Governance Committee
2007 Nominations for Offices
| GROUP | POSITION | NOMINEE (ESIP Type) | NOMINATED BY (1st & 2nd) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly Officers | President | Chuck Hutchinson, University of Arizona (II) | Ledley/Schloss |
| Vice President | Rob Raskin, Jet Propulsion Laboratory (III) | Yunck/Reiff | |
Constitution and Bylaws Committee |
Chair | Sam Bacharach, Open Geospatial Consortium | Montgomery/Caron |
Finance and Appropriations Committee |
Chair | Bruce Caron, New Media Studio | Domenico/Frew |
Partnership |
Chair | Tom Yunck, Jet Propulsion Laboratory | Schloss/Montgomery |
Commercial Development Committee |
Chair | Stefan Falke, SHAIReD, Washington University in St. Louis | Husar/Reiff |
Community Engagement Committee |
Chair | Susan Heinz, Geologics | Ledley/Dahlman |
Education Committee |
Chair | Tamara Ledley, TERC | Dahlman/Benedict |
Information Technology & Interoperability Committee |
Chair | Karl Benedict, Earth Data Analysis Center, University of New Mexico | Jasmin/Raskin |
Products and Services Committee |
Chair | Jeff Arnfield, NOAA National Climatic Data Center | Burrows/Raskin |
*Multiple nominees for any office are welcome. Send nominations to carol.meyer@earthsciencefoundation.org
2007 Call for Nominations
Each year, the ESIP Federation conducts elections of its officers, committee chairs and vice chairs, ESIP Type Representatives 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:
- Officers
- President*
- Vice President*
- Administrative Committee Positions
- Constitution and Bylaws, Chair
- Finance and Appropriations, Chair*
- Partnership, Chair
- Standing Committee Positions
- Commercial Development, Chair
- Community Engagement, Chair
- Education, Chair
- Information Technology and Interoperability, Chair
- Products and Services, Chair
The current ESIP Type Representatives will be contacting their respective caucuses to begin accepting nominations for the following positions:
- ESIP Type Representative* (a Type I, Type II and Type III are needed)
- ESIP Type Representative from each of the ESIP Types I, II and III is needed to fill a seat on each of the Administrative Committees (Constitution and Bylaws; Finance and Appropriations, Partnership)
Note: This is the first year that the ESIP Type Caucuses are electing Administrative Committee members and a Type Representative to the Executive Committee.
All Officers, Committee Chairs and Type Representatives serve on the ESIP Federation Executive Committee. The positions marked with an asterisk (*) also serve on the Board of the Foundation for Earth Science. Nominations will be accepted through July 2, 2007.
October 2006 Constitution and Bylaws Vote
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During the July 20, 2006 Assembly Business Meeting, the Assembly considered recommendations of the Membership Working Group. During the meeting, the Assembly adopted 2 sets of Bylaws changes and deferred another set of Bylaws changes and conforming Constitution changes because it had not met the required review period for changes to the Constitution. During the meeting, the Assembly adopted Bylaws amendments that:
The proposed changes to the Bylaws and Constitution that were deferred until now relate to providing the ESIP Type caucuses the ability to elect a representative to each of the Administrative Committees of the ESIP Federation (Executive, Constitution and Bylaws, Finance and Appropriations, Partnership) Currently, only Representatives to the Executive Committee were elected by each Type caucus. The impact of the proposed amendment, when taken with the Vice Chairs being elected by the Standing Committees, will result in the Assembly having to elect 14 fewer positions each year. The proposed changes are being bundled together to either pass or fail as a package, since the two are inextricably linked. The text of the adopted and proposed Constitution and Bylaws changes can be found here. Proposed changes are highlighted in blue, adopted language is in black. |
