BLACK TIE
EXCELLENCE AWARDS
Terms & Conditions

All nominees must operate and/or work in the Cowichan Valley Regional District.

• Nominations must include the nominator’s name and contact information to be valid.
• All valid nominations will be considered. The Black Tie committee reserves the right to place the nomination in the appropriate category. The Black Tie Committee reserves the right to change the category of nomination or modify a category to accommodate nominations.
• The nomination interview committee will make reasonable attempts to contact and interview all parties involved in the nomination process to determine their eligibility, but cannot be held at fault if such attempts are unsuccessful.
• Past winners cannot be finalists in a 5 year period following their win.
• Family members cannot nominate other family members.
• Employees of Black Tie sponsors are eligible to become finalists in the Customer Service categories.
• Employees and co-workers of Black Tie committee members are eligible to become finalists in the Customer Service Category.
• Businesses who employ Black Tie committee members are not eligible to be finalists in the Business Achiever and Business Manager, Young Entrepreneur, or Home Based Business categories.
• Black Tie Committee members cannot be individual finalists in any category. If a committee member accepts nomination, they must step down from the committee for the duration of the current year’s award process.