- that the Ridley Lecture be established, to be held at the OAS Symposium;
- that the lecture be held during the day’s programme, or the evening’s events, to be decided upon by the Symposium organizing committee;
- if held during the day the time allocated would be equivalent to two papers (40 minutes);
- this is to be a prestigious lecture, a highlight, or keynote lecture of the Symposium;
- the speaker can be a professional or amateur, Ontario or non-Ontario archaeologists, but special emphasis will be made to have the lecturer discuss themes relevant to Ontario;
- it is hoped that the paper will be of publishable quality and will be submitted immediately for consideration in the society publications;
- the speaker will be selected by the Symposium committee in consultation with the Executive committee of the OAS;
- the Executive Committee must approve the speaker;
- there does not have to be a Ridley lecture at every Symposium;
- the OAS can offer to assist with some of the expenses of the speaker, but cannot guarantee to cover all;
- the speaker will receive an honorarium.
This description and criteria is contained in Arch Notes 85-6, page 9 and was part of the President’s report (Mima Kapches) from the ABM held in London on October 26, 1985. This information was handed out to attendees at that time as well as reprinted in Arch Notes.