ECAA AD HOC SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE

SELECTION PROCESS

CRITERIA

• The applicant must be a regular member in good standing.

• Preference will be given to those applicants working toward an assessing designation

(i.e., MAA, RMA or CMA).

GUIDELINES

• Each year the scholarship applications will be mailed by the ECAA no later than

September 15^th.

• The deadline for returning applications is October 1^st.

• The selection of the recipient(s) will be made by the Scholarship Committee and awarded at the October meeting of the ECAA.

• Scholarships should be used in the following calendar year. In the event that a scholarship is not used within this time-frame due to a personal emergency, the cancellation of a course, or other extenuating circumstances, the recipient may request a one-year extension in writing. No extensions beyond one year will be granted by the Scholarship Committee.

• The Scholarship Committee should avoid any conflicts of interest in regard to the selection process. More specifically, any member serving on the Scholarship Committee must abstain from voting on an applicant from his/her office.

• The application must be filled out in its entirety and returned to the Scholarship Committee in a timely fashion. Explicit attention will be placed on the education budget for assessors in the applicant’s community.

• A runner up will also be selected for each scholarship.