Dear US Based Rosaceae Genomics and Genetics Community,
Thank you for nominating candidates to serve as RosEXEC and International
Liaison Members.
To vote on new members please go to
http://www.bioinfo.wsu.edu/cgi-bin/gdr/gdr_rosexec_membership_2010_vote_for…
and vote for 5 RosEXEC members and 2 International Liaison members.
For more information on RosEXEC see
http://www.bioinfo.wsu.edu/gdr/community/rosexec/index.php
If you have any problems voting please email me at dorrie(a)wsu.edu or
dorrie.main(a)gmail.wsu.edu
*Please note voting must be completed by 5pm PST on Wednesday January 6th.*
Many thanks
Wishing you all the best in 2010.
Dorrie
Dorrie Main, PhD
Associate Professor of Bioinformatics
Dept of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture
Washington State University
45 Johnson Hall, Pullman, WA 99164-6414
Email: dorrie(a)wsu.edu
Tel: (509) 335 2774
Fax: (509) 335 8690
URL: www.bioinfo.wsu.edu/gdr
Dear RosEXEC Members,
On behalf of the RosEXEC Membership & Governance Subcommittee, we would like to nominate you to serve as Secretary of RosEXEC in 2010. The Secretary will be elected through internal electronic voting from all members of RosEXEC with voting privileges. She/he is expected to assist the 2010Vice-Chair (Phil Mcferson) and the Chair (Nahla Bassil) and prepare conference call minutes and meeting minutes and e-mail them to the RosEXEC GDR Administrator to upload to GDR. The secretary will serve a one-year term in 2010, rotate to Vice-Chair for a year in 2011, followed by Chair of RosEXEC in the third year (2012).
All current (new and existing) RosEXEC members, as well as those members who have just rotated off the committee, are being given the opportunity to run for Secretary of RosEXEC. If you CANNOT serve as secretary of RosEXEC, please e-mail the Membership & Governance Subcommittee chair, Nahla Bassil, by Monday morning, January 4th. Dorrie Main will then notify the RosEXEC members of the candidates for RosEXEC Secretary and conduct electronic voting. Voting for Secretary is expected to occur January 6th-8th. The results will be announced at the beginning of the annual meeting on Sunday, January 10th at 10:00 am, when the secretary will be preparing the minutes of the meeting.
Responsibilities of RosEXEC Officers:
Chair
* Furthers the objectives of RosEXEC through coordination of RosEXEC activities
* Organizes regular teleconferences and face-to-face RosEXEC meetings
* Keeps the U.S. RosGGB community apprised of funding and similar strategic opportunities.
* Liaises with federal research agency administrators to represent the U.S. RosGGB community
* Provides minutes of RosEXEC meetings and other relevant information to be posted on the GDR RosEXEC website
* Increases industry visibility of Rosaceae GGB community activities by dissemination to technical and popular media
Vice Chair
* Provides support for Chair activities
* Oversees the functioning of RosEXEC committees/working groups
* Chairs the RosEXEC membership and governance committee
§ Organizational issues
§ Nomination and election process
§ Dissemination of election results
Secretary
* Assists Chair and Vice Chair when called on
* Takes minutes at RosEXEC meetings and forwards them in a timely manner to the Chair
* Provides written summaries of RosGGB activities to Chair for dissemination to technical and popular media
All three
* Expected to attend PAG meetings each January, RGC meetings every two years, and generally be active in national and international meetings relevant to Rosaceae GGB
Best regards,
Nahla Bassil, RosEXEC Membership & Governance Subcommittee Chair
nahla.bassil(a)ars.usda.gov
Plant Geneticist
USDA-ARS, NCGR
33447 Peoria Rd.
Corvallis, OR 97333-2521
Tel: (541) 738-4214
Fax: (541) 738-4205
bassiln(a)hort.oregonstate.edu <mailto:bassiln@hort.oregonstate.edu>
nahla.bassil(a)ars.usda.gov <mailto:nahla.bassil@ars.usda.gov>
Dear RosEXEC Members,
In preparation of our annual meeting at PAG, on Sunday, January 10th, at
the Towne Room, I am attaching a draft agenda.
