• Lindy Smith Distinguished Service Award

    This award is presented to the member who is a dedicated and active in the organization and who has shown distinguished and outstanding leadership and continued service to the South Carolina Public Records Association.  

    Eligibility:  

    All regular members, both board members and non-board members alike, shall be eligible for nomination. 

    Criteria:

    • Must have three (3) or more years of active membership with SCPRA.
    • Must be nominated by at least one active member of SCPRA.
    • The distinguished service(s) must have contributed directly to the success and well-being of the Association.
    • The distinguished service(s) must have contributed directly to the success of the individual’s organization as a result of activities sponsored by SCPRA membership.

     

    Frequency:

    This award may or may not be awarded annually.

    Past Recipients

    2023

    Maria Beltran

    Maria's strong administrative and records experience demonstrated both as the Upstate Regional Administrator and later a member of the Board of Directors has help guide SCPRA through the COVID epidemic and the rebuilding of our membership records. Her dedication and working many hours of her own time, helped develop our current administrative membership system with the StarChapter program. As a result, we are now able to coordinate with accuracy our administrative and final transactions. 

    2021

    Karen Greene

    Karen has been with the SCPRA since 1996. She received the Lindy Smith Service Award for her Distinguished service and Leadership when dealing with the vendors and sponsors. She has maintained a personal relationship with the vendors and sponsors and that relationship has kept them coming back for years. She has provided support and valuable input to the organization in addition to diligently serving on various committees. Karen worked with the Georgetown School District and she loves to travel.

    2019

    ANGIE KENNEDY 

    Angie has served as the Treasurer for the South Carolina Public Records for several terms equivalent to a decade of service. During the years as the Treasurer she developed and implemented procedures which insured the security and accuracy of the Associations financial records. She developed, implemented and chaired the Finance Committee which conducted semiannual financial audits. She insured that the association was in compliance with both the state and federal regulations and timely reports. Angie has also served and participated with the Program Committee assisting in the development of the Annual Conference Program. Through her many years of support and unselfish efforts she has been instrumental in securing the audio-visual equipment critically necessary to support the annual conference.

    PAM RAGLAND 

    Pam’s years of dedicated service with the South Carolina Public Records include serving as an officer with the Coastal Region and eight years as a member of the Board of Directors. She managed and coordinated all updates to the SCPRA Website, served as an active member of the Program Committee, and developed a multi-purpose practical Annual Conference brochure.  She has developed and implemented procedures which simplified the registration process when registering for and at the Annual Conference. She developed and implemented the Connect and Reconnect Workshop which addresses a method of Meet and Great Records Roundtable discussion.