[MassHistPres] preservation award guidelines

[Dennis De Witt]

We are thinking about Preservation Award guidelines.

Assuming Chris has not already done so, I am very interested in  
collecting any and all examples of guidelines that may be in use  
relating to preservations awards.

In addition here are some basic philosophical questions.  I'd be  
interested in any literature or practice (examples) that might bear on  
these questions.

a) In the case of an award relating to a building, does the award go  
to a building or to the people responsible for the project?

b) Should you ever give an award to a new building just because it  
fits well in its context?

c) Should you ever give an award to a new building in an LHD just  
because it fits well in its context even tho it has done little more  
than successfully follow the guidelines?

d) Should you ever give an award to someone who genuinely has done  
some significant restoration work on an important building even though  
they may have vigorously opposed some other unrelated preservation/ 
project?

e) Should you ever given an award to someone who has worked long and  
hard to "beautify" and economically strengthen part of an NRD without  
ever having really done anything related to historic fabric that could  
be called preservation?

f) Should you ever give an award to someone for a project relating to  
a particular property even tho they have demolished a structure on  
that property which had a demolition stay imposed on it?

If nothing else.  Please feel free to "vote." -- briefly or at  
length.  If there are enough responses, I'll tally them

Dennis De Witt