Governance Committee

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	James Frew, Bren School, UCSB	Bruce Caron/Ken Casey
	Vice President	Chris Lenhardt, ORNL	Chuck Hutchinson/
Type Representatives	Type I Rep	Marilyn Kaminski, NSIDC	self/Chris Lenhardt
	Type II Rep
	Type III Rep	Karl Benedict, EDAC/UNM Tamara Ledley, TERC	Bruce Caron/Rob Raskin Margaret Mooney/Stefan Falke
Constitution and Bylaws Committee	C&B Chair & 3 Members selected to represent each ESIP Type I, II, III	Chair: Michael Goodman,NASA Goddard Type I rep: Tom Sohre, USGS Eros Data Center	Bruce Caron/Stefan Falke Self/Stefan Falke
Finance and Appropriations Committee	FiCom Chair & 3 Members selected to represent each ESIP Type I, II, III	Chair: Chuck Hutchinson, U of Arizona Type I rep: Bruce Wilson, ORNL DAAC	Bruce Wilson/ self/Stefan Falke
Partnership Committee	Partnership Chair & 3 Members selected to represent each ESIP Type I, II, III	Chair:David Meyer, USGS/EROS
Commercial Development Committee	ComDev Chair
Community Engagement Committee	CommEng Chair
Education Committee	Ed Chair	Margaret Mooney, SSEC, University of Wisconsin	Tamara Ledley/Annette Schloss
Information Technology & Interoperability Committee	IT&I Chair	Rahul Ramachandran, Univ. of Alabama in Huntsville/ITSC	Karl Benedict/Danny Hardin
Products and Services Committee	P&S Chair	Rob Raskin, JPL	Karl Benedict/

*Multiple nominees for any office are welcome. Send nominations to michael.goodman@nasa.gov and copy carolbmeyer@esipfed.org

2010 Call for Nominations

Each year, the ESIP Federation conducts elections of its officers, committee chairs, ESIP Type Representatives and Administrative Committee members. Vice Chairs of Standing Committees will be elected within the Committees after the elction is held. 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 4, 2009.

2009 Nominations and Ballot
2007 Nominations and Ballot
October 2006 Constitution and Bylaws Vote