Nomination Committee/2016 Nominations and Ballot

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Each year, the ESIP Federation conducts elections of its officers, committee chairs and Administrative Committee members. We are at the time of year when we begin accepting nominations for the following positions which are elected Federation-wide: (multiple nominees for a position are welcome)

Nominations coming from the Nominating Committee are indicated by "NomCom" and do not require a second. Incumbents in a position are indicated by (I) following their name. Nominations will be accepted through November 4, 2015. Send nominations (self-nomination is encouraged) to nominations@esipfed.org.

Candidates are invited to submit statements about their candidacy to be posted on this site.

Updated post-election: winners are highlighted in bold

(Click on each Position to view its description and Committee's role)

POSITION NOMINEE NOMINATED BY (1st & 2nd)

President

Emily Law (EL Statement) NomCom

Vice President

Christine White (CEW Statement) NomCom

Constitution and Bylaws Committee Chair

Ken Keiser (I) NomCom

Finance and Appropriations Committee Chair

Bill Teng (I) NomCom

Partnership Committee Chair

Mike Daniels

Danie Kinkade (DK Statement)

NomCom

NomCom

Data Stewardship Committee Chair

Justin Goldstein (I) NomCom

Education Committee Chair

LuAnn Dahlman (I) NomCom

Information Technology & Interoperability Committee Chair

Ethan Davis (I) NomCom

Products and Services Committee Chair

Line Pouchard LP Statement

Soren Scott

NomCom

NomCom

Three year representative to Foundation Board (2)

Update 12/1/2015: Due to the changing relationship between ESIP and FES Board, no ESIP representatives will be elected this cycle


Nominations will be accepted through November 4, 2015. Send nominations (self-nomination is encouraged) to nominations@esipfed.org. Candidates are invited to submit statements about their candidacy to be posted on this site.

In addition, each ESIP Type elects representatives to each Administrative Committee. The current ESIP Type Representatives will be contacting their respective caucuses to begin accepting nominations for representatives to the following Committees:

Executive Committee (ESIP Type Representative)
Constitution and Bylaws Committee
Finance and Appropriations Committee
Partnership Committee

The President, Vice-President, Committee Chairs and Type Representatives serve on the ESIP Federation Executive Committee.
The ESIP assembly votes on at-large ESIP representatives to serve on the Board of the Foundation for Earth Science.