Perry Poon of the Vancouver Palaeontological Society has asked that consideration be given for presenting the Rene Savenye Award at the July 10-13, 2020, 13th BC Paleontological Symposium at UBC in Vancouver.
Here are the guidelines, approved by the Board in 2003, outlining the purpose, criteria and process for the Award. To nominate a person for the award, follow the procedure on the guidelines and send the nomination to Graham Beard no later than March 31, 2020. This will allow the committee time to review the nominations and, if appropriate, select an award winner. If an award winner is chosen, the award (usually a big secret) will be announced at the symposium.
Graham Beard of the Vancouver Island Paleontological Museum Society (VIPMS) serves as Chair of the award committee. Graham will establish who is on the award committee. In the past, the award committee has included some previous award winners, and Jim Haggart has been involved as an advisor due to his past involvement in the award. The people on the award committee should be perceived as neutral and not as advocates for a particular nominee.
There have been only five previous winners of the Savenye Award – see the BCPA website for details.