Dear colleagues,

The terms of two members of the IDS Governing Board will end on December 2014:

John Ries as a member at large,

Frank Lemoine as the Analysis Coordinator.

A call for nomination will be sent in May to invite IDS Associates to propose candidates

for the two open positions for the next 4-year term 2015-2018.

Elections will be held in early October so that the two new elected members could attend the Governing Board meeting to be held

on October 29 in Konstanz, Germany, in conclusion of the IDS Workshop 2014 

http://ids-doris.org/report/meeting-presentations/ids-workshop-2014.html

An overlap period of a few months for the new Analysis Coordinator will be considered

Because of the importance of the function of Analysis Coordinator, the IDS wishes to disseminate widely

this announcement and encourages institutions to consider getting involved in this task.

Role of the Analysis Coordinator as defined in IDS Terms of Reference (http://ids-doris.org/organization/tor.html)

·         The Analysis Coordinator assists the Analysis Centers and monitors their activities to ensure that the IDS objectives are carried out.

·         The Analysis Coordinator, working with the Analysis Centers, is expected to provide quality control, performance evaluation,

and continued development of appropriate analysis standards.

·         The Analysis Coordinator, with the support of the Combination Center, is also responsible for the appropriate combination of

the Analysis Centers products into a single set of prescribed data products.

List of IDS Associates: http://ids-doris.org/organization/associate-members.html

Questions regarding these elections may be directed to the IDS Central Bureau at ids.central.bureau @ ids-doris.org

Best regards,

Laurent Soudarin

On behalf of the IDS Central Bureau