Awards
Key Awards

Criteria
Any person or organization who has done something notable for the cause of open government within the past 12 months is eligible; this includes board members, WCOG members, the general public, or public officials.
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Recipients

December 1, 2011
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Pictured: Key Award Winner State Senator Pam Roach with WCOG Board Member Mike Reitz.

 
September 23, 2011
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Pictured: Key Award Winner Elizabeth Campbell with WCOG President Toby Nixon.

 
September 23, 2011
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Pictured: Key Award Winner Walter Jorgensen with WCOG President Toby Nixon.

 
September 23, 2011
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Pictured: Key Award Winner Robert Shirley with WCOG President Toby Nixon.

 
September 14, 2011
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Pictured: Key Award Winner State Senator Jim Honeyford with WCOG Board Member Jason Mercier

 
August 16, 2011
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Pictured: Key Award Winner Councilmember John Knutsen, Puyallup City Council, with WCOG President Toby Nixon.

 

Key Award 2009-2010 Recipients - Click Here

September 17, 2010
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Pictured: Key Award Winner Eric Rachner of Seattle with WCOG President Toby Nixon.

 

Pictured: Key Award Winner Anthony Hemstad, Executive Director of World Trade Center Tacoma, with WCOG President Toby Nixon.

 

Mike Shepard accepting the Key Award on behalf of the Yakima Herald-Republic with WCOG President Toby Nixon.

September 16, 2010
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Pictured: Barbara Lamoureux and other members of the group Citizens for a Better Everett accept a Key Award from WCOG President Toby Nixon.

July 9, 2010
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Pictured: Key Award Winners Brad Andersen and Gloria Howell of Skamania County with WCOG President Toby Nixon.

April 7, 2010
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Pictured: WCOG President Toby Nixon and Key Award Winner and Everett School Board Member Jessica Olson.

February 18, 2010
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Pictured: WCOG President Toby Nixon and Key Award Winner TNT Executive Editor Karen Petersen.
January 16, 2010

Pictured: WCOG President Toby Nixon, Pierce County Executive Pat McCarthy and Washington State Attorney General Rob McKenna.

January 16, 2010

Pictured: WCOG President Toby Nixon, Monroe community activist Meredith Mechling and Washington State Attorney General Rob McKenna.

January 16, 2010

Pictured: WCOG President Toby Nixon, Mercer Island civic activist Ira Appelman and Washington State Attorney General Rob McKenna.

January 16, 2010

Pictured: WCOG President Toby Nixon, Redmond CPA D. Edson Clark and Washington State Attorney General Rob McKenna.

July 21, 2009

Pictured: Key Award Winner Sam Taylor and WCOG President Toby Nixon.


Key Award 2007-2008 Recipients - Click Here

November 10, 2008
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Pictured: WCOG President Toby Nixon and Key Award Winner Debra Kolrud.

September 19, 2008
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Pictured: Bruce Chandler, Dr. Martha Martin, Greg Hansen, Charlie Burrow,
Allied Law Group - Michele Earl-Hubbard, James Neff, Concerned Citizens in Action - Christy Diemond.

Pictured: Key Award Winner David Koenig and WCOG President Toby Nixon.

June 3, 2008
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Pictured: Tim Ford, WCOG President Toby Nixon, Key Award Winner Shawn Bunney, and Brian Sonntag.

February 28, 2008
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WCOG President Toby Nixon and Key Award Winner Brendan Williams

September 21, 2007
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Glen Milner,Todd Hogden, Mark Mahnkey, Rep. Lynn Kessler, Rob McKenna, Armen Yousoufian (not pictured here)




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