[ie-announce] Call for Candidates Informatics Europe Board

[lynda.hardman at informatics-europe.org]

  Dear Colleagues,

  Informatics Europe requests your help in recruiting candidates for  
its Board of Directors. Our organisation needs individuals who have  
time, energy, initiative, and resources to work on Informatics Europe  
issues on behalf of our membership. We seek European research leaders  
who are willing to actively engage in Informatics Europe's activities  
and to contribute to setting its strategy for development. Candidates  
must be affiliated with a regular member of Informatics Europe.

  At the 2019 Annual General Assembly, around 5 new candidates will be  
proposed for election. Their term of 2 years will start in January  
2020 and they can be re-elected for another 2 years.

  The Board is responsible for overseeing the operations and finances  
of Informatics Europe (see more details on the Informatics Europe  
Bylaws[1]). It meets as a whole to discuss current activities and  
strategic issues once a month via a 1 hour conference call, and three  
times per year for full day face-to-face meetings. Of these, one is in  
conjunction with our annual ECSS conference. Board members are  
expected to self-support travel expenses incurred through their role.
 
Board members are expected to take an active role in membership drive  
initiatives in addition to contributing actively to working groups and  
high-level activities. Often a Board member is responsible for a  
specific activity.

  Working groups can be permanent, such as on Education or WIRE (Women  
in Informatics Research and Education); others have a special focus  
and are normally expected to provide shorter term results (e.g.,  
specific reports, recommendations, or policy setting documents).

  High-level activities are core domains strategically important for  
the development of the organization and strengthening its membership.  
Examples include Increasing Membership, EU Visibility, Improving  
Networking, Data Collection and Reporting.

  The Nomination Committee[2] will carefully consider all nominations.  
Important criteria considered by the committee include: GEOGRAPHICAL  
DISTRIBUTION, GENDER BALANCE, RESEARCH AREA DIVERSITY, DISTRIBUTION OF  
MEMBER INSTITUTIONS SIZES, BALANCE BETWEEN ACADEMIC AND INDUSTRIAL  
REPRESENTATION, SENIORITY, EVIDENCE OF LEADERSHIP AND PREVIOUS  
CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE INFORMATICS COMMUNITY.

  IMPORTANT DATES AND EVENTS:


   *   MARCH 18, 2019, DEADLINE FOR RECEIPT OF NOMINATIONS.
   *   On May 24, 2019, the Informatics Europe Board will vote to  
approve the slate of candidates recommended by the Nomination Committee.
   *   On September 20, 2019, the approved slate of candidates will be  
presented to member representatives with the invitation to the 2019  
Annual General Assembly.
   *   On October 29, 2019 elections will be held at the 2019 Annual  
General Assembly in Rome, during the ECSS 2019.

  QUESTIONS CAN BE SENT TO LYNDA HARDMAN  
(LYNDA.HARDMAN at INFORMATICS-EUROPE.ORG) CHAIR OF THE BOARD NOMINATION  
COMMITTEE.
CURRENT AND PAST BOARD MEMBERS CAN BE FOUND ON:  
HTTP://WWW.INFORMATICS-EUROPE.ORG/ABOUT/BOARD.HTML
  With best regards,

  /Lynda Hardman, Manuel Hermenegildo, Hannes Werthner/

  /Informatics Europe Board Nomination Committee/


Links:
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[1] http://www.informatics-europe.org/about/bylaws.html
[2] http://www.informatics-europe.org/about/nominating-committee.html
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