AWARDS
THE AWARDS COMMITTEE
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2008 CHAIRMAN
Nathan Stubina
Barrick Gold Corporation
BCE Place, Canada Trust Tower
Suite 3700, 101 Bay Street
Toronto, Ontario M5J 2S1
Tel.: (416) 307-7455
Fax: (416) 861-0058
Email: nstubina@barrick.com
At its Board of Directors Meeting in December 1998, it was unanimously approved by the Board to set up a MetSoc Awards Committee. The current Terms of Reference of the Committee were modified at the December 2005 BOD meeting.
Awards Impacted by the New Procedure
- All CIM Fellowship Nominations to be indorsed by MetSoc and MetSoc Awards, except best
paper awards, will be scrutinized by a MetSoc Awards Committee.
- MetSoc Section Awards will be selected first by the individual MetSoc Sections and submitted to the MetSoc Awards Committee Chair for review. . MetSoc Sections must have their selection completed by February 1st and will need to submit to the MetSoc Awards Chair documentation for their candidate of the Section Award.
- Nominations for CIM Awards (including CIM Fellowship Nominations) will be reviewed/endorsed by the Metsoc Awards Committee Chair before they are submitted to CIM.
Timing of Awards Selection
- All nominations for MetSoc Awards must be submitted to the Awards Committee by February 1 prior to the Spring Board Meeting.
- The Awards Committee Chair will submit the committee’s report to the Board for ratification at its Spring Board Meeting.
Committee Membership
- The Chair of the Awards Committee shall be the 2nd Vice President of MetSoc. The Chair’s responsibilities will be to submit the nominations to the members of the Awards Committee, to supervise the ballot vote, to present the results to the Board and to MC the Awards Ceremony at the COM.
- Provisions will be made for a “no award” option on the ballot; also balloting will not take place unless there are two nominations including the “no award” option. The respective nominations will be circulated prior to the ballot voting.
- Following the vote, the Awards Committee Chair shall announce the results at a suitable conference call meeting of the committee for final discussion. If no candidate has received the majority of votes then a second round of voting takes place after eliminating the last candidate.
- The Chair of the Awards Committee will only vote to break a tie.
- Membership of the Awards Committee shall total six (6) excluding the Chair. The term of members of the committee will be 3 years with two members turning over each year.
- If a Committee member is a nominee of one of the Awards, they will abstain from voting on that nomination. The MetSoc Conflict of Interest Policy shall be in effect.
- Members of the Awards Committee shall be nominated by the current Past President of the Society and ratified by the Board at its 1st Meeting at the COM and shall be appointed by the President.
Criteria for Membership on Awards Committee
The following terms of reference will be used by the Past President in selecting nominees for the Awards Committee.
- The Awards Committee must be MetSoc Members in good standing well aware of MetSoc basic operations and functions.
- Have a well recognized international reputation in the profession for their accomplishments.
- The membership of the Awards Committee must reflect the technical and geographical diversity of MetSoc membership.
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