Nomination Committee/2018 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 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 here. Note that with the changing relationship currently up for vote there will be some shift in duties (more information here).

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

POSITION NOMINEE CANDIDATE STATEMENT

President

Christine White Christine White Statement

Vice President

Steve Diggs Steve Diggs Statement

Governance Committee Chair

Mike Daniels (i) Mike Daniels Statement

Finance and Appropriations Committee Chair

Helen Conover (i) Helen Conover Statement

Partnership Committee Chair

Nancy Hoebelheinrich Nancy Hoebelheinrich Statement

Data Stewardship Committee Chair

Matthew Mayernik (i)

Vardis Tsontos

Matthew Mayernik Statement

Vardis Tsontos Statement

Education Committee Chair

Shelley Olds (i) Shelley Olds Statement

Information Technology & Interoperability Committee Chair

Richard Signell (i) Richard Signell Statement

Semantic Technologies Committee Chair

Beth Huffer (i)

Jonathan Yu

Beth Huffer Statement

Jonathan Yu Statement

At Large Board Member (1 position)

Kevin Ashley

Anita de Waard
Brooks Hanson
Chris Keene
Karen Moe (i)
Brian Wee

Kevin Ashley Statement

Anita de Waard Statement
Brooks Hanson Statement
Chris Keene Statement
Karen Moe 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

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.