Reminder:  The deadline for the NAVREF Tagline Contest is tomorrow, July 7.  If you would like to add your entry to the more than 20 received to date, remember that entries must be received before 5:00 p.m. East Coast time on Wednesday in order to be eligible for the prize.  Details are provided below.

Create a NAVREF tagline to go along with its new vision, mission and values statements and you may win an iPad!

Background:  Over the last year, the NAVREF board has been engaged in strategic planning for NAVREF’s third decade.  This culminated in the following draft updated vision, mission and values statements:

Vision:  NAVREF envisions a nation in which veterans receive the finest care based on cutting edge research and education.

Mission:  [NAVREF’s mission is] To advance the success of the VA-affiliated research and education nonprofits. 

Values:  The membership, board and staff of NAVREF value: 

▫          Transformative research

▫          Partnership in vibrant VA research and education programs

▫          Respectful, collegial and transparent relations and communications with stakeholders

▫          Integrity in governance and management

▫          Proactive leadership and high quality management

Please review the above drafts and send your feedback to bwest@navref.org.  Your input will be considered before the board finalizes them during its August 2 board meeting. 

Tagline Contest:  To round out its governance framework, the board decided to draw on its members’ creativity to come up with a NAVREF “tagline” and encourages all members to submit their ideas.  To learn what goes into a good tagline and how it encapsulates a nonprofit’s core purpose, please go to http://www.gettingattention.org/nonprofit_tagline_report.html  (You will need to complete a short registration form in order to access the free report.)  Alternatively, Google “tagline” for other resources and sample taglines.

Note:  When formulating entries, be sure to keep the focus on NAVREF and NPCs. 

Tagline Contest Rules:  

·         Board members, officers and compensated employees of NAVREF member NPCs are eligible to submit entries and to win the prize. 

·         NAVREF staff and board members may submit taglines for consideration, but are not eligible to win the prize.

·         NAVREF reserves the right not to award the prize if the board does not select one of the entries as the final tagline.

·         To be eligible for consideration, a Tagline Contest entry must be received in the NAVREF office before 5:00 p.m. East Coast time on July 7, 2010. 

·         Eligible participants must submit entries by email to smathew@navref.org.  Put “Tagline Contest Entry” in the subject line. 

·         In the body of the email, provide the name and phone number of the individual submitting the entry as well as the name of the NPC with which the submitter is associated as a compensated employee, board member or officer. 

·         All entries will be acknowledged with a “reply” email within three business days.  If a reply is not received within that timeframe, please contact the NAVREF office as soon as possible, but not later than noon East Coast time on July 8, 2010. 

·         Eligible individuals may submit more than one entry in the same or separate emails, up to 5 entries per individual.

·         If the winning tagline is submitted by more than one eligible individual, the first person to submit the winning tagline will win the prize; the date and time on the submission email sent to smathew@navref.org will be used to determine who submitted the winning tagline first.

·         The winning tagline will be announced during the NAVREF Annual Membership Meeting on Sunday, October 17.

·         The winner does not have to be present to be awarded the prize.

The prize for the winning tagline will be an iPad with WiFi capability and 16GB of memory. 

We want our members to have fun with this!  The NAVREF board and staff look forward to your entries.