[ICPSR] Request for nominations for ICPSR Council

[Linda Detterman]

February 19, 2017

Dear Colleagues,

As you are aware, the ICPSR Council
<http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/content/membership/governance/council.html>
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
well-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 and
behavioral science research enterprise.

The slate of six nominees will be announced to Official Representatives
during early fall 2017 during which there will be an opportunity for
write-in nominations. The slate will be voted on by electronic ballot
following the OR Meeting in October. Newly elected members of Council will
be seated at the first meeting of Council in 2018.

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.

The members of the Nominating Committee are:

Robert S. Chen, Columbia University & CIESIN - bchen at ciesin.columbia.edu

Colin Elman, Syracuse University - celman at maxwell.syr.edu

Philip N. Jefferson, Swarthmore College - pjeffer1 at swarthmore.edu

Chandra L. Muller, University of Texas at Austin - cmuller at austin.utexas.edu

Ronald Nakao, Stanford University Libraries - ronbo at stanford.edu

William Vega, University of Southern California - williaav at usc.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

In doing so, please provide a brief summary of the individual's
qualifications, and *make sure that the nomination reaches us by April 10,
2017.* 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, current members of the Council are listed below.
Thank you very much for your help with this important task.

Sincerely,

Margaret C. Levenstein

Director, ICPSR

*Current members of the ICPSR Council:*

*Terms ending 2018:*

Robert S. Chen, Columbia University & CIESIN

Colin Elman, Syracuse University

Philip N. Jefferson, Swarthmore College

Chandra L. Muller, University of Texas at Austin

Ronald Nakao, Stanford University Libraries

William Vega, University of Southern California



*Terms ending 2020:*

Christine Borgman, University of California, Los Angeles

Jeremy Freese, Stanford University

Jane Fry, Carleton University

Michael Jones-Correa, Cornell University

Verna Keith, Texas A&M University

Robert Stine, University of Pennsylvania
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