Rules

Eligibility

• You may nominate yourself or someone else.
• Any Cornerstone member credit union or chapter may nominate individuals for any award.
• Nomination may be made without regard to credit union or chapter boundaries.
• The Hall of Fame nominee must be retired from a Cornerstone member credit union.
• The Professional of the Year nominee must be a paid credit union employee from a Cornerstone member credit union.
• The Small Credit Union Achiever’s nominee must be paid credit union employee from a Cornerstone member credit union with assets under $100M (per June 30 NCUA call reports of the preceding year.)
• The Volunteer of the Year nominee must be from a Cornerstone member credit union and an unpaid credit union volunteer (such as a board member, committee member, etc).

Scoring

• The Cornerstone Awards and Recognition committee will review completed and submitted nominations forms received by the award deadline.
• Hall of Fame, Professional of the Year, Small CU Achiever’s and Volunteer of the Year nominees must receive at least 75% of the total points possible to be considered an award winner.
• For consistency and transparency, the awards committee will use a scoring system to assign point values to submissions.