Nominations for Academy Fellowship

Dear Fellows of the Academy,

Nominations for Academy Fellowship

This is to officially announce the 2014 round of nominations of candidates for Academy Fellowship. Any Fellow of the Academy is entitled to nominate a person for membership. The Executive Committee requests that fellows note the following:

• Academy membership is an honour to be bestowed on only a small proportion of tourism scholars. Members should nominate only those candidates whom they consider to be outstanding scholars. They should not feel pressured to nominate anyone about whom they may have reservations. After our experience last time round, when only a small number of those nominated were endorsed by the Academy for membership, it is important that we all reflect carefully on whom we nominate and the contribution that they will make to our ranks.
•  Fellows may wish to consider limiting their nominees to only one person (or none)
•  Fellows may wish to jointly nominate a candidate and, indeed, our new procedures require that all those nominated are endorsed by two Fellows.

1. A letter from the first nominator indicating the candidate's suitability for fellowship of the Academy.
2.  A letter of support from a seconder, reiterating the merits of the candidate asa  potential Fellow of the Academy
3.  Fellowship Nomination Form which can be accessed from our website www.tourismscholars.org

4. The Candidate's updated Curriculum Vitae
5. Three examples of the candidates work. 

All nomination materials are to be submitted by the nominator electronically to the Secretariat no later than September 26th 2014.

Candidates will be invited, at their own expense, to attend the Biennial meeting of the Academy to be held in Rhodes from 24th – 29th May 2015. At this conference they will be given the opportunity to make a presentation (20 minutes) summarizing their research contribution to date and future research directions.

Voting by the full Academy membership will take place a short time after the conference.

Nominations for 'Emerging Scholar' Award

The 'Emerging Scholar' Award recognises the emerging talent in our field which can be nurtured over time to enhance the quality of international tourism research and scholarship. The scholar must be (a) ten years or less out of their doctoral degree and (b) be exceptional in their tourism research contributions to date. A maximum of three scholars will be invited to attend the Academy Conference.

The nomination process is fairly simple. Four (4) items of information are required to be submitted:

1. A letter from the nominator indicating the person's suitability for nomination as 'an emerging scholar of distinction'.
2. The Nomination Form which can be accessed from our website www.tourismscholars.org
3. The nominee's updated Curriculum Vitae
4. One example of the nominee's research. 

All nomination materials are to be submitted by the nominator electronically to the Secretariat no later than September 26th 2014.  A committee appointed by the Executive will review applications. The nominator will be informed of the outcome.

The Academy will bestow on successful nominees the honour of 'emerging scholar of distinction'. The award winners will be invited, at their own expense, to attend the Biennial meeting of the Academy to be held in Rhodes from 24th – 29th May 2015. At this conference they will be given the opportunity to make a presentation (20 minutes) on a selected aspect of their current research.

On a personal note, the Fellows of the Academy, elected me to your Executive on a platform of a commitment to working towards greater diversity in our membership and transparency in the selection process. I hope to bring forward proposals to help us achieve these aims in the near future and hope that you will endorse them through our 2014 nomination process.

Tom Baum, 2nd Vice President