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Charge

Submit to the Board names of nominees for the following:

Annual EERI Distinguished Lecture Award - One nominee and two alternates shall be recommended to the Board each year.  Candidates shall be selected for recommendation by the Honors Committee at their meeting during the Annual Meeting of the Institute.

Special Recognition Award- The Special Recognition Award is presented to an individual, company, or organization that has made substantial contributions to the field of seismic safety and earthquake risk reduction, having directly affected the seismic safety of the general population.

EERI Honorary Membership - Candidates shall be selected for recommendation by the Honors Committee at its second meeting of the year.  No more than five and in some years no candidates may be recommended to the Board for action.  If no candidates are recommended, then the Board should be so notified in writing.  From the list of candidates recommended, the Board may elect no more than two members to Honorary Membership status each year.

Outstanding Paper Awards for Earthquake Spectra - Candidates for these awards are to be selected for recommendation by the Honors Committee from nominations submitted by the Editorial Board of Earthquake Spectra.

The George W. Housner Medal - Written justifications for one nominee and one alternate may be recommended to the Board each calendar year.  Citations for each candidate will be prepared by prominent and well-qualified members of the Institute prior to consideration by the Board.  If no candidates are recommended by the Honors Committee, then the Board should be so notified in writing.

Chair

Selected by members of the Committee from the current committee membership and approved by the Board to serve a one-year renewable term..

Members

Selected annually by the Board of Directors, from nominations provided by the Committee to serve a three-year term, with the most senior member(s) rotating off the Committee at the time of the EERI Annual Meeting. (Approved by the Board of Directors 12/04.)