Guidelines for Applicants

This is ATEM's highest award for service. It is normally be presented at the annual Association Conference.

Eligibility

Membership of ATEM for at least five years.

Guidelines

Nominations may be made by the ATEM Executive or a region Executive.

No more than three Awards can be made in any one year.

Should the number of nominations from regions exceed the number of awards that can be made in any one year, the Awards Committee will rank nominations after taking advice from region Presidents. Under these circumstances, some region nominations may not be accepted, but can be re-nominated in the following year.

Criteria

Exemplary service to the Association over a sustained period of time through one or more of the following:

• office bearer at Association level;
• Chair or member of ATEM Committee; or
• Chair or member of ATEM educational program or project.

Nominations for the Meritorious Service Award should be made on the ATEM Awards Nomination Form, which is available from the ATEM Secretariat or from the related downloads section on this page, and lodged with the Association Secretariat by 31 July each year.

Nominations close on 31 July each year and are considered by the ATEM Awards Committee and forwarded to Council for noting. If a member of the Awards Committee is a nominee for an award, that member shall step down from the Committee until the current round of Awards are determined. The member standing down shall be replaced by a nominee of the President.

Members who have received this award are listed on the Honour Roll.