2012 Nominations and Ballot

2012 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:

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


POSITION	NOMINEE	NOMINATED BY (1st & 2nd)
President	Karl Benedict, Earth Data Analysis Center, UNM	Bill Michener/Chris Lenhardt
Vice President	Annette Schloss, University of New Hampshire	Dave Jones/
Constitution and Bylaws Committee Chair	Rob Raskin, JPL	Brian Wee/Mohan Ramamurthy
Finance and Appropriations Committee Chair	Chuck Hutchinson, University of Arizona	Jim Frew/
Partnership Committee Chair	John Scialdone, CIESIN, Columbia University	Annette Schloss/Chris Lenhardt
Education Committee Chair	Becky Reid, Olive Grove Charter School	Margaret Mooney/Bruce Caron
Information Technology & Interoperability Committee Chair	Matt Austin, NOAA/TPIO	Karl Benedict/Ted Habermann
Products and Services Committee Chair

Nominations will be accepted through December 1, 2011. 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

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.