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US – AGEM issues call for nominations for Sixth Annual Memorial Awards honouring Halle and Mead
By Phil - 23 ta' Ġunju 2021
L-Assoċjazzjoni tal-Manifatturi tat-Tagħmir tal-Logħob (AGEM) ħarġet Sejħa għan-Nomini għall-Premju Jens Halle Memorial li Jhonora l-Eċċellenza fil-Professjonaliżmu tal-Logħob Kummerċjali u l-Premju Peter Mead Memorial li Jhonora l-Eċċellenza fil-Midja u l-Komunikazzjoni tal-Logħob.
AGEM previously announced the creation of this unique awards program six years ago to acknowledge the lasting impacts on gaming by two distinctive industry veterans following their unexpected deaths in 2015.
Mr. Halle, a longtime Bally and Novomatic executive in Europe whose career ended as CEO of Merkur Gaming based in Florida, died suddenly on May 20, 2015 at the age of 57. Mead, the founder and publisher of Casino Enterprise Management magazine, died suddenly in Las Vegas on June 24, 2015 at the age of 54.
Len Ainsworth in 2016, Rick Meitzler in 2017, Gavin Isaacs in 2018, Tom Nieman in 2019 and the late Robert “Bob” McMonigle in 2020 have been the initial recipients of the Jens Halle Memorial Award Honoring Excellence in Commercial Gaming Professionalism. Howard Stutz in 2016, Roger Gros in 2017, Frank Legato in 2018, the late Dave Palermo in 2019 and David Orrick in 2020 have been the initial recipients of the Peter Mead Memorial Award Honoring Excellence in Gaming Media & Communications.
Nomination submissions of 300-700 original words identifying current gaming professionals must be received via email at Marcus.Prater@AGEM.org by August 31, 2021, and must meet the following criteria that aim to capture the unique attributes displayed by Halle and Mead during their storied careers:
Jens Halle Memorial Award li Jonora l-Eċċellenza fil-Professjonaliżmu tal-Logħob Kummerċjali
“In-nominati għandu jkollhom esperjenza ta’ xogħol fis-settur tal-fornituri tal-logħob globali għal minimu ta’ 10 snin u jippossjedu l-karatteristiċi u l-kwalitajiet li ġejjin li Jens wera tul il-ħajja tax-xogħol tiegħu: Professjonalità, suċċess fin-negozju, ambitu internazzjonali, attenzjoni għad-dettall u segwitu f’waqtu; rieda li ‘tmur il-mili żejjed,’ kemm b’mod figurattiv kif ukoll litteralment; sens ta’ umanità f’negozju ta’ sikwit; rikonoxximent tal-importanza ta' handshake u ftehim ġust għal kulħadd; u dedikazzjoni għas-saħħa tal-industrija kollha kemm hi.”
Peter Mead Memorial Award li Jonora l-Eċċellenza fil-Midja u l-Komunikazzjoni tal-Logħob
“In-nominati għandu jkollhom esperjenza ta’ xogħol fil-midja mainstream, l-istampa kummerċjali tal-logħob jew il-PR/komunikazzjonijiet tal-kumpanija tal-logħob individwali għal minimu ta’ 10 snin u għandhom il-karatteristiċi u l-kwalitajiet li ġejjin li Peter wera tul il-ħajja tax-xogħol tiegħu: Rapportar ta’ kwalità u komunikazzjoni b’enfasi fuq kuntatt personali biex jiġġeneraw ideat u tiġbor informazzjoni; tieħu riskji u tiddubita l-istatus quo; tisfida lill-industrija biex tikkunsidra ideat ġodda; u l-identifikazzjoni ta’ msieħba ta’ fiduċja biex itejbu l-prodott ġenerali.”
Awards winners will be announced at G2E in Las Vegas in October.
