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Appendix 10: ISSMGE Awards Committee: Report on activities 2011-2013
Comité de la SIMSG pour
l’attribution de
s prix : r
apport sur l’activité 2011
-2013
F. Schlosser
Ecole des Ponts Paris Tech, Marne-la-Vallée, France
S.W. Jacobsz
University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
ABSTRACT: On the initiative of the President, an ISSMGE Awards Committee was established to carry out a review of existing
awards offered by the ISSMGE to its member and to introduce a number of new awards in addition to those previously offered. The
Awards Committee was responsible for documenting the introduction of the new awards, drafting of guidelines for nomination and
criteria for evaluation of nominations received. In addition, the committee managed the call for nominations after receiving
nominations via the office of the Secretary General. The new awards were presented at the 18th quadrennial conference in Paris in
September 2013.
RÉSUMÉ : A l’initiative du Président de la SIMSG, il a été créé un comité pour l’attribution des prix aux membres de la SIMSG afin
de faire le point des prix jusqu’à présent attribués et d’introduire en plus de nouveaux prix. Le comité a eu la responsabilité de définir
avec précision ces nouveaux prix, d’établir un projet pour la nomination de candidats et de définir des critères de sélection. En outre le
comité a été chargé de gérer l’ensemble des candidatures reçues pour les prix par l’intermédiaire du Secrétariat Général. L’attribution
des prix a eu lieu lors du 18
ème
congrès international de la SIMSG à Paris en septembre 2013.
KEYWORDS: awards
1
INTRODUCTION
This report summarises the activities of the ISSMGE Awards
Committee (AWAC) for the period September 2010 to April
2013. The report was presented by Francois Schlosser, the
AWAC chairman, at the Board and Council meetings in
September 2013 at the quadrennial conference held in Paris.
2
AWARDS COMMITTEE
In September 2010 Prof Jean-Louis BRIAUD established and
ISSMGE Awards Committee (AWAC) with Prof Francois
Schlosser as chair person and Prof Esve Jacobsz as secretary.
2.1
Committee composition
The AWAC comprised the following members:
a)
one chair person
b)
six members (approximately)
The members are appointed by the President after
consultation with the ISSMGE Board and are appointed for one
year renewable. A member of the ISSMGE Board is chosen as
the liaison with the AWAC. The Board has the right to
discontinue the membership of an AWAC member in case of
poor performance.
c)
one ISSMGE Board member liaison.
2.2
Assigned tasks
The Task of the AWAC consist of overseeing the awards given
by the ISSMGE, except for the Terzaghi Oration which the
ISSMGE President decides and the Kevin Nash Gold Medal
which the Immediate Past President decides. The activities of
the newly created ISSMGE Awards Committee included the
following:
2.2.1
Task 1: Study of current award status
The first task of the awards committee was to carry out a review
of the existing status of awards offered by the ISSMGE to its
members. The review comprised the following tasks:
a)
Review the current awards offered by the society. The
review included the three ISSMGE Young Member Awards
which at present are made at the Quadrennial International
Conference.
b)
Gather basic data on the ratio between number of members
and awards for a few notable professional societies.
c)
Recommend a reasonable number of awards including their
definition, frequency and process. In various discussions the
Board initially considered a frequency of every two years to
be reasonable. A frequency of every four years has since
been decided. The Board considered the following potential
awards:
Outstanding technical committee
Outstanding geotechnical project
Outstanding innovator individual member or team
Outstanding member society
Outstanding paper in the International Journal of
Geo-Engineering Case Histories
d)
A proposal was sent to the Board by 31 April 2011. The
ISSMGE Board met in Hong Kong on 22 May 2011.
2.2.2
Task 2: Nomination and selection
After the Board had accepted the proposal of the Awards
Committee, the Awards Committee proceeded with the
following tasks:
a)
The AWAC announced the awards in the ISSMGE Bulletin,
the ISSMGE web site, the President’s monthly progress
reports and other means of communication.
b)
The AWAC collected the nominations for each award (via
the Secretary General) and evaluated them.
c)
The AWAC recommend two names for each award to the
ISSMGE Board.
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