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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
May 10, 2006
For more information contact:

Diane Moser, Wyoming Business Council,
WCWI Ex-officio
307.777.2848

WCWI accepting nominations for 2006 Wyoming Summit Award

CHEYENNE - The Wyoming Council for Women’s Issues (WCWI) is accepting nominations for the Wyoming Summit Award until July 31.

Sponsored by the WCWI, the Wyoming Business Alliance, the Wyoming Department of Family Services, the Wyoming Department of Workforce Services and the Wyoming Business Council, the award will recognize businesses that have successfully instituted programs or policies that broaden, strengthen and support their workforce.

The award will recognize those who have made employment conditions better. Nominees should be businesses that strive toward broadening the workforce by implementing programs and policies to enable progress toward an equitable and diverse workforce from under-represented populations.

The business should also work to strengthen the workforce by promoting wages that compare to regional or national averages for similar jobs and the wage disparity between men’s and women’s wages should be nonexistent.

Finally, the nominated business should support the workforce by demonstrating efforts to satisfy employees (single individuals or otherwise) and their families’ needs for flexible schedules, day care for children or elders, and any other service that would minimize the stresses of balancing the demands of work and family obligations and increase employee productivity.

To download a nomination form and specific guidelines, visit the Web site at www.wyomingwomenscouncil.org. Honorees will be recognized at a special ceremony later this year.

The 2005 Wyoming Summit Award winner was Edeen Homes of Cheyenne, a residential construction company that is committed to establishing an equitable and diverse workforce in a field historically dominated by men. The company worked with Our Families Our Future to train participants in construction trades to a sufficient level that participants feel competent and qualified to seek meaningful employment that will result in a wage capable of supporting their families. Complete details on the 2005 Wyoming Summit Award winner are available on the WCWI web site at www.wyomingwomenscouncil.org.

The WCWI is a 13-member council with representation from each of the nine Judicial Districts in addition to four at-large members and one ex-officio member of the Wyoming Business Council. The WCWI is a Governor appointed council.

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