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Award Recipients at Albuquerque Conference 2010 by Jay Banks, Urban Forester, Leesburg, Virginia last year, where he has worked diligently to bring City Trees into the digital age after conducting a survey of the membership, who overwhelmingly support this tran- sition. David has also been a popular presenter at the SMA Annual Conference. *** The Honorary Membership Award this year goes to Dr. David Bloniarz with the Urban Natural Resources Institute (UNRI). David has educated many SMA mem- bers with the excellent UNRI Webcasts. David has also been one of the principal developers of and trainers for the i-Tree suite of tools. Congrats to David. Dana Karcher of the Davey Resource Group welcomes attendees to the annual SMA banquet, generously sponsored this year by her organization. Photo by Steve Cothrel I n Albuquerque, outgoing President Gene Hyde pre- sented the SMA Awards on banquet night to a reliably enthusiastic crowd. The awards are kept at a secret location until the banquet. The 2010 SMA Awards and Scholarship Committee consisted of Doug Still, chairman, of Providence, Rhode Island; Jay Banks of Leesburg, Virginia; Steve Cothrel of Upper Arlington, Ohio; and Chris Boza of Hayden, Idaho. Nominations for awards came from SMA members. Thank you to those nominating members and to the awards committee for making this a meaningful experience for all. *** The first is the SMA Award of Merit. The Award of Merit, the highest honor the Society can bestow, is to recognize outstanding meritorious services in advancing the princi- pals, ideals, and practices of arboriculture and to one who has contributed materially to the promotion of the Society. The 2010 winner of the SMA Award of Merit is John Giedraitis. John is a longtime urban forestry leader at the national level, as well as in Texas, where he works as the Urban Forestry Program Manager for the Texas Forest Service. He is a frequent contributor to the SMA Listserve and has been a strong supporter and pro- moter of MFI; indeed, he helps candidates attend MFI each year. John continues to set a great example for UF leaders everywhere. *** The 2010 SMA Award of Achievement was granted to Milwaukee, Wisconsin Forestry Services Manager David Siyver. David has been a member of the City Trees Editorial Review Committee (ERC) for more than three years, as well as a skilled contributing author to the magazine. He has been chair of the ERC for the 30 *** The Honorary Life Membership award is granted only to members of the Society who have contributed materially and substantially to the progress of arboriculture and have given unselfishly of their efforts in supporting and promoting the objectives of the Society. Congratulations to Andy Hillman of Ithaca, New York on receiving this year’s Honorary Life Membership award. Andy is a past- president of the Society and has hosted a fantastic SMA Annual Conference. For his years of dedicated service to the Society in many roles, greatly advancing the profession of municipal arboriculture, we take our hats off to Andy. *** Outgoing President Gene Hyde gave his first President’s Award to Keith Cline, for his enduring and substantial support of SMA over a span of many years. President Hyde gave his second President’s Award to Dan Hartman for his dedicated and diligent work on creating the foundations for all of the new committees which do the bulk of the work for SMA. The last award was an Author’s Citation Award to Jeff Shimonski for his numerous fine contributions of arti- cles and photography to City Trees. Jeff serves as Director of Horticulture at Jungle Island in Miami, Florida. Banquet attendees enjoying each other’s company • Photo by Steve Cothrel City Trees