Nomination Committee/2016 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)

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 November 4, 2015. 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 post-election: winners are highlighted in bold

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


POSITION	NOMINEE	NOMINATED BY (1st & 2nd)
President	Emily Law (EL Statement)	NomCom
Vice President	Christine White (CEW Statement)	NomCom
Constitution and Bylaws Committee Chair	Ken Keiser (I)	NomCom
Finance and Appropriations Committee Chair	Bill Teng (I)	NomCom
Partnership Committee Chair	Mike Daniels Danie Kinkade (DK Statement)	NomCom NomCom
Data Stewardship Committee Chair	Justin Goldstein (I)	NomCom
Education Committee Chair	LuAnn Dahlman (I)	NomCom
Information Technology & Interoperability Committee Chair	Ethan Davis (I)	NomCom
Products and Services Committee Chair	Line Pouchard LP Statement Soren Scott	NomCom NomCom
Three year representative to Foundation Board (2)	Update 12/1/2015: Due to the changing relationship between ESIP and FES Board, no ESIP representatives will be elected this cycle

Nominations will be accepted through November 4, 2015. 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

The President, Vice-President, Committee Chairs and Type Representatives serve on the ESIP Federation Executive Committee.

The ESIP assembly votes on at-large ESIP representatives to serve on the Board of the Foundation for Earth Science.