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Awards for Outstanding Service to the Institute

The Institute’s Local Affairs Board awards up to three Outstanding Service Awards each year, in recognition of achievement and commitment which has not previously been acknowledged elsewhere. The award recognises significant contributions to the Institute made through a local group, affiliated society or branch, and the recipient would normally be an Institute member who has held a position as an officer of a local committee for at least eight years.

2007 Outstanding Service Awards

The 2007 Outstanding Service Awards have been awarded by the Local Affairs Board. There are five recipients this year:

Alan Baxter FIMMM
An enthusiastic and ever present secretary of MinSouth (formerly the Southern Counties Branch of the IMM) since 2000 and Secretary of the Members’ Benevolent Trust (since 2003). He is also a member of the Local Affairs Board.

Ken Forsdyke FIMMM
A mainstay of the former South Wales Polymer Group (now South Wales and Western Polymer Group) since 1989. He served five years as Chair, including overseeing the merger of the two societies in 2004. He is a member of the Local Affairs Board, the Membership Committee and Council.

Stan Morrell FIMMM
President of the Telford Polymer Association (TPA) since 1997. He first joined the Institute of the Rubber Industry in 1953, and joined the committee of the Telford and Shropshire section of the PRI in 1987. He has always been a loyal supporter of the TPA.

Steve Pye FIMMM
The first member of IOP: The Packaging Society to win an Outstanding Service Award. He first became involved in 1991, and became Chair of the Merseyside Society in 1994. He is passionate about the benefits of belonging to IOP: The Packaging Society and has done a great deal to encourage others to share the benefits of membership.

Martin Wall AIMMM
Providing a sterling service as secretary of the Oxford Materials Society for at least 15 years, he has taken the lead on the organisation of lecture evenings and looks after the website. He has worked tirelessly to make the society the success it is today.

For more information on nominating individuals who work hard for your local society, contact Sarah Boad, tel: 01926 430185, e-mail: sarah.boad@iom3.org.

Awards for outstanding service 2006

Awards for outstanding service 2005