IRIS Announces 2014 Slate of Candidates

The IRIS Nominations Committee has announced the following candidates to fill the open positions on the Board of Directors:

One candidate to fill a 3-year term as Vice-Chair:

• Geoff Abers, Cornell University

One candidate to fill a one-year term as Director  to fill the position vacated by Geoff Abers:

• Jeroen Ritsema, University of Michigan

Four candidates to fill two Directors positions for three-year terms:

• Miaki Ishii, Harvard University
• Andy Nyblade, Pennsylvania State University
• Michael Thorne, University of Utah
• Felix Waldhauser, Columbia University

Information about the candidates and the upcoming Annual Meeting of the IRIS Consortium is available at http://dev.iris.edu/hq/about_iris/governance/bod_election/2014.

Continuing Board Members:
    Gabi Laske, 2015
    Michael Wysession, 2015
    Beatrice Magnani, 2016
    Jeff McGuire, 2016
    Anne Meltzer (Chair), 2016

The Member Representative for each IRIS Member Institution is encouraged to vote in this important election.

Your Vote Counts!

An election package, including ballot and instructions, will be sent to Member Representatives this week.

• Voting by mail is strongly encouraged. Mailed ballots must be received at IRIS Headquarters by December 8.

• Voting in person can be done during the reception prior to the Annual Meeting, however all ballots must be submitted by 7:00 p.m. on December 15.