NOMINATING COMMITTEE

Function

As stated in the AGI Constitution and Bylaws, the Member Society Council chair will appoint a Nominating Committee within 30 days of his or her installation to nominate candidates for officers and awards. The five-member committee consists of the immediate past president and preceding available past president of AGI, and three additional Council members. The Member Society Council chair also will appoint a special nominating committee to handle the Ian Campbell Medal.

Responsibilities

• Name one nominee for the office of vice president/president-elect during the first quarter of the calendar year, and in alternate years name one nominee for secretary, one for treasurer, and one for member at large. Those eligible for nomination are past and current members of the Member Society Council, members of the former AGI Governing Board, and those who have held office in an AGI member society within the past five years.
  
  
• Solicit from member societies nominations for the William B. Heroy Jr., Award for Distinguished Service to AGI and submit its final selection and documentation to the Executive Committee for final action.
  
  
• Seek nominations for the AGI Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Public Understanding of Geology, and at the spring meeting, submit its selection to the Member Society Council, who transmits its recommendation to the Executive Committee for final action.
  
  
• Coordinate the nomination of earth-science candidates for the following national awards for scientific achievement: Vannevar Bush Award, National Medal of Science Award, William T. Pecora Award, and Alan T. Waterman Award.
  
  
• The Ian Campbell Medal is given in recognition of singular performance in and contribution to the profession of geology. The Chair of the Member Society Council appoints a special nominating committee for recommendation of candidates for the award. The committee consists of five members - current representatives to the AGI Member Society Council from the Association of American State Geologists, the Geological Society of America, and the Mineralogical Society of America; and two at-large representatives from the remaining member society representatives.
  

AGI NOMINATING COMMITTEE

Dr. Gail M. Ashley, Chair (2008)
Dept. of Earth & Planetary Sciences
Rutgers University
610 Taylor Road, Busch Campus
Piscataway, NJ 08854-8066
(732) 445-2221 FAX: (732) 445-3374
EMail: gmashley@rci.rutgers.edu

Dr. Robert A. Gastaldo (2008)
Department of Geology
Colby College
5807 Mayflower Hill
Waterville, ME 04901-8858
(207) 859-5807 FAX: (207) 859-5868
EMail: ragastal@colby.edu
Representing: Paleobotanical Section of the Botanical Society of America

Dr. Chacko J. John (2008)
Louisiana Geological Survey
Louisiana State University
3079 Energy, Coast & Environmental Bldg.
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
(225) 578-5320 FAX: (225) 578-3662
EMail: cjohn@lsu.edu
Representing: Association of American State Geologists

Dr. Ernest A. Mancini (2008)
Department of Geological Sciences
University of Alabama
202 Bevill Building, 7th Avenue
P.O. Box 870338
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0338
(205) 348-4319 FAX: (205) 348-0818
EMail: emancini@geo.ua.edu

Ms. Susan Newman (2008)
Seismological Society of America
201 Plaza Professional Building
El Cerrito, CA 94530-4007
(510) 525-5474 FAX: (510) 525-7204
EMail: snewman@seismosoc.org
Representing: Seismological Society of America

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