<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif;font-size:small"><p>February 19, 2017<span></span></p>
<p>Dear Colleagues,<span></span></p>
<p>As you are aware, the <a href="http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/content/membership/governance/council.html" target="_blank">ICPSR
Council</a> 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.<span></span></p>
<p>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.<span></span></p>
<p>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.<span></span></p>
<p>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.<span></span></p>
<p>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.<span></span></p>
<p>The members of the Nominating Committee are:<span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif">Robert S.
Chen, Columbia University & CIESIN - </span><a href="mailto:bchen@ciesin.columbia.edu" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif">bchen@ciesin.columbia.edu</span></a><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif"> <span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt">Colin Elman, Syracuse University - <a href="mailto:celman@maxwell.syr.edu" target="_blank">celman@maxwell.syr.edu</a> <span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif">Philip N.
Jefferson, Swarthmore College - </span><a href="mailto:pjeffer1@swarthmore.edu" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif">pjeffer1@swarthmore.edu</span></a><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif"> <span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif">Chandra L.
Muller, University of Texas at Austin - </span><a href="mailto:cmuller@austin.utexas.edu" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif">cmuller@austin.utexas.edu</span></a><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif"> <span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif">Ronald
Nakao, Stanford University Libraries - </span><a href="mailto:ronbo@stanford.edu" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif">ronbo@stanford.edu</span></a><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif"> <span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif">William
Vega, University of Southern California - </span><a href="mailto:williaav@usc.edu" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif">williaav@usc.edu</span></a><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif"> </span><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"times new roman",serif"><span></span></span></b></p>
<p>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: <a href="mailto:councilnominees@icpsr.umich.edu" target="_blank">councilnominees@icpsr.umich.<wbr>edu</a>
<span></span></p>
<p>In doing so, please provide a brief summary of the individual's
qualifications, and <b><i>make sure that the nomination reaches us by April 10, 2017.</i></b> It
would also be very helpful if you explained in your nomination why this
person’s expertise would be valuable to ICPSR.<span></span></p>
<p>For your information, current members of the Council are listed below. Thank you very much for your help with this
important task.<span></span></p>
<p>Sincerely,<span></span></p>
<p><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"></span><span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt">Margaret C. Levenstein<span></span></p>
<p style="margin:3pt 0in 0.0001pt">Director, ICPSR<span></span></p>
<p><b><i>Current
members of the ICPSR Council:<span></span></i></b></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><b>Terms ending 2018:<span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif">Robert S.
Chen, Columbia University & CIESIN<span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt">Colin Elman, Syracuse University<span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif">Philip N.
Jefferson, Swarthmore College<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif">Chandra L.
Muller, University of Texas at Austin<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif">Ronald
Nakao, Stanford University Libraries<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif">William
Vega, University of Southern California</span><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"times new roman",serif"><span></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"times new roman",serif"><span> </span></span></b></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><b>Terms ending 2020:<span></span></b></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt">Christine Borgman, University of
California, Los Angeles<span></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt">Jeremy Freese, Stanford University<span></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt">Jane Fry, Carleton University<span></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt">Michael Jones-Correa, Cornell
University<span></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt">Verna Keith, Texas A&M
University<span></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt">Robert Stine, University of
Pennsylvania<span></span></p></div></div>
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