Scott Hyndman
IAS Board of Directors
Email: hyndman@aroid.org
On Apr 12, 2012, at 2:44 PM, Zach DuFran wrote:
> All-
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> This message constitutes a request for nominations from the aroid
> community for the awards outlined below. Nominations should be
> specific about who is being nominated and why one considers such a
> person best qualified for the award. Reasons may range from personal
> observations of character of the individual, contributions the
> person has made to study or use of Araceae, the nature of past
> works, future potential or even geopolitical considerations but
> please be specific as to why the individual should be nominated for
> a specific award. Nominations may be made for one or all of the
> three awards. Since often qualified students are not sufficiently
> known to be nominated for the Birdsey Award personal nominations
> should be considered. In the past we have asked students to apply
> for the Birdsey Award and such self-nominations are appropriate. On
> the other hand the selection of the Waterbury Award and the Schott
> Award are typically more tightly controlled so as to add to the
> suspense of the Awards Ceremony. All nominations for all awards are
> to be submitted by May 1, 2012. Nominations should be sent to Zach
> DuFran [zdufran@gmail.com]. Please do not send nominations through
> aroid-l. The Nominating Committee is composed of IAS President Zach
> DuFran and three additional members chosen by the President, namely
> Tom Croat, Scott Hyndman, Anna Haigh, and Albert Huntington will
> review the nominations, select the most worthy for all three awards.
> Depending on the number and quality of the nominees the Awards
> Committee will propose the top 2 or 3 nominations to the IAS Board
> for the final vote. The nominee for the Birdsey Award will then be
> announced to person selected and to the public. The selections for
> the Waterbury Award and the Schott Award will remain unannounced
> until a time and place for the award is chosen and until we can be
> certain that the awardee will be present to receive the award
> publicly.
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> Monroe Birdsey Award
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> This award is to be granted to students of Araceae for travel to the
> Annual Aroid Show and Sale in Miami or sometimes to assist in a
> student’s training. Past awardees have been Monica Carlsen, Eduardo
> Gonçalves and Marilee. The award is given annually at the
> discretion of the IAS Board. Typically the awardee is asked to
> present a program about his or her research though this is not
> mandatory.
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> Bette Waterbury Award for Excellence in Aroid Horticulture
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> This award is granted periodically to persons who have made the
> greatest impact in growing, cultivation, introduction and promotion
> of the aroids in the horticultural sphere. Past awardees have been
> Josef Bogner and Lynn Hannon. These awards were presented at
> International meetings of the IAS, in St. Louis and Kuching
> respectively but the next awardee will be presented the prize at the
> 35th Aroid Show and Sale in Miami on September 15, 2012.
>
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> H. W. Schott Award for Excellence in Aroid Research
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> This award is granted periodically to an individual who has made the
> strongest impact on research with Araceae through publications,
> teaching, basic research, excellence in exploration for Araceae or
> through monographic or floristic studies of Araceae. Previous
> awardees have been Dan Nicolson and Tom Croat presented at the
> International Aroid Conferences in St. Louis and Kuching
> respectively and Derek Burch who was given the award independently
> in Miami.
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> Zach DuFran, on behalf of the nominating committee
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