Nomination Committee/2019 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, 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

James Gallagher
Ward Fleri

Denise Hills Statement

James Gallagher 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

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Semantic Technologies Committee Chair

Lewis McGibbney

Andrea Thomer

Lewis McGibbney Statement

Andrea Thomer Statement

At Large Board Member (1 position)

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

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.