced and presented with their awards during the CPM 2008 EAST Conference & Exhibition.

1. CPM Audience Nominates Individuals/Companies
Several months before the CPM Conference & Exhibition, the entire Contingency Planning & Management audience is invited to nominate individuals or companies who have made outstanding contributions to the business continuity planning field. Those placing nominations must provide a rationale for nominating each individual or company in no more than 1000 words, and they also are encouraged to provide information on each nominee in the form of a résumé, letter of recommendation, biographical sketch, and/or company profile. Nominations are sent to CPM via Internet nomination submission form.

Nominees fit into four categories:

• The Practitioner category is devoted to individuals who direct, implement, and/or develop business continuity planning strategies or programs and have distinguished themselves as exemplary planners.
• The Vendor category is for companies and organizations that have made outstanding contributions to the business continuity planning field.
• The Vendor Practitioner category comprises individuals who are employed by business continuity product or service providers and who have made outstanding contributions to the business continuity planning field.
• The Public Servant category recognizes individuals from the public sector who have made significant contributions to emergency response and crisis management, enabling businesses and their workers to resume operations after disasters or major disruptions.

2. CPM Selects Finalists from the Field of Nominees
The staff of CPM is responsible for selecting finalists from the nominations submitted. A maximum of five finalists from each category will be selected for review and vote by the Hall of Fame Panel of Judges. In the Practitioner and Vendor Practitioner categories, only one nominee per company or organization or its parent or subsidiary can be selected as a finalist.

The following criteria (in no particular order or weight) will be considered by CPM when selecting finalists:

• Extent of business continuity/disaster recovery and related experience of the individual
• Nomination submission date
• Number and origin of nomination(s)
• Strength of nomination
• Quality of nominating materials (i.e., résumé, letter of recommendation, company profile)

3. Hall of Fame Panel of Judges Selects Inductees
The five finalists from each category are presented to the Hall of Fame Panel for voting. Panelists wishing not to participate in the selection process may opt out. A secret ballot is sent to each panel member via U.S. mail (or e-mail if requested), along with the supporting nominating materials submitted for each finalist.

Candidates are awarded 2 points for each "First Choice" selection from the Panel and 1 point for each "Second Choice." In each of the four categories, the finalist with the most points will be named to the CPM Hall of Fame. In the case of a tie, CPM will refer to the criteria listed in Step 2 to determine the winner.