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                                                        Volume 19, Number 18
                                                                June 9, 2009
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Call for nominations for GEM Steering Committee positions
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From: Mike Liemohn (liemohn [at] umich.edu)
      Jimmy Raeder (J.Raeder [at] unh.edu)
 
With the new organizational structure of GEM, every three years there is a 
significant turnover of steering committee membership.  Specifically, there 
are 5 open positions that will be filled at this summer's workshop.  They 
are the chair-elect of the steering committee and one of the research area 
coordinator slots for GGCM, dayside magnetosphere, magnetotail, and 
magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling.
 
For more information on the duties of these positions, and the current 
steering committee membership, please see the main GEM website:

http://aten.igpp.ucla.edu/gemwiki/index.php/Main_Page
 
The selection of these new positions will occur at the steering committee 
meeting at the end of the GEM Workshop.  In preparation for this, the 
steering committee would like to solicit nominations for these positions. 
Those that are nominated will be asked to submit a brief statement for the 
steering committee to consider in their deliberations. Nominations will be 
accepted until the steering committee meeting on Friday, but for meaningful 
statements to be collected, it is highly encouraged to submit nominations 
before the workshop begins. Self-nominations are allowed.
 
To submit a nomination, please send an email to the current steering 
committee chair and chair-elect, Jimmy Raeder (J.Raeder [at] unh.edu) and
Mike Liemohn (liemohn [at] umich.edu).


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