About IVS

IVS 2016 Directing Board Elections

Call for Nominations

The IVS Election Committee solicits nominations for three representative positions and three at-large positions on the IVS Directing Board. Nominations for the representative positions are due by 16 December 2016. Following the announcement of the results of the representative elections, nominations can be made for the at-large positions; the deadline for at-large nominations is 30 January 2017.

A large number of candidates for the election is highly welcome, so that the Associate Members have a choice when voting. Please consider who among your colleagues could fill a position on the IVS Directing Board.

If you have problems or questions about the nomination or election process, please contact an Election Committee member.

IVS Directing Board Election Committee

• Gino Tuccari, Chair
• Ludwig Combrinck
• Torben Schüler

Background
The IVS Terms of Reference list the following representative and At-Large members of the Directing Board:

Elected by IVS Components (4 year terms)	Number
Networks representatives	2
Correlators and Operation Centers representative	1
Analysis and Data Centers representative	2
Technology Development Centers representative	1

Elected by Directing Board upon recommendation from the Coordinating Center (2 year terms)	Number
Members at-large	3

Membership of the outgoing IVS Directing Board
Accumulating the representative, at-large, ex officio, and permanent positions, the sixteen members of the outgoing Board are:

• Ex officio:
• Ludwig Combrinck, IAG
• Patrick Charlot, IAU
• Chopo Ma, IERS
• Dirk Behrend, Coordinating Center
• Permanent:
• Ed Himwich, Network Coordinator
• John Gipson, Analysis Coordinator
• Gino Tuccari, Technology Coordinator
• Representative (4-year terms):
• Torben Schüler, Networks
• Jim Lovell, Networks [term expiring]
• Alessandra Bertarini, Correlators
• Arthur Niell, Analysis
• Axel Nothnagel, Analysis (Chair) [term expiring]
• Rüdiger Haas, Technology Development [term expiring, not re-electable]
• At Large (2-year terms):
• Alexander Ipatov [term expiring, not re-electable]
• Ryoji Kawabata [term expiring]
• Guangli Wang [term expiring]

Positions to be Filled
The positions to be filled in the current election period are:

• one Networks representative (current position holder: Jim Lovell, Australia)
• the Technology Development Centers representative (current position holder: Rüdiger Haas*, Sweden)
• one Analysis and Data Centers representative (current position holder: Axel Nothnagel, Germany)
• three At Large members (current position holders: Alexander Ipatov*, Russia; Ryoji Kawabata, Japan; Guangli Wang, China)

* position holder not eligible for re-election

Nominations
Representative positions: Nominations for representative positions are solicited from the relevant IVS components. Nominations for the Networks representative will be accepted only from an IVS Network Station, nominations for the Analysis and Data Centers representative will be accepted only from an IVS Analysis or Data Center, and nominations for the Technology Development Centers representative will be accepted only from an IVS Technology Development Center. Nominations must be submitted by the technical/scientific representative(s) listed in the IVS component tables.

At-large positions: Nominations for the at-large positions are solicited from any IVS Associate Member. You may nominate yourself.

Eligibility: Only persons who are currently IVS Associate Members may be nominated for any position. A current Directing Board member is eligible for re-election, provided he/she hasn't served already two consecutive full terms on the Board in any of the representative and at large positions. Partial terms are not counted to this limit. After two consecutive full terms, the individual becomes eligible again for a position on the Board following a two-year absence.

Submitting a nomination: Please provide the following information about the candidate:

1. Name of person being nominated.
2. Name of the IVS component(s) with which the person is affiliated.
3. Directing Board position for which the person is being nominated.
4. A brief (one paragraph) biographical sketch of the person being nominated.
5. A statement that the candidate has been contacted and has agreed to serve if elected.

Please e-mail the information to ivs-nominate@ivscc.gsfc.nasa.gov. Nominations for representative positions will close at 2359 UT on 16 December 2016. Nominations for at large positions will commence after the announcement of the representative election results and will last until 2359 UT on 30 January 2017.

Elections
Elections for the candidates nominated for the three representative positions will be conducted via e-ballot during the period January 9-20, 2017. We intend to again use the SurveyMonkey online tool. E-mail messages with a personalized hyperlink will be sent out by the start of the voting period.

All Associate Members are eligible to vote for the three representative positions. For each position, the candidate who receives the largest number of votes from the Associate Members will be elected. In case of a tie, the Directing Board will make the decision.

The at-large election by the Directing Board will be conducted after the representative positions are elected, because the purpose of the at-large positions is to balance representation from as many countries and institutions as possible.

Results
The IVS Associate Members will be informed about the results of the representative elections by the end of January 2017 and about the results of the at-large elections in mid-February 2017. The new board members will be asked to attend the next IVS Directing Board meeting to be held on 19 May 2017 in Gothenburg, Sweden. The new board will elect the IVS Chair for the next 4-year period.

Schedule