2013 Nominations and Ballot

2013 Call for Nominations: Elected Offices and Nominees

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)

(Click on each Position to view its description and Committee's role)

POSITION	NOMINEE	NOMINATED BY (1st & 2nd)
President	Karl Benedict, EDAC, UNM	Jim Frew/Brian Wee
Vice President	Annette Schloss, UNH	Stefan Falke/
Constitution and Bylaws Committee Chair
Finance and Appropriations Committee Chair	Charles Hutchinson, University of Arizona	Peter Fox/
Partnership Committee Chair	John Scialdone, CIESIN/SEDAC	Annette Schloss/
Data Stewardship Committee Chair	Curt Tilmes, NASA/USGCRP	Steve Kempler/
Education Committee Chair
Information Technology & Interoperability Committee Chair	Matt Austin, NOAA	Tyler Stevens/
Products and Services Committee Chair	Chris Mattmann, JPL	Ken Keiser/

Nominations will be accepted through December 15, 2012. Send nominations to carolbmeyer@esipfed.org and erinrobinson@esipfed.org. Multiple nominees for any office are welcome.

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 President, Vice-President, Finance and Appropriation Committee Chair, and Type Representatives also serve on the Board of the Foundation for Earth Science.