Nomination Committee/2019 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, 2018. 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	Karl Benedict	K Benedict Statement
Vice President	Steve Diggs (i) Mike Daniels	Steve Diggs Statement Mike Daniels Statement
Governance Committee Chair	Denise Hills Ward Fleri	Denise Hills Statement Ward Fleri Statement
Finance and Appropriations Committee Chair	Rebecca Koskela	Rebecca Koskela Statement
Partnership Committee Chair	Nancy Hoebelheinrich (i)	Nancy Hoebelheinrich Statement
Data Stewardship Committee Chair	Ruth Duerr	Ruth Duerr Statement
Education Committee Chair	Becky Reid	Becky Reid Statement
Information Technology & Interoperability Committee Chair	Dave Blodgett	Dave Blodgett Statement
Semantic Technologies Committee Chair	Lewis McGibbney	Lewis McGibbney Statement
At Large Board Member (2 positions)	Mark Parsons Tracey Pilone Lesley Wyborn	Mark Parsons Statement Tracey Pilone Statement Lesley Wyborn Statement

Nominations will be accepted through October 31, 2018. 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.