[Esip-semanticharmonization] [Esip-semantictech] Nomination Committee/2021 Nominations and Ballot

[Erin Robinson]

Hi All - if you have questions about ESIP committee leadership feel free to
reach out to Karl Benedict, Nomination Committee chair.

Thanks -
Erin

On Monday, August 31, 2020, Mcgibbney, Lewis J (172B) via Esip-semantictech
<esip-semantictech at lists.esipfed.org> wrote:

> Good Afternoon All,
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>
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> *What?*
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> That time in ESIP history has come again where we have the exciting task
> of nominating our next leaders.
>
> For more details on the generals, please see https://wiki.esipfed.org/
> Nomination_Committee/2021_Nominations_and_Ballot
>
> Specifically, we, as a community, are responsible for nominating one or
> more candidates capable of performing the role of ESIP Semantic
> Technologies Chair (https://wiki.esipfed.org/SemTech_Chair). These are
> copied below for convenience.
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> V.5.1 The ESIP Federation shall include a Standing Committee for Semantic
> Technologies. Its roles are:
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>    1. To encourage and promote research and development of semantic
>    technologies in support of Earth science data management, data discovery,
>    data dissemination and data analysis
>    2. To collaborate with ESIP members, working groups, clusters, and
>    standing committees to identify semantic methods and tools that support the
>    adoption of semantic technologies within ESIP and across its member
>    organizations.
>    3. To foster sharing and reuse of ontologies and controlled
>    vocabularies within ESIP and its member organizations.
>    4. To provide a collaborative environment for the development of
>    ontology-based standards and controlled vocabularies.
>    5. To maintain a long-term agenda and roadmap for integration and
>    evaluation of semantic projects within ESIP.
>    6. To collaborate with external groups and agencies, including
>    international organizations, on behalf of ESIP in regards to semantic
>    technologies and furthering the aforementioned roles.
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> *Why?*
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> Since Beth Huffer passed the baton to me in 2018, I have performed the
> role of Chair with Pier Luigi Buttigieg as Co-Chair. I think it is
> certainly time for me to now pass the baton to someone else such that we
> can inject fresh leadership into our healthy community.
>
>
>
> *How?*
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> Anyone is free to nominate either themself or one or more others. In a bid
> to obtain support, it is always nice to make your nomination public via our
> Committee mailing list - esip-semantictech at lists.esipfed.org
>
> When starting a nomination email thread please use a title as follows
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> [NOMINATION] Jane Doe for ESIP Semantic Technologies Committee Chair
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> Likewise, for Co-Chair
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> [NOMINATION] Jane Doe for ESIP Semantic Technologies Committee Co-Chair
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> I will state that it is ‘usually’ the practice that the existing Co-Chair
> (Pier Luigi Buttigieg) would naturally take on the role of Chair however
> the above mechanism allows open, inclusive input from the community. I hope
> that this is clear.
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>
> *Finally…*
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> It’s been a real pleasure working with so many of you and hopefully
> assisting in growing our community within and out with ESIP. It’s truly
> been a pleasure and I personally feel that we made a lot of progress in the
> last two years. I want to thank you all for your support. Finally, I want
> to thank both Pier and our Fellows Zachary Robbins and Blake Regalia whose
> energy and enthusiasm makes being part of this community a pleasure not a
> chore. I will certainly continue to contribute and to move certain
> community initiatives onwards.
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>
> Thank you
>
> Lewis
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> *Dr. Lewis John McGibbney Ph.D., B.Sc. (Hons)*
>
> Enterprise Search Technologist, Web and Mobile Application Development
> Group (172B)
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> Application, Consulting, Development and Engineering Section (1722)
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> *Information and Technology Solutions Directorate*
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-- 
Erin Robinson
erinmr at gmail.com
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