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Terms of Reference of Awards
The Brock Gold Medal Award
Preamble
The periodic Award of a gold medal was instituted in 1952
by the ISP to encourage the advancement of photogram-
metry. The funds for the provision of medals were given in
memory of Arthur and Norman Brock. On 22nd May, 1954
and 25th March, 1955, the Council of the ISP adopted
unanimously certain rules governing the Award of the
medal and further resolved that those rules should remain
in force until altered by the unanimous vote of the Council
which provision is still valid. On 8th May, 1957 the Council
considered alternations to the rules and subsequently by
correspondence agreed by unanimous vote to alter them
and rewrite them as follows:
Rules Governing the Award
The medal shall be known as the Brock Gold Medal
and shall be awarded at the sole discretion of the
Council of the ISPRS which shall be exercised in
accordance with the following rules.
The person to whom the Award is to be made shall be
selected irrespective of his nationality and solely in
respect of his contribution to the accomplishment to
be signalised by the Award.
The medal shall be awarded only in respect of an out-
standing landmark in the evolution of photogrammetry,
which shall be a proven contribution to photogrammetry
of whatever form, whether a major completed pho-
togrammetric mapping project, some fundamentally new
equipment or fundamentally new technique, or other new
departure.
The landmark in the evolution of photogrammetry to
be thus signalised by the Award of the medal shall have
proven its worth as a contribution to photogrammetry
at least two years prior to the Congress at which the
Award is to be made and in general not more than
some twelve years prior to the Congress.
Recommendations for the Award of the medal shall be
made in accordance with the following rules:
a. As a preliminary informative procedure, intended
solely to reduce the possibility of overlooking the
names of possible candidates, the Administration
shall, two years prior to each Congress, invite the
member societies to submit the names of those
whose work lies directly within their cognisance and
in their opinion might possibly fall within the scope of
the Award. No recommendations shall accompany
such names but a brief statement showing the field
in which the person has been working and the gen-
eral nature of his work therein may do so. The
Administration shall send to all member societies
without comment a list of all names and accompa-
nying statements received up to 18 months prior to
the Congress. This list need not be, and shall not be
deemed to be, comprehensive of all possible candi-
dates. Inclusion in it shall not be a prerequisite for
recommendation for the Award.
b. Every recommendation for the Award shall be made
by two sponsors who shall be individuals adhering
to the ISPRS through any of the forms of member-
ship and who are not of the same nationality as
their candidate nor of the same nationality as one
another.
c. Recommendations shall be in respect of an individ-
ual and not of a group of individuals nor of any
organisation or commercial firm. However, as many
advances in photogrammetry and in the execution of
photogrammetric mapping projects may be largely
due to team work, it shall be allowable to recom-
mend the leader or the leading spirit of a team of
workers, or such person as the team itself may think
has made the most important or outstanding or fun-
damental contribution to their work.
d. Every recommendation shall be made in writing to
the President of the ISPRS and shall be accompa-
nied by a documentation and explanation of the
grounds of the recommendation which shall be suf-
ficiently full to enable the Council to evaluate them.
e. The sponsors may consult the photogrammetric
organisations or individuals of the country in which
their candidate has been working and, if they do so,
they must include in their documentation the advice
they have received.
f. Recommendations shall be made only during the
period between the close of one Congress and nine
month before the opening of the next.
g. All recommendations made prior to one Congress
shall lapse at the conclusion of that Congress,
whether or not any medal was awarded at it. It is
permissible to revive a recommendation that has
lapsed by making a fresh recommendation.
. The selection of the person to receive the medal shall
be made by the Council in accordance with the follow-
ing rules:
a. Any member of the Council who has himself been
recommended for the Award shall not, while his
name remains one that can still come up for con-
sideration, take part in the proceedings of selection
or be accounted a member of Council for the pur-
pose of calculating the proportion of votes cast
under this rule.
b. Nine months before each Congress the Council shall
begin to consider all recommendations received to
date, and may at the same time consider the merits
of the work of any other person (except a member of
Council) that the Council itself deems worthy of con-
sideration for the Award. The Council shall complete
its consideration and reach its conclusion in sufficient
time to permit the preparation of the medal and its
presentation at the Congress.
c. The Council may use whatever procedure it thinks fit
to reach its conclusions, provided a final selection is
made by vote. In such voting a councillor of the
same nationality as a candidate not yet eliminated
shall have no vote and a candidate to be successful
must receive the votes of not less than two thirds of
those entitled to vote. Votes may be cast in person
or by post.
. The Council shall normally expect to Award one medal
at each Congress. It may abstain from awarding a
medal at any particular Congress, in which case it may
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