Editing Nomination Committee/2018 Nominations and Ballot

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 and encouraged)

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 '''October 31, 2017'''. 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 position descriptions are available [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1o394LekS6RHr0OJcsjs7fWzUhoQcCUdhSIRiZe52GBI/edit here]. Note that with the changing relationship currently up for vote there will be some shift in duties (more information [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1BNVvAjdVTSk0qt123J4fQkCzZY9KehSdVO6XNqUCqfI/edit#slide=id.g17fb2fb0d5_0_0 here]).

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

{| width="800" border="1"
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|- 
! width="40%" scope="col" | POSITION
! width="30%" scope="col" | NOMINEE
! width="30%" scope="col" | CANDIDATE STATEMENT
|- 
! rowspan="1" align="left" scope="row" | <p>[[President]]</p> 
| Christine White
| [[C White Statement | Christine White Statement]]
|- 
! rowspan="1" align="left" scope="row" | <p>[[Vice President]]</p> 
| Steve Diggs
| [[S Diggs Statement | Steve Diggs Statement]]
|- 
! rowspan="1" align="left" scope="row" | <p>[[C&B Chair & 3 Members selected to represent each ESIP Type I, II, III| Governance Committee Chair]]</p> 
| Mike Daniels (i)
|  [[M Daniels Statement | Mike Daniels Statement]]
|- 
! rowspan=1" align="left" scope="row" | <p>[[FiCom Chair & 3 Members selected to represent each ESIP Type I, II, III| Finance and Appropriations Committee Chair]]</p>
| Helen Conover (i)
|  [[H Conover Statement | Helen Conover Statement]]
|- 
! rowspan="1" align="left" scope="row" | <p>[[Partnership Chair & 3 Members selected to represent each ESIP Type I, II, III| Partnership Committee Chair]]</p> 
| Nancy Hoebelheinrich
| [[N Hoebelheinrich Statement | Nancy Hoebelheinrich Statement]]
|- 
! rowspan="1" align="left" scope="row" | <p>[[Data Stewardship Chair| Data  Stewardship Committee Chair]]</p>
| Matthew Mayernik (i)<br>
| [[M Mayernik Statement |Matthew Mayernik Statement]]
|- 
! rowspan="1" align="left" scope="row" | <p>[[Ed Chair| Education Committee Chair]]</p>
| Shelley Olds (i)
|  [[S Olds Statement |Shelley Olds Statement]]
|- 
! rowspan="1" align="left" scope="row" | <p>[[IT&I Chair| Information Technology & Interoperability Committee Chair]]</p>
| Richard Signell (i)
|  [[R Signell Statement | Richard Signell Statement]]
|- 
! rowspan="1" align="left" scope="row" | <p>[[P&S Chair| Products and Services Committee Chair]]</p>
|
|
|- 
! rowspan="1" align="left" scope="row" | <p>[[SemTech Chair| Semantic Technologies Committee Chair]]</p>
| Beth Huffer (i)<br>
Jonathan Yu
|  [[B Huffer Statement | Beth Huffer Statement]]<br>
[[J Yu Statement | Jonathan Yu Statement]]
|- 
! rowspan="1" align="left" scope="row" | <p>[[FES Board| At Large Board Member (1 position)]]</p>
|Kevin Ashley<br>
Anita de Waard<br>
Brooks Hanson<br>
Chris Keene<br>
Karen Moe (i)<br>
Brian Wee<br>
|  [[K Ashley Statement | Kevin Ashley Statement]]<br>
[[A de Waard Statement | Anita de Waard Statement]]<br>
[[B Hanson Statement | Brooks Hanson Statement]]<br>
[[C Keene Statement | Chris Keene Statement]]<br>
[[K Moe Statement | Karen Moe Statement]]<br>
[[B Wee Statement | Brian Wee Statement]]
|}


Nominations will be accepted through '''October 31, 2017'''. 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'''

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: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.