It’s that time of year again! We know 2020 is ugly enough, but it’s time to dust off your ugliest holiday sweaters and get ready for the annual Emerging Professionals Ugly Sweater Party. If you thought COVID was going to force us to break tradition, you thought wrong!

This year we will be holding an online Ugly Sweater Competition, which will be culminated by a digital Ugly Sweater Awards Happy Hour on Tuesday December 22nd.

The categories for this year’s Ugly Sweater Party are as follows:

• Ugliest Sweater
• Most Creative / Original
• Judges’ Choice
• People’s Choice
• Pets and Children

The People’s Choice award will be voted on through a public poll. The voting will continue right up until the Awards Happy Hour. Anyone can participate. The winners will receive prizes in the form of gift cards.

All submissions must be received by December 15th at 11:00pm to be posted at the start of the voting period. Submissions will continue to be accepted throughout the voting period and added as the competition goes on.

To submit your ugly sweater for the competition, please email a photograph of your submission to: orashrae@gmail.com with the subject line: “Ugly Sweater 2020”. Be sure to include the following:

• A photo of you or the contestant wearing the sweater.
• Your name, and email.
• What chapter and organization do you belong to: Example: CSI/Portland, ASHRAE/Oregon, ASHRAE/Willamette-Valley etc.
• A brief statement about yourself, what you are passionate about, who you work for, how long you have been in the industry, etc.
• Optional: A statement about your submission to be posted with your photo to help earn votes.

By emailing your ugly sweater submission, you give full rights to CSI Portland and ASHRAE Oregon to publish your submission, including photo and text, on their respective websites, newsletters, and social media including but not limited to: Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, Messenger.