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ISCB Call for Leadership Nominations

Nominations are now being accepted for candidates to our international Board of Directors, Student Council Leadership, and the Officer* positions of Vice President, Treasurer and Secretary (*per ISCB bylaws, an Officer candidate must be a current or past Board member – see full list of eligible members below). You are encouraged to nominate any respected colleague that you feel would serve well in an ISCB leadership role.

In January 2007 terms will expire for five current Board members, the current Student Council (SC) Representative to the ISCB Board of Directors, and all other SC leadership positions. The current ISCB leadership is committed to representation based on diversity of geographic location and academic / industry affiliation, as well as providing leadership opportunities to young up-and-coming researchers. Gender is also an important element in ensuring your Society’s leadership reflects the ISCB membership at large. Therefore, all nominations are welcome!

Eligibility

  • In order to be eligible to be a Board Member or Student Council leader candidate, a person must be or become an ISCB member in good standing no later than June 23, 2006 (Student Council candidates must also select the Student Council box on the membership registration form); Officer candidates must have been a member of the ISCB Board of Directors for at least one year before taking office, making all current and past Board Members eligible (see list at bottom of this email of all current and past Board Members).
  • All Student Council leader candidates must pledge to make every reasonable effort to contribute time and effort toward the coordination of at least one SC activity during the course of the one year SC term.
  • All Board candidates must pledge to make every reasonable effort to attend the bi-monthly Board teleconference beginning with a training period in October 2006 and the annual Board of Directors meeting (normally held at the ISMB conference) at their own expense through completion of the three year Board term in January 2010.
  • Officer candidates must also pledge to make every reasonable effort to attend the bi-monthly Board teleconferences as well as the bi-weekly Executive Committee teleconference beginning with a training period in October 2006 through completion of the two year Officer term in January 2009 and three year Board term in January 2010.


Nomination Submissions and Deadline

Full information regarding the 2006 nominations/elections timeline, call for nominations, and board and officer responsibilities can be found at www.iscb.org/nominations.shtml.

The clock is ticking, so please login at www.iscb.org/nominations/nominate.php to submit all eligible nominations before the deadline of May 26, 2006. You will need your registered email address and password to login, and should then select the “Leadership Nomination” link from the menu options on the top of the page. If you are a member of an affiliated regional group and do not have an ISCB membership, please write to admin@iscb.org for instructions on how to submit a nomination for one of your group’s leaders to serve in an ISCB leadership capacity.

Elections and Terms
Election of Board members will take place during the annual ISCB Board of Directors meeting in August 2006, and election of Student Council leaders and ISCB Officers will take place via online voting by the membership September 22 – October 6, 2006.
Student Council leaders will serve one year terms, Board members will serve three year terms, and Officers will serve two year terms followed by one additional year on the Board of Directors.

We are looking forward to an active participation by the ISCB membership in the nominations and election process, and thank you in advance for your qualified nominations.

* List of Eligible Candidates for ISCB Officer Positions
Only officer positions require current or previous Board service; the full list of eligible candidates for the ISCB Officer positions of Vice President, Treasurer and Secretary are listed below. Please encourage our excellent leaders of the past and present to step up to the highest level of leadership through service as an Officer of the ISCB by submitting a nomination on their behalf today.

CURRENT 2006 Board of Directors:
(all eligible to be nominated to an Officer position):
Last Name First Name Term Began Term Ends Other Position(s)
/ Comments
Bryant Barbara August 1999 Jan. 21, 2008

Secretary 1/2002-1/2005;

VP 1/2005-1/2007;

Public Affairs Chair '04-.

Casadio Rita August 2002 Jan. 21, 2009
Two consecutive terms
de Sousa Sandro January 2006 Jan. 21, 2009
Gerloff Dietlind August 2000 Jan. 21, 2007

Two consecutive terms;

Nominations Chair '04-.

Gribskov Michael August 1999 Jan. 21, 2008

ISMB 2000 co-Chair;

VP 1/2002-1/2003;
President 1/2003-1/2007;

Conferences co-chair X-03;

Education co-chair X-03

Hunter Larry June 1997 Jan. 21, 2007

Founder of ISCB;

President 1997-2000;

Awards Chair '03-05;

Finance Chair '05-.

Karplus Kevin January 2005 Jan. 21, 2008
Education Chair '06-.
Kazic Toni

June 1998

October 2001

Feb. 28, 2006

Secretary 1/2005-1/2006;

Nominations Chair '01-'04

Kelso Janet January 2005 Jan. 21, 2008
Secretary 1/2006-1/2007
Lengauer Thomas

June 1997

January 2005

August 2000

Jan. 21, 2008

Founding BoD Member;

ISMB 1999 Chair;

Vice President 1999-2000;

Outreach Chair '00-X

Two separate bod terms;

Awards Chair '05-.

