Award Criteria
• Only one Jonasson award each year
• One or several Cox awards each year
• Only one Whiston award each year; members who have previously won the Cox award are not eligible to receive this award.
• No MGS member shall receive more than one of these three named awards in the same year.
• No MGS member can receive the same Award more than once. A list of previous recipients can be found on the award pages.
Nomination Process
• Any living individual, associate or life member in good standing may be nominated for an award
• Nomination submissions need to be in no later than a month prior to the AGM
• Nominations should be emailed to the attention of Awards nomination, contact@mbgenealogy.com
• Please include information regarding the volunteer activities that the individual has contributed to the society and why you feel the individual you nominated is a worthy recipient. This will be read at presentation & may be published.
Presentation
Whenever possible awards are presented at the Society’s Annual General Meeting. Efforts are made to bestow these awards in person. If a recipient is unable to attend it will be presented at a later time by the Branch closest to the award recipient.