Dear RosEXEC,
Thanks for your input, everyone! The voting is now open, and you should
have recently received the message via the GDR mailing list.
The consensus for International Liaisons was #4. So we will have two
year terms for ILs, with two new people added each year, and two rolling
off (Sue and Herman a year from now). Each eligible voter is allowed to
cast two votes for ILs (unlike in the past, where we had 4 votes). We
have a year to decide whether we allow ILs rolling off to be eligible
for candidacy immediately after or if they must wait a year (as we now
have for US members).
I didn't hear back from all nominees, so some of them have not been
converted to eligible candidates on the current voting form.
Following the addition of our seven new RosEXEC members (which I will
announce at this time next Friday), we will have an internal RosEXEC
vote for Secretary. This will start with me finalizing the list of
Secretary nominees during the week April 7-11, with your input. And soon
after the new members have joined, Gennaro will be chairing our next
RosEXEC teleconference. Get your agenda items ready...
Have a great weekend!
Don't forget to vote!
Cameron
Dear RosEXEC,
We will shortly be holding the RosEXEC elections for 2008 - in fact, we
want to start the voting process tomorrow and run it for a week.
Following from discussions at PAG, as vice chair in 2008 I now have the
role of coordinating the membership subcommittee, so I've been seeking
advice from some of you, and have developed a list of nominees.
Yesterday I wrote to everyone nominated so far - 16 for US, and 10 for
international - asking if they agree to be candidates. So far I have
heard back from 10 US (all positive) and 4 international (3 positive,
while re-nominated Pere will step aside in 2008). Tomorrow afternoon, we
will go ahead with whoever has agreed to be a candidate.
For the International Liaisons, we have some possibilities about how to
do this in 2008 and into the future. I suggest that each US community
member would get to cast two votes. We seem to have consensus so far
that we have 2 slots to fill in 2008, to join Sue and Herman for a total
of 4 ILs in 2008. Beyond that, alternatives on the table are:
1. Aim for a total of 6 IL positions, with two more added in 2009
and beyond (with Sue rolling off in 2009 and Herman in 2010). Terms
would be three years.
2. Aim for a total of 3 IL positions, but with 4 in 2008-2010. Two
added in 2008, but only one thereafter. Terms of three years.
3. Aim for a total of 4 IL positions, with two new positions in
2008, one added in 2009 and in 2010, two in 2011, one in 2012 and 2013,
etc. Terms of three years.
4. 4 IL positions with two year terms. Each year we add two
people, and two roll off. Both Sue and Herman would roll off in early
2009.
To me, #4 seems the simplest. If you have an opinion, please let me know
soon. If I don't hear otherwise, I'll go with #4 for the email I'll be
sending out tomorrow afternoon to the GDR mailing list (this is an
international list, but in my experience, this is the one that most US
people are signed up to rather than the US list, and it doesn't hurt to
alert the international community to these elections). The draft of that
email is copied below (mostly taken from the one that Jim McFerson
prepared for the 2007 elections). Below that is the list of nominees.
Comments welcome.
Cameron
RosEXEC ELECTIONS 2008
The US Rosaceae Genomics, Genetics, and Breeding Executive Committee
(RosEXEC) will be electing five new members to replace its five outgoing
members. RosEXEC serves as a communication and coordination focal point
for the U.S. Rosaceae genomics, genetics, and breeding (GGB) community.
We have four objectives:
1. Define research priorities based on input from the industry and the
research community
2. Foster scientific interaction and dynamic research teams
3. Promote research priorities
4. Coordinate educational efforts from the research community to the
industry and the public
RosEXEC meets in person at annual Plant and Animal Genome conferences
and holds quarterly teleconferences. In 2008, Kevin Folta is the
outgoing Chair and Gennaro Fazio is the incoming Chair. More information
on RosEXEC can be found on the GDR at
www.bioinfo.wsu.edu/gdr/community/rosexec/, including a list of all 2007
members
(www.bioinfo.wsu.edu/gdr/community/rosexec/membership/index.shtml).
