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Despite recession; doom and gloom and woe is me, it is time to celebrate excellence among service dealers and suppliers at the APEX 2011 Awards.

You are invited to nominate service providers or suppliers of your choice that you feel are deserving of consideration for an award, due to the outstanding nature of their performance and/or support.

Apex awards are open to service companies and suppliers in the industry, provided that they are a member of the ETA. The special awards are open to ALL in the industry, irrespective of whether the individual is an ETA member or not.

All finalists will be advised before the event, so that they can be present at the Conference being held from 12 August to 14 August 2011, at which time the awards will be presented to the winners.

Award Categories

Special Awards

Special Category A - Outstanding Contribution to the Service Industry

(Click here for a PDF copy of this nomination form)

This award is open to all industry personnel, whether employed in the service sector, the supplier sector, or indeed any other.

This is your opportunity to acknowledge the service companies and/or individuals that have provided outstanding customer care and service to you or your clients.

Special Category B - Apprentice of the year (Appliances and Consumer Electronics)

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This award is open to all industry apprentices currently undergoing training or who have completed their training in 2010, and who have or had a training agreement registered with the ETITO.

Please give serious consideration to completing the nomination forms, since we can only be sure of acknowledging the best in each category by receiving sufficient nominations for those companies or individuals that enhance our industry.

PLEASE NOTE: If, in the judges’ opinion, none of the nominees in a given category achieve an adequately high standard, or if there are insufficient nominees, the AEIA reserves the right not to issue an award for that category.

Each nomination form that you send in must be completed in full.  Incomplete nominations will not be considered. (make copies if you need more than one nomination form).

Nominations must be received by us no later than 15 July 2011. Voting will close 1 August 2011

Send to: “Apex Awards”, P.O.Box 251098, Pakuranga, Auckland,
Fax to (09) 573 1967, or email to admin@eta.org.nz

Process

Once we have received the nomination forms, the following process will apply.

1. The names of the nominees will be posted on to the ETA website under the respective categories.
2. If there are less than two nominations by 15 July 2011, the category may be withdrawn and no award will be made. The ETA Board will make this decision.
   
3. Voting will then take place by email as follows:
   1. Only retailers and suppliers may vote for the Service Excellence nominees
   2. Only retailers and service companies may vote for the Supplier Excellence awards
   3. Anybody may vote for the two special category awards
      Remember, you may only place one vote per person or organisation in each category. You may place a vote for any or all of the categories.
      Votes must be sent to vote@eta.org.nz
      

4. Voting will close on 1 August 2011.
5. The winner in each category will be the person or organisation with the most votes. This is a purely objective means of selecting the winner.
6. Independent scrutineers will be appointed to ensure that the results are fair and equitable, and that no bulk emailing takes place.

Once again, show your support for those people or organisations that enhance our industry.