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Thank you to our
2009 Southwest Region
Conference Supporters

IF YOU HAVE NOT YET PAID IN FULL, PLEASE COMPLETE THE REGISTRATION FORMS AND BRING WITH FULL PAYMENT TO THE ON-SITE REGISTRATION DESK. THANK YOU!

2009 Award Cycle
The annual Southwest Region Monarch Award recognizes and honors the members of the Southwest Region and their influence for creating, delivering and maintaining excellence in school facilities planning.

The Southwest Region Monarch Award will recognize EDUCATIONAL FACILITY PLANNING EXCELLENCE – from determination of the need for the facility, through occupancy – and all segments in between. The award will be presented to the CEFPI – Southwest Region member school district, higher education institution, consultant, architectural firm, and/or construction management firm whose project best demonstrates the comprehensive effectiveness of planning, design, and construction as outlined below. See Monarch Award past winners.

Monarch Award Registration
Download the 2009 Monarch Award registration form. Fax: 1.866.590.4278 Email: conference@cefpisw.org Mail: CEFPI SW, c/o Chris Grimes, PO Box 1501, Roseville, CA 95678	-OR-	Once you have registered your project, download the 2009 Monarch Award template to complete the submission requirements. Please email to conference@cefpisw.org by May 22, 2009.

Criteria

1. A thorough, comprehensive planning process.
2. Development of a comprehensive educational specification and/or program of requirements.
3. A design that meets the requirements of the educational program with special emphasis on functionality of educational spaces.
4. Project must be within the seven states that comprise the Southwest Region (AZ, CA, CO, NV, NM, UT and WY).
5. The entire project team must reside within the Southwest Region and maintain a Southwest Regional membership.
6. All projects must have been completed after January 1, 2007. Application forms with $350 submission fee must be submitted by May 15, 2009 and project submissions by May 22, 2009.

Timeline

May 15, 2009	Entry Application Due
May 22, 2009	Submittal Materials Due to CEFPI-SW Rep on Disk
May 29 - June 5, 2009	Jury Review of Submittals
June 16 , 2009	Announcement of Winner at CEFPI Southwest Regional Conference in Sedona, AZ – Awards Dinner

Selection Process

1. A Jury of three CEFPI members composed of two educational facility planners and one architect appointed by the Southwest Region Executive Committee.
2. Each submittal will be reviewed and evaluated by the Jury based on the Award criteria.
3. When the Jury has reduced the selection to 2-3 final projects, the Jury will phone the project contacts of those buildings to personally evaluate the project and to verify successful project implementation of the educational specifications.