David C. Azbill Award

PCIC Award Nomination and Selection Procedure
revised: September 2018

Purpose:

To recognize extraordinary contributions to Petroleum and Chemical Industry Committee sponsored standards. This award is to recognize extraordinary contributions and is not necessarily awarded every year.

Nominated by (PCIC Subcommittee): PCIC Standards Subcommittee and PCIC Community, Approved by A&A

Selection Criteria:

  1. Extraordinary contributions to PCIC sponsored standards.

Restrictions:

  1. Previous recipients not eligible

Type of Award (Plaque, Framed Certificate:

  1. Large Framed Certificate provided by Awards Nominating Subcommittee
  2. Award recipient and guest(s) are invited to sit at the designated award recipient tables
  3. Award recipient may request additional guest tickets to attend the PCIC Conference Annual Awards Luncheon

Presentation: PCIC Conference Annual Awards Luncheon by the PCIC Standards Subcommittee Chair

Award Recipient Acceptance Speech: Yes, 5 minutes

Nominating Committee Members:

  1. The Standards Subcommittee Chair
  2. The Standards Subcommittee Chair shall appoint the Nomination Task Group consisting of at least five members (including the Chair). Members may include any of the following:
    1. PCIC Standards Subcommittee Officers
    2. Previous David C. Azbill Award recipients
    3. Other PCIC Standards Subcommittee members at the discretion of the Chair
  3. In practice, the Nomination Task Group consists of the Standards Subcommittee Officers and the previous 3-5 David C. Azbill Award recipients.

Nomination & Selection Process:

  1. The Standards Subcommittee Chair appoints a Nomination Task Group as indicated above.
  2. The Chair shall solicit nominations from the Standards Subcommittee and the PCIC Community.
  3. The Chair and nominating committee shall review the nominations.
  4. The Chair shall ballot the nominating committee on the list of nominees.
  5. The Standards Subcommittee Chair shall recommend the top candidate(s), if any, to the Advisory & Awards Subcommittee Chair, PCIC Chair, and Awards Nominating Subcommittee Chair prior to the PCIC Winter Meeting.
  6. The Advisory & Awards Subcommittee selects and approves the final award recipient at its meeting during the annual Winter Meeting.
  7. The Advisory & Awards Subcommittee Chair will announce award recipients at the PCIC Executive Subcommittee meeting at the annual Winter Meeting.

Recommended Candidates Submitted to:

Advisory & Awards (A&A) Subcommittee Chair, PCIC Chair and Awards Nominating Subcommittee Chair prior to the PCIC Annual Winter Meeting

How will award recipient be notified:

The PCIC Chair notifies the successful candidate, after approval by the Advisory & Awards Subcommittee.

Nomination Form: None