Regulations for Awards to Outstanding Tourism Enterprises, Groups and Professionals Article 12

The Tourism Administration may create committees to select outstanding tourism enterprises, groups and individuals to be commended.The selection shall be conducted in two stages, the initial selection and the final selection, to be carried out as follows:(1) The initial selection: The head of the Tourism Administration unit executing this program or the head of a Tourism Administration unit with related responsibilities or a higher-ranking Tourism Administration official shall serve as the convener and different sections and offices of the Tourism Administration shall appoint seven to nine representatives to form the initial selection committee to evaluate the candidates and establish the list of nominees for each category.(2) The final selection: The deputy director-general of the Tourism Administration shall serve as the convener and 11 to 13 scholars, specialists and representatives from the tourism authority may be appointed to form the final selection committee to evaluate and select the winners of each category from the list of nominees specified in the preceding subparagraph.The convener of each selection committee shall chair each meeting convened or appoint a committee member to be the acting chairperson to preside over the meeting if he or she cannot attend the meeting.In any of the following situations, a committee member shall recuse from voting for the respective award:(1) The candidate is a committee member themselves, his or her spouse or ex-spouse, his or her relative within the fourth degree of consanguinity or within the third degree of affinity, or an individual who once had a relationship with the committee member.(2) Candidate recommenders, or persons who hold key positions, such as being the person in charge, chairperson or vice chairperson of the organization where the committee member serves, or a representative authorized by the committee member. However, if the Tourism Administration of the MOTC is the recommender, the selection committee appointed by the Tourism Administration shall not be subject to this limitation.(3) There is concrete evidence that the committee member is unable to be impartial in executing his or her duty.Decisions to be made in meetings referred to in Paragraph 2, including establishment of lists of nominees in the initial selection and the final selection of award winners, shall require the attendance of at least two thirds of the total number of committee members as well as approval of the majority of the attending committee members. If the number of candidates approved by the majority of the committee members exceeds the quota for the category in question, selection shall be decided by ranking in accordance with the numbers of votes received. If there are candidates with the same number of votes, a second round of voting shall be conducted to decide. If the number of candidates approved by the majority of the committee members is less than the quota for the category in concern, the second round of voting shall be unnecessary. Under such circumstances, the attending committee members shall vote to distribute the remaining quota to candidates winning approval of the majority of the attending committee members.If no candidates for a category receive approval of the majority of the attending committee members, the award shall not be given.