NACHA Payments System Awards
Call for Nominations
Action Requested
NACHA invites nominations for the 2010 George Mitchell Payments Systems Excellence Award, the 2010 Kevin O'Brien ACH Quality Award and the inaugural NACHA PayItGreen Award. Please submit nominations using the form provided (include supporting documentation) to Mary J. Yerkes at NACHA via e-mail to myerkes@nacha.org no later than March 3, 2010.
Executive Summary
George Mitchell Payments System Excellence Award
The George Mitchell Award, named after the late George Mitchell, former vice-chairperson of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and early electronic payments proponent, is presented annually to an individual or organization that has shown superior leadership in the development, implementation, or advancement of electronic payments.
Kevin O'Brien ACH Quality Award
The Kevin O'Brien ACH Quality Award is presented annually to recognize best practices in ACH participants' efforts to maintain and improve the quality of ACH services and/or the integrity and reliability of the ACH Network. The award is named in honor of the late Kevin O'Brien, who served as NACHA's Chairperson from 1999-2000.
The NACHA PayItGreen Award
The NACHA PayItGreen Award is presented annually to recognize individual or organizational leadership, vision, and innovation in the education and promotion of electronic payments, statements, and billing to reduce paper's impact on the environment. The recipient successfully demonstrates, through outreach initiatives, that the ACH Network provides simple, safe, smart – and green solutions.
Award Notification & Recognition
NACHA will recognize award recipients at its PAYMENTS 2010 conference in Seattle, which will be held April 25 – 28, 2010 at the Washington State Convention & Trade Center. NACHA also will announce award recipients in a news release, on its Web site (www.nacha.org), and in other NACHA communications.
Award Nomination Criteria
Nomination for the 2010 George Mitchell Payments System Excellence Award, the 2010 Kevin O'Brien ACH Quality Award, and the 2010 NACHA PayItGreen Award is a privilege that provides individuals and organizations with visibility in the industry. Nominees must adhere to NACHA's Code of Conduct (http://www.nacha.org/code_of_conduct.htm) and conduct their activities with the highest levels of integrity and professionalism. NACHA, Regional Payments Associations, and/or their employees are not eligible for these awards.
Background
2010 George Mitchell Payments Award Nomination Package
The 2010 George Mitchell Payments Award nomination package should include:
- a cover sheet (see attachment) that includes the nominee's complete name, title, organization, contact information, and the submitter, if different
- supporting documentation that details and demonstrates achievements
Who is Eligible?
Any individual or organization that has demonstrated superior leadership in the development, implementation, or advancement of electronic payments is eligible. NACHA, Regional Payments Associations, and/or their employees are not eligible for this award.
Information Needed
Nominators should detail the nominee's achievements in the development, implementation or advancement of electronic payments, and provide related, supporting documentation that demonstrates those achievements.
Please provide the description in an article format, and include an executive summary.
The 2010 Kevin O'Brien ACH Quality Award Nomination Package
The 2010 Kevin O'Brien ACH Quality Award nomination package should include:
- a cover sheet (see attachment) that includes the complete name, title, organization, and contact information of the nominee, and the submitter, if different
- supporting documentation that details and demonstrates achievements
Who is Eligible?
Any private or public sector Originator or Receiver, depository financial institution, third-party service provider, or ACH Operator is eligible to receive the award for an ACH-related program, project, practice, or procedure that improves services, reduces exceptions, minimizes risk, or streamlines processing is eligible to qualify as a quality improvement initiative. The results of such an initiative should be a demonstrated improvement in customer satisfaction, a reduced number of exception items, more effective utilization of staff effectively meeting unique customer needs, reductions in costs of ACH processing, improvements in risk management, and/or any other demonstrated quality improvement.
NACHA, Regional Payments Associations, and/or their employees are not eligible for this award.
Information Needed
Nominators should include descriptive documentation that chronicles a program, project, practice or procedure that has resulted in improved ACH quality within the organization. Nominators should demonstrate that the nominee's best practice has resulted in improved quality to the organization and the ACH Network through supporting data, statistics, survey results, customer feedback or any other relevant information.
Please provide the description in an article format, and include an executive summary and as many of the following headings as applicable:
- goals of project
- description of old process and new process
- project structure
- summary and statistics on amount of work effort
- benefits of new process
- general applicability to other ACH participants
- recommendations based on lessons learned for other organizations who could consider a similar effort
2010 NACHA PayItGreen Award
The 2010 NACHA PayItGreen Award nomination package should include:
- a cover sheet (see attachment) that includes the nominee's complete name, title, organization, contact information, and the submitter, if different
- supporting documentation that details and demonstrates achievements
Who is Eligible?
Any individual or organization that has demonstrated superior leadership in the development, implementation, or advancement of programs that promote the positive environmental impact of choosing electronic payments, statements and bills is eligible. NACHA, Regional Payments Associations, and/or their employees are not eligible for this award.
Information Needed
Nominators should include a detailed description of the program, project or marketing campaign that has resulted in the adoption of electronic payments, statements or bills over paper through environmental messaging. Nominators should demonstrate that the program or effort was successful through supporting data, statistics, survey results, customer feedback or any other relevant information.
Please provide the description in an article format, and include an executive summary and as many of the following headings as applicable:
- program goals
- program description
- program results (including summary, supporting results, statistics, etc., as applicable)
- benefits
- lessons learned
Submission Process & Staff Contact
Please submit your nominations for the 2010 George Mitchell Payments System Award, the 2010 Kevin O'Brien ACH Quality Award, and the 2010 NACHA PayItGreen Award by March 3, 2010.
Please forward nominations and supporting documentation to Mary J. Yerkes at myerkes@nacha.org. If necessary, please fax hard copies to 703/787-0996, attention Mary J. Yerkes or mail to:
NACHA - The Electronic Payments Association
ATTN: Mary J. Yerkes, Senior Staff Writer
Industry Marketing & Communications
13450 Sunrise Valley Drive, Suite 100
Herndon, VA 20171
Fax: 703/787-0996
Nominators understand and agree that their submissions will become the property of NACHA. NACHA may edit and publish the material on its Web site and in other NACHA publications. Further, Regional Payments Associations may publish submissions in their newsletters, on their Web sites, and for ACH training.
