Nomination Committee/2018 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, 2017. 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	Christine White	Christine White Statement
Vice President	Steve Diggs	Steve Diggs Statement
Governance Committee Chair	Mike Daniels (i)	Mike Daniels Statement
Finance and Appropriations Committee Chair	Helen Conover (i)	Helen Conover Statement
Partnership Committee Chair	Nancy Hoebelheinrich	Nancy Hoebelheinrich Statement
Data Stewardship Committee Chair	Matthew Mayernik (i) Vardis Tsontos	Matthew Mayernik Statement Vardis Tsontos Statement
Education Committee Chair	Shelley Olds (i)	Shelley Olds Statement
Information Technology & Interoperability Committee Chair	Richard Signell (i)	Richard Signell Statement
Semantic Technologies Committee Chair	Beth Huffer (i) Jonathan Yu	Beth Huffer Statement Jonathan Yu Statement
At Large Board Member (1 position)	Kevin Ashley Anita de Waard Brooks Hanson Chris Keene Karen Moe (i) Brian Wee	Kevin Ashley Statement Anita de Waard Statement Brooks Hanson Statement Chris Keene Statement Karen Moe Statement Brian Wee Statement

Nominations will be accepted through October 31, 2017. 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.