[ICPSR] ICPSR Council Elections -- Call for nominations

[George C. Alter]

Dear Colleagues,

 

As you are aware, the ICPSR Council serves as the executive committee
for ICPSR member institutions.  The Council sets general policy for the
Consortium, approves fees and budgets, and performs other duties.  The
Council consists of twelve members serving four-year terms. Six new
members are elected by the Official Representatives every second year.

 

The Nominating Committee solicits your suggestions of persons with the
experience, ability, and wisdom to serve on the Council.  Responsibility
and willingness to work are also vital.  The Council meets three times
each year, and members must devote time between meetings to review
materials and undertake committee tasks.

 

The best way for the Nominating Committee to prepare a strong slate is
to have suggestions from Official Representatives and other friends of
the Consortium.  We seek a diversity of people and perspectives.  You
may nominate someone from your own institution, or anyone you think is
qualified. All Council members must be affiliated with member
institutions.  Council members need not be current or former Official
Representatives, but they should be active supporters of the social
science research enterprise.

 

The slate of six nominees will be mailed to Official Representatives
during early fall 2011, and the slate will be voted upon by electronic
ballot following the OR Meeting in October, during which there will be
an opportunity for write-in nominations, as before.  Newly elected
members of Council will be seated at the first meeting of Council in
2012.

 

The Nominating Committee also nominates one of the continuing members to
serve a two-year term as Council Chair.  We welcome your suggestions
about who should serve in this position.

 

These are the members of the Nominating Committee (two more members will
be added to the Nominating Committee at the time of the March 2011
Council meeting):

 

Francine Berman

bermaf at rpi.edu <mailto:bermaf at rpi.edu> 

 

Thomas LaVeist

tlaveist at jhsph.edu <mailto:tlaveist at jhsph.edu> 

 

Jeffrey Moon

moonj at queensu.ca <mailto:moonj at queensu.ca> 

 

Lori M. Weber

lweber at csuchico.edu <mailto:lweber at csuchico.edu> 

 

Ann Wolpert, Chair 

awolpert at mit.edu <mailto:awolpert at mit.edu> 

 

Christopher Zorn

zorn at psu.edu <mailto:zorn at psu.edu> 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You should feel free to communicate directly with the members of the
Nominating Committee (listed above), but it will help us if you send
your suggestions to a special email address we have created: 

councilnominees at icpsr.umich.edu <mailto:councilnominees at icpsr.umich.edu>
. 

 

In doing so, please provide a brief summary of the individual's
qualifications, and make sure that the nomination reaches us by March
31, 2011. It would also be very helpful if you explained in your
nomination why this person's expertise would be valuable to ICPSR.

 

For your information, a list of the current members of the Council is
below.

 

Thank you very much for your help with this important task.

 

Sincerely,

 

      George

 

 

 

Members of the ICPSR Council

 

Terms ending 2012:

Francine Berman, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Computer Science)

Thomas LaVeist, Johns Hopkins University (Health & Society)

Jeffrey Moon, Queen's University (Library and Information)

Lori M. Weber, California State University, Chico (Political Science)

Ann Wolpert, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Library and
Information)

Christopher Zorn, Pennsylvania State University (Political Science)

 

Terms ending 2014:

G. Sayeed Choudhury, Johns Hopkins University (Library and Information)

Paul Courant, University of Michigan (Library and Information)

Catherine A. Fitch, Minnesota Population Center (Historical Demography)

Gregory N. Price, Morehouse College (Economics)

Rogelio Saenz, Texas A&M University (Sociology)

Barbara Schneider, Michigan State University (Education)

 

 

 

 

 

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George Alter

Acting Director, ICPSR

Professor of History, University of Michigan 

PO Box 1248, Ann Arbor, MI 48106-1248

Tel: 734-615-8700    Fax: 734-647-8200

Email: altergc at umich.edu <mailto:altergc at umich.edu> 

 

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