Please let me know by Monday, January 4th, if you would like to add
anything to this agenda.
The minutes from the last conference call are also attached.
Happy New Year and looking forward to seeing you all at PAG.
Best Wiashes,
Nahla Bassil
Plant Geneticist
USDA-ARS, NCGR
33447 Peoria Rd.
Corvallis, OR 97333-2521
Tel: (541) 738-4214
Fax: (541) 738-4205
bassiln(a)hort.oregonstate.edu <mailto:bassiln@hort.oregonstate.edu>
nahla.bassil(a)ars.usda.gov <mailto:nahla.bassil@ars.usda.gov>
Dear US Based Rosaceae Genomics and Genetics Community,
I would like to thank all community members who nominated candidates for
RosEXEC. The list of nominees obtained so far does not have a single
Maloideae or industry candidate.
Therefore, the RosEXEC Membership subcommittee is extending nominations
until Friday Dec 4th to give you the opportunity to nominate Maloideae
members and industry members.
Please make sure to please confirm with the prospective candidates that
they are willing to be nominated and potentially serve before you submit
them as candidates to me.
A copy of the previous letter is pasted below.
Thank you,
Nahla Bassil, Chair, RosEXEC Membership Committee
Plant Geneticist
USDA-ARS, NCGR
33447 Peoria Rd.
Corvallis, OR 97333-2521
Tel: (541) 738-4214
Fax: (541) 738-4205
nahla.bassil(a)ars.usda.gov
It is time to nominate the 2010 USRosEXEC members.
After three/four years of excellent service the following US members are
rotating off the RosEXEC committee:
* Albert Abbott (Amygdaloideae, Univ, S),
* Chad Finn (Rosoideae, ARS, W),
* Abhaya Dandekar (Maloideae, Amygdaloideae Univ, W)
* Schuyler Korban (Maloideae, Univ, E)
* Gennaro Fazio (Maloideae, ARS, E)
The committee thus loses:
* 1 Rosoideae, 2.5 Maloideae and 1.5 Amygdaloideae crop focus
representatives;
* 3 university and 2 ARS representatives;
* 2 eastern location (E), 2 western location and 1 southern (S)
location representatives.
Members who will continue to serve in 2009 include Nahla Bassil, Chris
Dardick, Amit Dhingra, Jim Luby, Gayle Volk, Angela Baldo, Jim Hancock,
Jim McFerson, Bryon Sosinski, Philip Stewart and Cameron Peace, so no
need to nominate them as they will already be serving.
To help maintain a balanced committee, we are asking you to nominate, by
email, research and industry community members of whom one should have a
major focus on Rosoideae, two on Maloideae and two on Amygdaloideae.
Individuals with mixed focus can also be nominated. Please take this
into account when you nominate candidates and please confirm with the
prospective candidates that they are willing to be nominated and
potentially serve before you submit them as candidates to Nahla.
International liason member rotating off this year include Sue Gardiner
(Aus/NZ), Herman Silva (South Americ) and Dan Sargeant (Europe).
Remaining members through 2010 are Jasper Rees (Africa) and Eric van de
Weg (Europe). Two new members are needed to serve two year terms where
we are seeking at least one to be outside of Europe. Please nominate
candidates and again confirm their interest before submitting your
nominations.
US Rosaceae Genomics, Genetics and Breeding community members may
nominate as many candidates as you wish at this stage by sending a list
of the nominees to membership chair, Nahla Bassil at
nahla.bassil(a)ars.usda.gov. You have until November 20th to nominate
candidates. Following these nominations, we will compile a candidate
list for the actual vote via a webform. If you have any questions
please contact Nahla Bassil at the aforementioned email address.
Many thanks
Nahla Bassil
Plant Geneticist
USDA-ARS, NCGR
33447 Peoria Rd.
Corvallis, OR 97333-2521
Tel: (541) 738-4214
Fax: (541) 738-4205
nahla.bassil(a)ars.usda.gov