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TMS Service
Award | An Overview: |
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The Masonry Society’s Service Award is
presented annually to an individual who has volunteered in special, and
typically unseen, ways to assist the Society. The intent of the award is to
recognize those who continually assist the Society, but who are not normally
recognized for their efforts. The Award is officially selected by the Awards
Committee based on recommendations from TMS members and the Executive
Director within the requirements listed below.
Criteria - Nominations and evaluation of those
nominations shall be based on the following non-inclusive considerations:
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for those individuals who provide
distinguished volunteer services to advance the mission and goals of the
Society
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for those individuals who render
services unseen by others
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for activities that have not been
formally recognized by the Society through other awards or recognitions
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for those individuals who provide
service that is not associated with a prominent position within the
Society
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for those individuals who are
members or non-members of TMS
See the following for
more information on nominating someone for Fellow
Membership
Nominations are due on
June 30th of each year.
Nominations forms are accepted until June 30th
of each year for possible award consideration at
that year’s Annual Meeting. Up to three (3) Service Awards
can be presented in a year.
An
individual can receive
the TMS Service Award multiple times and there is no
maximum number of awards the individual may win.
However, the basis for each award must be unique and
independent of past contributions that may have
already been recognized.
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Recipients
of the TMS Service Award are:
Thomas Escobar, 2006
Linda Miller, 2007
Jason J. Thompson, 2006
Terence A. Weigel, 2007
William A. Wood, 2007
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2007
TMS Service Awards
presented to Linda Miller, Terry Weigel & Bill Wood
At TMS’s 2007 Annual
Meeting Awards Luncheon on November 10th, TMS Vice
President, John Chrysler, who chairs TMS's Awards Committee,
presented three Society's Service Awards to Mrs. Linda
Miller, Dr. William A. Wood, and Dr. Terence A. Weigel. The Masonry Society started
this award last year to recognize individuals who volunteer in special, and typically unseen, ways.
The intent of the award is to recognize those who continually assist
the Society, but who are not normally recognized for their efforts.
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Linda
Miller, spouse of Ray Miller, has been assisting TMS
staff and the Society behind the scenes routinely for over 8
years by leading spouse programs, tours, and social events.
She has been an integral part of planning several meetings,
including the Portland, Oregon Annual Meeting and the 2005
University Professors Masonry Workshop. Her assistance with
leading tours and social events frees staff to focus on the
business meetings. |
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Linda Miller (left)
hugs John Chrysler after
receiving a 2007 TMS Service Award for her exceptional
contributions at TMS meetings. |
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In
addition, her friendliness has encouraged spouses and
members to attend TMS events. She has also helped TMS with
financial reviews in past years when her husband served as
TMS Treasurer, and she has routinely assisted TMS staff
registering people at meetings and events. Because of her
wonderful assistance to the Society, Linda received a 2007
TMS Service Award. |
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Terry Weigel has
volunteered countless hours to TMS as a leader (past chair
of the Design Practices Committee and Electronic
Communications Committee and current member of the Board of
Directors), helper (member of TAC, MSJC, and numerous other
committees and Task Groups), and supporter (donor to Noland
and Endowment Funds, General Fund, etc.). |
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Terry Weigel (left) accepts
congratulations upon receiving a 2007 TMS Service Award for
his exceptional service to TMS from Phillip Samblanet (right). |
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This year, he was especially
deserving of a TMS Service Award because he assisted the
Society by serving as host of the 2007 University
Professors’ Masonry Workshop where he helped coordinate the
workshop and present several topics to attendees and because
he assisted on several other major projects including the
MDG-5 and the completion of the Sound Transmission Class
Rating Standard. He is always willing to help TMS, and he
has routinely agreed to present masonry topics at the Annual
Meeting, substitute as chairman for committee meetings with
little notice, review papers for the NAMC and other forums,
and serve as a speaker for TMS in various seminar series.
This year, Terry also served as the primary author on a
paper and presentation on the MDG-5 at the 10NAMC to help
expose this important new resource. |
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Bill
Wood, is a true gentleman and volunteer, who has served TMS
for years, and does so with no expectation of recognition
for his outstanding efforts. Even while recovering from
cancer treatments these past few years, Bill has continued
to give to TMS; serving as chairman of the Design Practices
Committee, primary author of the MDG-5 DPC Box Building, and
developer and reviewer of TMS’s Special Inspection Program.
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Bill Wood (right) accepts
congratulations upon receiving a 2007 TMS Service Award from Phillip Samblanet (left). |
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Bill
serves on numerous TMS committees (Architectural Practices
Committee, Construction Practices Committee, Research
Committee, past Board Member, etc.) – and when he does, he
contributes! This year, besides helping on the MDG-5,
serving as chair of the DPC committee, and assisting on the
Direct Design draft and the Special Inspector’s Program,
Bill also found the time to help coordinate the Annual
Meeting program. |
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