Governance Committee

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 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 Type I rep: Tom Sohre, USGS Eros Data Center self/Stefan Falke  

Finance and Appropriations Committee

FiCom Chair & 3 Members selected to represent each ESIP Type I, II, III Type I rep: Bruce Wilson, ORNL DAAC self/Stefan Falke

Partnership
Committee

Partnership Chair & 3 Members selected to represent each ESIP Type I, II, III

Commercial Development Committee

ComDev Chair  

Community Engagement Committee

CommEng Chair  

Education Committee

Ed Chair Margaret Mooney, SSEC, University of Wisconsin Tamara Ledley/

Information Technology & Interoperability Committee

IT&I Chair Rahul Ramachandran, Univ. of Alabama in Huntsville/ITSC Karl Benedict/

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