GOVERNOR'S INDUSTRY APPRECIATION LUNCHEON DISTINGUISHED BUSINESS CRITERIA

1. Nominee must be a business having operated for a minimum of five (5) years in the State of Nevada.
   
2. The company�s industry must be consistent with the Nevada State Plan for Economic Diversification and Development, and is not gaming, tourism, medical, hospitality, construction, educational/training, wholesale or retail sales. The company must be a business that has created primary jobs and whose primary market extends beyond the State�s border. Qualifying industries include:
   
   
MANUFACTURING: including mining, mining support, assembly, remanufacturing, recycling, and value-added products

DISTRIBUTION: including traditional warehousing and e-commerce

SERVICE: including research and development, mining services, front office operations, such as corporate, regional or divisional headquarters, and back office operations, such as computer service centers, customer service, Internet services, telemarketing, and claims, credit, order, accounting and other processing offices


3. Company must demonstrate and provide documentation of attributes that classify them as a good corporate citizen to Nevada. This can be accomplished through various avenues, i.e., education and training for employees, on-premises child care facilities, programs to encourage staff participation in United Way or other such programs, sponsorship of Scout or Special Olympic activities, and other types of community activities.
   
4. There shall be no employee expansion or physical expansion requirement.
   
5. A previous Distinguished Business Award recipient cannot be nominated nor receive the Distinguished Business Award more than once in every ten-year period.
   
6. All companies nominated must pass a rigid background check for compliance with state law and regulations, good ethics, and fair business practices.