Awards Conference -
NZART Amateur of the Year Award and
Rules Below Table

Update 2011-06-09

Award to be made to the radio amateur who in the preceding 12 month calendar year (January to December) has given outstanding service to Amateur Radio.

Year

Awarded to

Efforts and Achievements

2010

David Searle ZL3DWS

For the tremendous results he achieved in his Buildathon projects
Message from David Searle ZL3DWS/VK2DWS

2009

Peter Aikin ZL1TX

Message from NZART President and nomination

2008

No Award

2007

No Award

2006

Mike Newman ZL1BNB

Achievements as Local Government Liaison Officer

2005

John Walker ZL3IB

Improvements in Break-In

2004

Doug Ingham ZL2TAR

1. Technical expertise in relation to FMTAG
2. Improvements to the National System

2003

Fred Johnson ZL2AMJ

1. Membership of the NZ Delegation to WRC-03(1)
2. Chair of the MED Preparatory Group CPG4
3. Attendance & leadership at the APT(2) preparatory group in Tokyo
4. Continuing focus on the 7 MHz band

2002

Ken Holdom ZL4HU

Involvement in the DX field of Amateur Radio

2001

Kelvin Barnsdale ZL3KB 

Contributions to Break In

2000

Ian Ashley ZL1AOX

1. Long involvement in amateur radio satellites
2. As a command station for the new AO40
3. Involvement in the rescuing of AO40

1999

Murray Greenman ZL1BPU

Encouraging the use of new digital operations

1998

No nominations

(1) WRC-03 = World Radiocommunications Conference 2003, (2) APT = Asia-Pacific Telecommunity

NZART Amateur of the Year Award Rules

Presented at NZART Annual Conference

Award to be made to the radio amateur who in the preceding 12 month calendar year (January to December) has given outstanding service to Amateur Radio.

Criteria

1. Nominees must be active in more than one aspect of amateur radio and in these to have shown extraordinary service to their fellow amateurs,
2. The nominee must be a current member of NZART, and
3. The nominee should be unaware of the nominations.

Nominations

1. Nominations to be made to the President of NZART (at current address) to reach the President by May 1st following the year under review,
2. Nominations must be made through the Secretary of a Branch of NZART, and
3. Points of "service rendered" must be tabulated and certified as correct by the Branch Chairman (except that two other officers would be accepted if the circumstances warrant) and these must refer only to the 12 month period under review. Through these, the reason why the nominee should be considered must be clearly evident.

The President will decide on the Award allocation reporting the result to Council immediately prior to the Annual General Meeting. It is possible that in some years no award would be made even though recommendations were received.