AEG Awards Committee Solicitation for Nominations for 2009

The AEG Awards committee is soliciting nominations for the three awards for which our committee is responsible. The Awards are: Claire P. Holdredge Award, Floyd T. Johnston Service Award, and the Douglas R. Piteau Outstanding Young Member Award. Please consider making a nomination. There are many deserving members, but they must be nominated for consideration. Send nominations to the Committee Chair (Roz Munro) for the Awards Committee to evaluate. The AEG Awards Committee consists of: Rosalind Munro (Chair), Jessica Humble, and Kenneth Neal.

1. The Claire P. Holdredge Award is presented for a publication within the previous five years by an AEG Member that is judged to be an outstanding contribution to the Environmental & Engineering Geology Profession. Nominations for this award are made by the membership at large to the Awards Committee. Please submit a nomination with the name(s) of the AEG publication member(s), the title of the publication, and the publisher information.

2. The Floyd T. Johnston Service Award is presented to an AEG Member for outstanding active and faithful service to the Association over a minimum period of nine years to coincide with Floyd's tenure as Executive Director. Contemporary Board members are not eligible until one year after leaving office. Nominations for this award are made by the membership at large to the Awards Committee. For nominations to be valid, they must be endorsed by three members having different AEG Section affiliations. Please submit a nomination with the nominee endorsed by the required three members from different AEG Sections.

3. The Douglas R. Piteau Outstanding Young Member Award is given presented to an AEG Member who is age 35 or under (who is not 36 until January 1 in the year following the Annual Meeting at which the Award is given) and has excelled, either singly or in combination, in the areas of Technical Accomplishment, Service to the Association, and/or Service to the Environmental & Engineering Geology Profession. Please submit your nomination, or a nomination by your AEG Section. Each AEG Section may choose and publicize the name of an individual deserving of the Award and nominate that individual to the Award Committee.

All Award nominations must be submitted to the AEG Awards Committee by March 31st . All nominations for the Awards must be supported by descriptions of the individual’s accomplishments and/or service to the industry or publication’s merit (as appropriate to the award). The AEG Awards Committee, at its discretion, selects the final candidates from the nominees for each Award. Then the AEG Awards Committee forwards the Award selection recommendations to the President for confirmation.

Please send or email your nomination to the Awards Committee Chair at the address below.


Rosalind Munro, Chair

e-mail: rmunro@mactec.com
(323) 889-5366
MACTEC Engineering and Consulting, Inc.
5628 E. Slauson Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90040

AEG Executive Council Nominations

Call for Nominations for 2009-2010 AEG Executive Council

The nominations committee is seeking nominations for qualified individuals to serve on the AEG Executive Council (EC) beginning in the 2009-2010 term. The commitment will be for five years total as the individual moves through the EC positions.

The annual commitment of serving on the EC follows:

• Fulfill the roles and responsibilities of the office as described in Article 3 of the Association’s Bylaws (Bylaws are printed in the AEG Directory or in the members’ area of the AEG web site at www.aegweb.org).
• Attend two 1.5-day Executive Council Workshops; typically these workshops are held in Denver, one each over a weekend in January and July.
• Attend a one day EC workshop on the day prior to the mid-year Board of Directors (BOD) meeting (generally in May, and on a Friday)
• Attend a one day EC workshop on the day prior to the start on the Annual Meeting (generally on a Tuesday)
• Attend two, 2-day BOD Meetings; one mid-year BOD meeting generally held over a weekend in May and the Annual BOD meeting, which immediately follows the Annual Meeting (held on a Saturday and Sunday).
• Attend monthly conference calls with the EC.
• Take on the various responsibilities of each EC officer as one moves through the elected positions (Printed in the AEG Directory)
• Maintain active and timely participation on the EC through conference calls, e-mails, etc.
  

Nominees will be asked to provide their history of leadership within and outside of AEG, their view of AEG’s future, how they see their role in maintaining the core values of the Association, abilities that will enable them to work positively with a diverse BOD and EC, and their desire and ability to make a long-term commitment (5 years) to the AEG Executive Council.

Nominations for the 2009-2010 year close on March 1, 2009. Names of perspective candidates should be submitted to the nominations committee care of Dorian Kuper, Nominations Committee Chairperson as follows:

Dorian Kuper
Kuper Consulting LLC
22680 SW 76th Ave.
Tualatin, Oregon 97062

(503) 638-9722
dorian@kupercon.com