Legislative Excellence Award

William T. Robinson/M. Lloyd Baum Spirit of Freedom and Legislative Excellence Award
This award is being established to honor William “Bill” T. Robinson, CAHIP member over 25 years, and M. Lloyd Baum CAHIP member over 15 years, both Legislative gurus in California politics. Their passion and dedication to California politics and legislation is legendary and has set a very high standard for all future California legislative leaders. Bill and Lloyd worked tirelessly as a Legislative Chair in LAAHU. Bill, also, has been active in IEAHU, Desert Cities and as CAHIP’s Vice President of Legislation. They built relationships with legislators through the CAHIP Adopt-A-Legislator program and mentored many young agents on building relationships with their legislators. They worked tirelessly educating legislators about unintended consequences of ‘well intended’ bills. Bill and Lloyd have been powerhouses in CAHIP’s Legislative program.

This award is based on activity at the state and federal level. This high honor is bestowed on an individual who has a record of outstanding service in California and federal legislative work over five years. Qualifying activities are those that build relationships with legislators that directly impact public policy: actively taking the
CAHIP message to key media outlets; and developing strong grassroots initiatives.
Candidates may be nominated by an individual member, chapter or by the Legislative Council. This is awarded to a member only once in a lifetime. Paid lobbyists are not eligible.

Criteria:
To be considered for this award, the individual member must have:
1. Been a CAHIP member for five or more years
2. Attended CAHIP Capitol Summit
3. Active Participation in CAHIP’s Adopt-A-Legislator Program*
4. Participated in committees or working groups involving California legislation*
5. Made multiple repeated presentations to groups on California legislative issues*
6. Worked with the media promoting CAHIP and CAHIP’s legislative efforts*
7. Developed strong grass roots initiatives through involvement in the community*
8. Contributed legislative information for newsletter and/or website to improve legislative communication to members*
9. Served as a key legislative contact and promote our lobbying efforts*
10. Demonstrated leadership in the chapter and state regarding legislation*
11. CAHIP PAC contributor*
(*) Indicated documentation is to be submitted that clearly supports the criteria requested. Documentation should be submitted as a single file in pdf format below.