Guidelines for nomination for Fellow
Members who have given truly outstanding service to the Association, through their service on the AVA Board, Division or Special Interest Groups and the AVA in the local community through animal welfare groups, local council and community promotion.
There is a limit of 70 active Fellow places and the Awards Committee remain cognisant of limiting the number of awardees.
Divisional and Special Interest Group Executive Committees.
Self-nominations will not be considered.
The AVA Awards Committee are responsible for receiving the nominations and ensuring that recipients have been judged as per the criteria.
Secrecy should be maintained in relation to nominations.
It may be necessary to speak with the nominee to obtain information required for submitting but we ask that you do this discreetly and let them know that nominations do not guarantee success.
If not successful, the same nominee can be put forward for a further 2 years following their first nomination.
Please note that these nominations will not occur automatically. Subsequent nominations must be resubmitted to ensure that all relevant information is accurate and up to date.
After 2 years the nominator will have to apply to the Awards Committee (via Peta Bortfield) to request consideration to be able to submit another nomination.
The Awards Committee will not provide feedback on the nominations as they are confidential.
The Committee, Judges and Board will look at the outstanding service to veterinary science in Australia across:
- National services to the Association
- Division and/or Special Interest Group service
- Local community service
- Trophy
- AVA 'Fellow' lapel pin
- The authorised use of post-nominal FAVA (Fellow of the Australian Veterinary Association)
- One complimentary ticket to the AVA Gala Dinner where the award will be presented
- The Fellow's name to be included in the 'Honour Roll'
- Any discounts and concessions that apply to the membership category of Fellow as determined by the Board