FAQs
What are the 6 OABE categories?
How many award trophies are given out?
Who is eligible to win an OABE?
Who is not eligible to win an OABE?
How is a business nominated for an OABE?
Does one have to obtain a company’s permission before nominating them?
What if I am not certain about the appropriate category?
What does a nominated company have to do to participate in the Oakville Awards for Business Excellence?
When are the Awards presented?
What are the partnership opportunities associated with the OABE and the Gala Dinner and Ceremony?
How do I get tickets?
What are the 6 OABE categories?
1. Oakville’s Entrepreneur of the Year
This award recognizes an individual who personally exhibits extraordinary entrepreneurship, energy, inspiration, leadership and / or innovation in their business pursuits.
2. Oakville’s Restaurant/Hospitality/Tourism Provider of the Year:
This award recognizes a person or employee team of a food, hospitality or tourism service establishment located in Oakville and is open to the public.
3. Oakville’s Small Company of the Year:
This award recognizes a company of up to approximately 20 full time equivalent employees that primarily services Oakville and/or the surrounding region.
4. Oakville’s Large Company of the Year:
This award recognizes a business of more than 20 employees and/or that serves the Canadian market and International markets.
5. Oakville’s Professional Service Provider of the Year:
This award recognizes a person or employee team who constantly offers extraordinary service, community support and client management in a professional service role related to one of the following:
• Personal health care, Wellness or Fitness
• Legal, Financial, Insurance, Real Estate, or Accounting, Engineering, Consulting or Business Coaching
• Information and communications technology, Printing, Web or marketing agency
• Home maintenance, repair, landscaping
6. Oakville’s Community Builder of the Year:
This award is recognizes a company or individual who has, over a period of time, demonstrated exemplary business practices and dedicated involvement and unyielding commitment to community service and volunteer programs which enhance the quality of life in our community and enrich the lives of their employees. The nominees will be judged on their commitment to corporate citizenry, policies, contributions, programs or projects. This will include how they manage the economic, social and environmental impacts of their operations. (Their contribution may not be solely in the form of financial support, but also may include the development, hosting or general contribution to programs or practices that benefit the general community. Any businesses’ products, processes and behaviour that result in positive social impacts will be well regarded in this category.)
How many award trophies are given out?
Trophies are awarded to the winners of each category. The Judges select qualified nominees in each category. Of the qualified nominees, one is selected as the excellence winner. The Judges reserve the right to allow for a category tie or to designate a large and small winner in a category when appropriate. In these cases an additional award is presented.
Who is eligible to win an OABE?
This competition is open to Oakville businesses that have not won in any category in the last 5 years. The business must be physically located in the Town of Oakville. The Judges are looking for excellence in business, not the size of the business.
Who is not eligible to win an OABE?
These are business awards. Therefore the competition is not open to governments, associations, centres or organizations which operate on a not-for-profit basis. Businesses that have won an OABE in the past five years are not eligible to win in the same category. The competition is also not open to the Judges or their employers, to members of the OABE Organizing Committee or their employers, or to or to the Board of Directors of the Rotary Club of Oakville West or Board of Directors of the Oakville Chamber of Commerce or their employees.
How is a business nominated for an OABE?
Typically a customer or a supplier nominates a firm they recognize as excellent. Sometimes Oakville businesses self nominate if they feel they have succeeded and excelled and possibly many in Oakville are not aware of them. Nomination forms are available from October 11 to November 10 on the www.OABE.ca site. Neither nominees nor nominators need be Rotary Club members or Chamber of Commerce members.
What if I am not certain about the appropriate category?
The Judges reserve the right to move a nomination to a more appropriate category.
What does a nominated company have to do to participate in the Oakville Awards for Business Excellence?
All eligible nominees will be contacted and invited to qualify for the award competition by submitting information for the Judges’ consideration. The Judges do not probe commercially sensitive information, but ask nominees general questions.
Does one have to obtain a company’s permission before nominating them?
Not necessarily. Businesses are usually honoured and flattered to be nominated by their customer or suppliers even without consultation. However, you might want to tell them as a courtesy. Most people like to know they are appreciated. In any event they may choose to have their nomination withdrawn.
When are the Awards presented?
The Gala Awards Dinner for the 17th Oakville Awards for Business Excellence will be held March 7, 2012 at the Oakville Conference and Banquet Centre (at Bronte Road and Wyecroft Rd.).
What are the partnership opportunities associated with the OABE and the Gala Dinner and Ceremony?
Partnerships are still available for this year’s Oakville Awards for Business Excellence (OABE) ... a joint project of the Rotary Club of Oakville West (RCOW) and the Oakville Chamber of Commerce. Please see the partnership outline on the web site.
How do I get tickets?
How do I get tickets to the 17th Annual Gala Award Dinner Event on March 7th, 2012?
Watch the web site and the Oakville Beaver for details and order forms.
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