Suggested Project Timeline
Early October
- Develop specific timeline dates for current year working around holidays etc.
Mid-October
- Place nomination form and guidelines on PI website as downloadable files Send out Call for Nominations
- Identify and make initial contact with judges/reviewers
Mid-November
- Send judging criteria/guidelines, program timeline, and other info to judges/reviewers.
Early December
- Deadline for submitted nominations
- If committee agrees more nominations would be better, extend deadline date to early January and send extension info to contacts. Rest of schedule would then be a month later.
Mid-December
- Nomination materials to judges
Early January
- Judging concludes
Mid-January
- Most Endangered Properties announced on PI Facebook page, posted on PI website, and press releases to media.
Getting the Word Out
E-mail announcement and copy of nomination form and guidelines sent to: SHPO (Paula Mohr).
- Main Street (Michael Wagler) National Trust (Jennifer Sandy)
- Country School Association (Bill Sherman)
- Preservation Iowa Board of Directors and Executive Director ME judges (past and present)
- Preservation Iowa membership PI Facebook page
- PI Website
- Specific local preservation groups as have contacts—list currently includes:
- Friends of Historic Preservation-Iowa City
- Des Moines Rehabbers—Des Moines
- Muscatine Historic Preservation Commission
- Sioux City Historic Preservation Commission
- Cedar Rapids Historic Preservation Commission
- Iowa City Historic Preservation Commission
- Media
- The Gazette—Eastern Iowa
- Des Moines Register—Central Iowa
- Any other media contacts as identified
Nominations
All nominations are submitted electronically. (see nomination form for submission instructions)
Photographs can be either e-mailed or placed in the PI photo Dropbox. (see nomination form for more info.)
Judges and Scoring
At least three judges will score nominations with at least one of those from the current PI Board. Judges will determine properties to be listed as well as ranking the listed properties. Judges will rank properties from 1 (most worthy) to 5 (least worthy).
Judges rankings will be combined to determine the order of announcements on Facebook.
E-mail and/or phone discussion will be set-up as needed.
Scoring will be based on the following criteria:
- Geographic distribution
- Variety of building type
- The (historic) significance of the building, site, or structure
- Present condition
- The urgency & nature of the threat
- The possible solutions that would remove threats to the place
Press Releases and Announcements
- ME properties announced one a day on PI’s Facebook page based on judges rankings.
- Press release sent to contacts of designated properties with request to contact their local media or provide media contact for PI to send release.
- Press release sent to PI Board members, SHPO, and Main Street.
- Information sent to PI members through quarterly e-newsletter.
- General Media List—same as Call for Nominations.
Saved Documents
- Call for Nominations Application Form
- Nomination Guidelines
- Call for Nominations sample press release
- ME Announcements sample press release
- Sample program timeline
- Program and Media contact Sheet
Document Drafted fall 2015 by Leigh Ann Randak Secretary
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