Nomination Committee/2017 Nominations and Ballot

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, 2016. 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	Emily Law (I)	Emily Law Statement
Vice President	Christine White (I)	Christine White Statement
Governance Committee Chair	Robert Downs Mike Daniels	Robert Downs Statement Mike Daniels Statement
Finance and Appropriations Committee Chair	Helen Conover	Helen Conover Statement
Partnership Committee Chair	Danie Kinkade (I)	Danie Kinkade Statement
Data Stewardship Committee Chair	Matthew Mayernik H.K. Ramapriyan Sudhir Shrestha	Matt Mayernik Statement H.K. Ramapriyan Statement Sudhir Shresta Statement
Education Committee Chair	Shelley Olds	Shelley Olds Statement
Information Technology & Interoperability Committee Chair	Rich Signell	Rich Signell Statement
Products and Services Committee Chair	Soren Scott (I)	Soren Scott Statement
Semantic Technologies Committee Chair	Beth Huffer	Beth Huffer Statement
Kevin Ashley G. Sayeed Choudhury Anita de Waard Peter Fox Brooks Hanson Christopher Keane Pat Leahy Mark Parsons Tracey Pilone	Kevin Ashley Statement G. Sayeed Choudhury Statement Anita de Waard Statement Peter Fox Statement Brooks Hanson Statement Christopher Keane Statement Pat Leahy Statement Mark Parsons Statement Tracey Pilone Statement

Nominations will be accepted through October 31, 2016. 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

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