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AICCM National Newsletter No 146 June 2019
We all know someone amazing in conservation—now is your chance to celebrate that person’s talents and contributions by nominating them for an award. This year AICCM will be accepting nominations for the following six awards:

The AICCM Medal

This award, previously known as the AICCM Hall of Fame, recognises career long contributors to Conservation and acknowledges skills sharing across levels of seniority ensuring that skills are not lost from the profession.
2019 AICCM Medal nomination form

The AICCM Conservator of the Year

This award recognises and rewards individuals whose extraordinary efforts have directly contributed to the raising of standards in their workplace or within their conservation field. It is also awarded to people who have worked to promote the profession of conservation and its activities to the wider community and who have encouraged membership of the AICCM.
2019 Conservator of the Year nomination form

Outstanding Service to the Profession Award

This award recognises an AICCM member or institutional member who has contributed to the profession either over the long term or a single project by active involvement in delivering conservation seminars, workshops and other educational/learning opportunities; mentoring of other conservators; promotion of conservators and/or conservation within and beyond the profession by working with allied professions and the public.
2019 Outstanding Service to the Profession nomination form

The Colin Pearson Outstanding Research in the Field of Material Conservation Award

This award is to acknowledge an AICCM member or research team who has undertaken substantial research in the field of material conservation, and who has shared this information within the national and/or international material conservation profession via the AICCM Bulletin.
2019 Outstanding Research in the Field of Material Conservation nomination form

Outstanding Conservation Volunteer Award

This award acknowledges conservation volunteers who have made an outstanding contribution to the conservation of Australia’s cultural heritage.
2019 Outstanding Conservation Volunteer nomination form

Outstanding Conservation Treatment of the Year

This award recognises a conservator, or group of conservators who have undertaken a conservation treatment that has significantly contributed to the conservation field, nationally or internationally and promoted the profession of conservation and its activities to the wider community.
2019 Outstanding Conservation Treatment of the Year nomination form

Recipients will receive their awards at the AICCM National Conference in November.
Nominations close on 2 August 2019.

Please send nominations and direct any queries to secretariat@aiccm.org.au