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TOC is required once a year, as required for reporting to the

ISSMGE Board. The format for the two administrative reports

and the annual progress report will be provided by ISSMGE.

HONOURS LECTURES ESTABLISHED BY TECHNICAL

COMMITTEE

Criteria and process for creating and naming Honours Lectures

The initiative for establishing an Honours Lectures should

normally come from a TC. If a new Honours Lecture is

proposed by others to ISSMGE, the President is to select a TC

to deal with the matter.

The TC proposing an Honours Lecture shall have the

support of at least 75 % of its Members for creating the Lecture

before it can send the proposal to the ISSMGE President. In that

process, the TOC shall have the possibility of providing its

opinion before the President and the Board approves or rejects

the proposal.

As part of establishing an Honours Lecture, a decision will

be made on the frequency (yearly, biennially or at other

intervals), as well as the venue for the lecture. The venue shall

be within a regular conference arranged by a TC and/or the

ISSMGE. The criteria for selecting the Topic and Name of the

Honours Lecture include:

1. The Topic of the Honours shall lie within the topic of

the TC.

2. The Honours Lecture shall contribute to enhance the

knowledge dissemination within the field of a TC.

3. The Name of the Honours Lecture shall be the name of

a person (or several persons) who contributed

significantly and undisputedly to the field of the Topic.

This person should also have played an active role in

disseminating his/her works through publications and

lectures. The person may be alive or dead.

4. The TC should prepare a list of three alternative Names

for the Lecture. The proposed Name shall be decided by

simple majority by the TC members. The proposed

Names shall be let known to the TOC and the ISSMGE

President. The President may propose other Names

based on input from the Board and the TOC. The TC

shall be informed about the alternative names, and have

the opportunity to comment. The final decision on the

Name of the Honours Lecture lies with the President.

The lifespan of an Honours Lecture shall be a minimum of 8

years. If extended beyond that, it shall be dealt with as a new

Honours Lecture. If a TC s discontinued, the Honours Lecture is

also discontinued.

Criteria and process for the selection of the Honours Lecturer

The TC recommends the name of the Lecturer. In that process,

the TC shall consider at least three alternative candidates. All

TC members can propose candidates. The TC members shall

rank the candidates. All TC members shall have the opportunity

to vote via e-mail on 2-week notice. The selected candidate

shall have the support of at least 50 % of the TC Members.

The Lecturer shall be a member of the ISSMGE and be

recognized as a national or international expert within the field

of the Topic. This would normally mean that the Lecturer has

published several papers, books or other publications on the

Topic. Alternatively, the Lecturer may have made a recent

major contribution to the Topic.

The selection criteria shall not include Nationality of the

Lecturer, i.e. a Lecturer may come from the same country or

continent as the previous Lecturer. Males and females are

equable eligible. There are no requirements to education or

position. Practicing engineers and persons from the academia

are equally eligible.

The TC Chair shall inform first the ISSMGE President of

the name of the selected Lecturer. If the President disagrees

with the proposed Lecturer, he/she shall propose one or several

alternative candidates to the TC Chair. If agreement is not

reached between the TC and the ISSMGE President, the TC

makes the final decision.

ISSMGE AWARD FOR BEST TC

The ISSMGE established a "best TC award" to be presented at

the quadrennial International Conference. It is the responsibility

of the Member Society to apply for the award on behalf of the

TC and to present the achievement of the TC in light of the

criteria for the Award (see Awards Committee for application

and award criteria).

FUNDING OF TECHNICAL COMMITTEES

In agreeing to host the TC, the host Member Society accepts the

responsibility of providing the necessary administrative support

for the operation of the TC. Members’ costs are borne by the

members or their sponsoring organizations or Member

Societies.

Under special circumstances, application for funding or

other resources for specific activities may be made to the

Member Societies.

OMBUDSMAN

The TOC is the first point of contact for matters related to the

ISSMGE Technical Committees. If a Member Society disagrees

with the decision of TOC and wishes to appeal the case, the

President will serve as the ombudsman and will have final

decision authority.

JOINT TECHNICAL COMMITTEES

Joint Technical Committees (JTCs) are sponsored by the

ISSMGE, ISRM and/or the IAEG are formed where the subject

area of the TC extends into the fields of interest of the Sister

Societies. The rules governing the formation and the operation

of Joint Technical Committees are agreed among the Sister

Societies.

Appendix C MAIN RECOMMENDATIONS TO ISSMGE

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