Bill Text: IL HR0181 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulates Joe Kilbride on his 17th year of volunteer service to The Lincoln Foundation for Performance Excellence.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-03-15 - Resolution Adopted [HR0181 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-HR0181-Introduced.html
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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
3 | Representatives are pleased to congratulate Joe Kilbride on his | ||||||
4 | 17th year of volunteer service to The Lincoln Foundation for | ||||||
5 | Performance Excellence; and
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6 | WHEREAS, The Lincoln Foundation for Performance | ||||||
7 | Excellence, founded in 1994, leads for-profit and non-profit | ||||||
8 | organizations to performance excellence; and
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9 | WHEREAS, In order to foster a competitive market and | ||||||
10 | provide the foundation for a vital and stable Illinois economy, | ||||||
11 | it is paramount that the values and ideas surrounding the | ||||||
12 | concept of "continuous quality improvement" be heralded as an | ||||||
13 | important priority for Illinois' sectors of business, | ||||||
14 | education, government, healthcare, and non-profit | ||||||
15 | organizations; and
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16 | WHEREAS, The key to providing the highest quality products | ||||||
17 | and services is a continuous process of self-evaluation; all | ||||||
18 | organizations, large and small, must strive for and make a | ||||||
19 | commitment to a "continuous improvement process" so as to | ||||||
20 | improve Illinois' quality of life, to make it a State where | ||||||
21 | organizations want to operate and where its citizens wish to | ||||||
22 | live; and
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1 | WHEREAS, The Lincoln Foundation deploys a three-level | ||||||
2 | process, allowing organizations to measure themselves against | ||||||
3 | The Lincoln Foundation's criteria framework for organization | ||||||
4 | excellence, modeled after The Malcolm Baldrige National | ||||||
5 | Quality Award, including: Leadership, Strategic Planning, | ||||||
6 | Customer Focus, Measurement, Analysis and Knowledge | ||||||
7 | Management, Workforce Focus, Operations Focus, and Results; | ||||||
8 | and
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9 | WHEREAS, The Lincoln Foundation depends on volunteer | ||||||
10 | examiners to carry out its evaluation process, bringing | ||||||
11 | knowledge of the criteria, experience with quality systems, | ||||||
12 | communication, leadership, and assessment skills in order to | ||||||
13 | provide a feedback report to help Illinois organizations become | ||||||
14 | world class; and
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15 | WHEREAS, Examiners receive extensive preparation and | ||||||
16 | support in learning about the Criteria for Performance | ||||||
17 | Excellence and commit a significant amount of time, effort, and | ||||||
18 | dedication in order to help organizations learn how to excel; | ||||||
19 | and
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20 | WHEREAS, Joe Kilbride has contributed his expertise and | ||||||
21 | more than 3,500 hours of his personal time during the past | ||||||
22 | seventeen years to serving as a Senior Examiner for The Lincoln |
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1 | Foundation for Performance Excellence; therefore, be it
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2 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
3 | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
4 | we congratulate Joe Kilbride on his volunteer work with The | ||||||
5 | Lincoln Foundation for Performance Excellence and thank him for | ||||||
6 | his time and commitment to help Illinois organizations excel; | ||||||
7 | and be it further
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8 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
9 | presented to Joe Kilbride as a symbol of our respect and | ||||||
10 | esteem.
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