Linial Michal January 2004 Jan. 21, 2007
Student Council Liaison '06-.
Markel Scott January 2006 Jan. 21, 2009
Mesirov Jill January 2006 Jan. 21, 2009
Miyano Satoru January 2004 Jan. 21, 2007
Publications Chair '05
Rocke David August 2002 Jan. 21, 2008

Treasurer 1/2002-1/2007;

Three consecutive Treasurer terms

Rost Burkhard January 2004 Jan. 21, 2008

VP 1/2005-1/2007;

President-Elect 1/2006-1/2007;

Paper Review Chair '04-.

Safer Hershel August 2000 Jan. 21, 2007

Conferences Chair

Two consecutive bod terms

Schneider Reinhard January 2005 Jan. 21, 2008
Governance Chair '05-.
Speed Terry January 2005 Jan. 21, 2008
Tan Tin Wee January 2005 Jan. 21, 2008
Affiliates Chair '05-.
Tomb Jean-Francois January 2006 Jan. 21, 2009
Tramontano Anna October 2001 Jan. 21, 2009

VP 1/2002-1/2005

Two consecutive bod terms

Valencia Alfonso

June 1997

August 2002

August 2000

Jan. 21, 2008

Founding BoD Member;

VP 2000-1/2002;

Outreach Chair X-'03;

One bod term followed by

two consecutive bod terms

Vawter Lisa January 2005 Jan. 21, 2008
PAST Board MEMBERS (all eligible to be nominated to an Officer position):
Last Name First Name Term Began Term Ended
Other Position(s) / Comments
Agarwal Pankaj June 1997 June 1998
Founding BoD Member
Altman Russ June 1997 January 2005

Founding BoD Member;

President 6/2000-1/2002;

Bourne Philip July 2001 Jan. 21, 2006

ISMB 2000 co-Chair;

Secretary 1/2001-1/2002;

President 1/2002-1/2003;

Publications Chair '03-'04;

Student Council Liaison '04-'05

Brenner Steven June 1998
August 2002
July 2001
Jan. 21, 2006
Two separate bod terms
Brunak Soren October 2001 January 2005
ISMB 2001 Chair
Brutlag Douglas June 1997 August 1999
Founding BoD Member
Clark Dominic June 1997 August 2000
Founding BoD Member
Collado-Vides Julio August 1999 August 2002
Dunker Keith June 1997 July 2001

Founding BoD Member;

Nominations Chair '99-'00

Gaasterland Terry June 1997 August 2004

Founding BoD Member;

Secretary 1999-2000

Glasgow Janice June 1997 August 2000
Founding BoD Member
Guigo Roderic August 2002 Jan. 21, 2006
Hide Winston October 2001 January 2005
Education co-Chair 'X-'05
Higgins Desmond August 1999 August 2002
Istrail Sorin June 1998 July 2001
Kanehisa Minoru August 2000 January 2004
Karp Peter

June 1997

October 2001

August 2000

January 2005

Founding BoD Member;

Conferences Chair '98-X;

Public Affairs Chair '03-'05

Kiyoshi Asai June 1997 August 1999
Founding BoD Member
Klein Teri June 1997 January 2005
Founding BoD Member;
Treasurer 6/2000-1/2002
Kolker Eugene June 1998 August 2000
Krogh Anders August 1999 August 2002
Lathrop Rick June 1997 June 1998

Founding BoD Member;

Treasurer 1997-1998

Neshich Goran Jan. 21, 2003 Jan. 21, 2006
ISMB 2006 Chair
Myers Gene June 1998 July 2001
Overton Chris June 1997 August 2000

Founding BoD Member;

Passed away 2000

Ouzounis Christos June 1997 August 1999
Founding BoD Member
Pevzner Pavel June 1998 July 2001
Ranganathan Shoba Jan. 21, 2003 Jan. 21, 2006

Education co-Chair '04-'05;

Education Chair '05-'06

Rawlings Christopher June 1998 July 2001

Vice President 1998-1999;

Outreach Chair '99

Sander Chris June 1997 June 1998
Founding BoD Member
Searls David June 1997 July 1999
Founding BoD Member
Shavlik Jude June 1997 June 1998
Founding BoD Member
Slonim Donna August 2000 January 2004
Smith Randy June 1997 June 1998
Founding BoD Member
States David June 1997 January 2004

Founding BoD Member;

Treasurer 1997-2000;

Awards Chair '01-'03

Stormo Gary August 2000 January 2004
Publications Chair '00-'03
Tomita Masaru August 2000 January 2004
Von Heijne Gunnar August 1999 August 2002
Warnow Tandy October 2001 January 2005
Waterman Mike October 2001 January 2005
Wodak Shoshana June 1997 June 1998
Founding BoD Member
Wu Cathy August 2000 January 2004