[CODATA-international] Call for Nominations for CODATA Officers (President and Vice-President(s)) and Executive Committee Members: Deadline 27 April 2018

[Asha CODATA]

*The deadline for nominations for Elections to the CODATA Executive
Committee is approaching: Friday 27 April*

*Call for Nominations for CODATA Officers (President and Vice-President(s))
and Executive Committee Members: Deadline 27 April 2018*

*Help CODATA deliver on its strategy to mobilise the data revolution for
research!*

CODATA Members (National, Union, Co-Opted and Affiliate Members) as well as
Task Groups are invited to nominate candidates for the following positions:

   - President (to serve 2018-22)
   - Vice-President (1-2 positions, to serve 2018-22)
   - Ordinary Member (8 positions, to serve 2018-20)

Nominations will be considered for election at the 31st CODATA General
Assembly, which will take place on 9-10 November 2018 in Gaborone,
Botswana, following International Data Week 2018.

Please find attached a *letter from CODATA Past President, Professor GUO
Huadong* <http://www.codata.org/uploads/17-10-26-Request for CODATA EC
Nominations-GUO CHAIR-v05.pdf>, inviting nominations.

Nominations should be submitted by CODATA Members and Task Groups on the *form
attached <http://www.codata.org/uploads/CODATA EC Nominations
2018-Form-v05.docx>*, to the Nominating Committee, c/o *simon at codata.org
<simon at codata.org>*, by the deadline of *27 April 2018.*

The most important criteria for nomination is to be able to contribute
strongly to the delivery of *CODATA’s strategy
<http://www.codata.org/about-codata/codata-strategic-plan-2013-2018>* and
strong record of delivery as attested in the* CODATA Prospectus of Strategy
and Achievement 2015-2017 <https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1034217>*. The
covering note to the *nomination form*
<http://www.codata.org/uploads/CODATA EC Nominations 2018-Form-v05.docx>
and the *procedure document <http://www.codata.org/uploads/CODATA EC
Nominations Process-17-10-26-v05.pdf>* explain terms of eligibility.



About CODATA

CODATA exists to promote global collaboration to improve the availability
and usability of data for all areas of research. CODATA supports the
principle that data produced by research and susceptible to be used for
research should be as open as possible a

nd as closed as necessary. CODATA works also to advance the
interoperability and the usability of such data: research data should be
intelligently open or FAIR. By promoting the policy, technological and
cultural changes that are essential to make research data more widely
available and more usable, CODATA helps advance ICSU’s mission of
strengthening international science for the benefit of society.

The updated CODATA *Strategic Plan 2015*
<http://www.codata.org/about-codata/codata-strategic-plan-2013-2018>
and *Prospectus
of Strategy and Achievement 2015-2017
<https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1034217>* identify three priority areas:

   1. promoting principles, policies and practices for Open Data and Open
   Science;
   2. advancing the frontiers of data science;
   3. building capacity for Open Science by improving data skills and the
   functions of national science systems needed to support open data.

CODATA achieves these objectives through a number of standing committees
and strategic executive led initiatives, and through its Task Groups and
Working Groups. CODATA supports the Data Science Journal and collaborates
on major data conferences like SciDataCon and International Data Week.


Timescales

*Timescales back from 2018 General Assembly, Gaborone, Botswana*

General Assembly

9-10 November 2018

Deadline for Final Slate

5 October 2018

Deadline for Additional Candidates

28 September 2018

Deadline for Provisional List

11 May 2018

Deadline for nominations

27 April 2018

Call for nominations

26 October 2017

Thanks,
Asha
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