***************************************************************************= *** dorismail 25-Oct-2022 19:37:39 Message No 1338 ***************************************************************************= *** Author: "Lemoine, Frank G. (GSFC-61A0)" Subject: Announcement of Elections for Open Positions on the IDS Governing Dear colleagues: The terms for two seats within the IDS Governing Board will expire in Decem= ber 2022: -one seat of at-large member, presently occupied by Claudio Abbondanza (NAS= A/JPL, USA), -the seat of Analysis Coordinator, occupied by the tandem team, Hugues Cap= deville (CLS, France) and Petr =A9t=ECp=E1nek (Geodetic Observatory Pecn=FD= , Czech Republic). A call for nominations will be sent very soon to invite IDS Associates to p= ropose candidates for the two open positions for the next four-year term, J= anuary 1, 2023 - December 31, 2026. Candidates must be IDS Associates. The current list of IDS Associates is li= sted at the following URL: https://ids-doris.org/ids/organization/associate-members.html The nominations of the IDS Associates will be collected by the IDS Nominati= ng Committee (ids_nc@ids-doris.org) formed for the elections until November= 28, 2022. A short CV (1 page) will be requested. Elections will be held in early December, 2022. An overlap period of a few months for the new Analysis Coordinator will be = considered. The Governing Board meets at least annually, usually twice in conjunction w= ith meetings of the Analysis Working Group and IDS Workshop. The principal = role of the Governing Board is to set policy and to exercise broad oversigh= t of all IDS functions and components. It also controls general activities = of the Service, including restructuring, when appropriate, to maintain Serv= ice efficiency and reliability.=20=20 The composition of the Governing Board can be seen at the following URL: https://ids-doris.org/ids/organization/governing-board.html Because of the importance of the function of Analysis Coordinator, the IDS = wishes to broadly disseminate this announcement and encourages institutio= ns to consider getting involved in this task. The role of the Analysis Coordinator as defined in IDS Terms of Reference https://ids-doris.org/ids/organization/terms-of-reference.html * The Analysis Coordinator assists the Analysis Centers and monitors th= eir activities to ensure that the IDS objectives are carried out. * The Analysis Coordinator, working with the Analysis Centers, is expec= ted to provide quality control, performance evaluation, and continued deve= lopment of appropriate analysis standards. * The Analysis Coordinator, with the support of the Combination Center,= is also responsible for the appropriate combination of the Analysis Center= s products into a single set of prescribed data products. In the coming term, the IDS Analysis Coordinator will work closely with the= IDS Analysis Centers to implement any agreed upon standards for the next I= TRF reprocessing. In addition, an important aspect will be working with the IDS ACs to add th= e latest and future DORIS satellites in their processing chain. Questions regarding these elections may be directed to the IDS Central Bure= au at ids.central.bureau @ ids-doris.org On behalf of the IDS Nominating Committee and the IDS Central Bureau Please do not reply directly to this message, but send comments and suggestions to IDS.central.bureau@cls.fr