The election process is open to Rosaceae GGB community members currently
based in the U.S., regardless of citizenship. Five votes can be cast per
person. Please strive to represent the diversity of our community by
electing candidates from various crop interests, institutional
affiliations, and geographic locations.
Elections will be held electronically via the GDR at
www.bioinfo.wsu.edu/cgi-bin/gdr/gdr_rosexec_membership_2008_vote_form.cg
i.
The US RosEXEC Membership Committee has suggested some candidates on the
voting form posted on the GDR, but we urge interested community members
to nominate other qualified candidates: this can be done via the voting
page, or by directly contacting Cameron Peace (cpeace(a)wsu.edu). Outgoing
RosEXEC members (Herb Aldwinckle, Amy Iezzoni, Kim Lewers, and Jim
McFerson) are not eligible for re-election until 2009.
New US RosEXEC members will be selected by vote totals and will serve
three-year terms.
Please note that you can also nominate and vote on up to two members as
International Liaisons for the U.S. RosEXEC. Current members are Sue
Gardiner and Herman Silva, with Pere Arus revolving off. We will add two
new international liaisons in 2008, who will serve two-year terms.
If you have any problems using the voting page, please email Dorrie Main
(dorrie(a)wsu.edu). The deadline for voting is in one week: 2 Apr 2008,
5pm PST.
Cameron Peace,
on behalf of the RosEXEC Membership Committee
Nominees (those who have thus far accepted to be candidates are in
CAPITALS):
USA
Baldo
Angela
BASSIL
Nahla
Bushakra
Jill
BYRNE
David
Curtis
Bob
DARDICK
Chris
Dhingra
Amit
GASIC
Ksenija
LUBY
Jim
OGUNDIWIN
Eben
OLMSTEAD
Jim
SOSINSKI
Bryon
SWANSON
JD
Volk
Gayle
WISNIEWSKI
Michael
Zhu
Yanmin
International
Marisa Badenes
Thomas Debener
Elisabeth Dirlewanger
Toni GRANELL
Francois Laurens
Jasper REES
Dan SARGENT
Riccardo Velasco
Eric van de Weg
Dear All,
I would like to thank Janet Slovin for her wonderful work on taking down the
minutes and for Cameron, Herb, and Jim for their input. I am attaching the
minutes to this document so that the committee may have a chance to review
them before we vote on them - please be specifically attentive to the
addendum to the minutes made by Cameron that essentially expands the
nomination of the secretary position to people that have been on the
committee for some time and guarantees continuity of membership of
secretary, vice-chair and chair until they are done serving as chairs.
I am looking for a quick turnaround for these minutes - I would like a vote
on them by the end of the week so that we can proceed with the elections. I
am also trying to schedule a conference call by the end of the month. Would
Friday March 27 or Monday March 31 work for most of you?
All the best,
Gennaro
Gennaro Fazio, PhD
Apple Rootstock Breeder and Geneticist
Plant Genetic Resources Unit USDA ARS
Cornell University - 630 W. North St.
Geneva, NY 14456
(315) 787-2480 Office
(315) 787-2216 Fax
Dear All,
I would like to thank Janet Slovin for her wonderful work on taking down
the minutes and for Cameron, Herb, and Jim for their input. I am
attaching the minutes to this document so that the committee may have a
chance to review them before we vote on them - please be specifically
attentive to the addendum to the minutes made by Cameron that
essentially expands the nomination of the secretary position to people
that have been on the committee for some time and guarantees continuity
of membership of secretary, vice-chair and chair until they are done
serving as chairs.
I am looking for a quick turnaround for these minutes - I would like a
vote on them by the end of the week so that we can proceed with the
elections. I am also trying to schedule a conference call by the end of
the month. Would Friday March 27 or Monday March 31 work for most of
you?
All the best,
Gennaro
Gennaro Fazio, PhD
Apple Rootstock Breeder and Geneticist
Plant Genetic Resources Unit USDA ARS
Cornell University - 630 W. North St.
Geneva, NY 14456
(315) 787-2480 Office
(315) 787-2216 Fax