2011 Nominations and Ballot

From Earth Science Information Partners (ESIP)

Elected Offices and Nominees

(description of each elected position and the Committee's role is found by click on the links in the second column)

GROUP POSITION NOMINEE (ESIP Type) NOMINATED BY (1st & 2nd)
Assembly Officers President Chris Lenhardt, ORNL DAAC Rob Raskin, JPL; Chuck Hutchinson, U of Arizona
Vice President Karl Benedict, Earth Data Analysis Center, UNM Bruce Caron, New Media Studio; Michael Goodman, NASA 
Type Representatives Type I Rep by Type I caucus  
Type II Rep by Type II caucus  
Type III Rep by Type III caucus  



Constitution and Bylaws Committee

C&B Chair & 3 Members selected to represent each ESIP Type I, II, III Chair - Rob Raskin, JPL Michael Goodman, NASA; Bruce Caron, TNMS; Type members chosen by caucus  

Finance and Appropriations Committee

FiCom Chair & 3 Members selected to represent each ESIP Type I, II, III Chair - Charles Hutchinson, U of Arizona Chris Lehnardt, ORNL; Jim Frew, UCSB; Type members chosen by caucus

Partnership
Committee

Partnership Chair & 3 Members selected to represent each ESIP Type I, II, III Chair - Annette Schloss, UNH Rob Raskin, JPL; Michael Goodman, NASA

Type members chosen by caucus  

Commercial Development Committee

ComDev Chair  

Community Engagement Committee

CommEng Chair  

Education Committee

Ed Chair Bruce Caron, The New Media Studio Margaret Mooney, Univ. of Wisconsin & Annette Schloss, UNH  

Information Technology & Interoperability Committee

IT&I Chair Rahul Ramachandran Chris Lynnes, NASA; Michael Goodman, NASA

Products and Services Committee

P&S Chair  

*Multiple nominees for any office are welcome. Send nominations to carolbmeyer@esipfed.org and erinrobinson@esipfed.org

2011 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)

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 December 13, 2010.