Committee Structure and Overview

Affiliates Committee Overview:

• membership: one representative for each affiliate (and a designated alternate representative), appointed Chair(s), elected Representative to the Board of Directors
• responsibilities:
  • examines ways to foster collaboration and networking at regional levels
  • establishes procedures for the program
  • brings forward concerns and makes suggestions for new initiatives
  • Representative to the Board of Directors is a chair of the committee,  voting member of the Board of Directors, and liaison of the committee to the Board of Directors
  • Chair(s) oversee(s) all activities and processes of the Affiliates Committee, Affiliates Council and Affiliates Review Board

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Affiliates Review Board Overview:

• membership: the ISCB Treasurer, the Affiliates Committee’s Representative to the Board of Directors, at least two at large¹ members of the ISCB Board of Directors, and the Chair(s) of the Affiliates Committee
• responsibilities:
  • reviews applications and annual reports
  • approves/denies applications
  • makes decisions about Tier and funding levels

Affiliated Groups Review Board:

Cath Brooksbank (At-large member of the ISCB Board of Directors)
Bruno Gaeta (Co-chair of the Affiliates Committee)
Janet Kelso (ISCB Treasurer)
Christian Schӧnbach (Representative to the Board of Directors, Co-chair of the Affiliates Committee)
Nicola Mulder (At-large member of the ISCB Board of Directors)
Lonnie Welch (Co-chair of the Affiliates Committee)

¹At-large is a designation for members of a governing body who are appointed to represent the whole membership.  This person will be a non-affiliate organizer appointed by the Board who serves as a Director of the Society.

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Affiliates Council Overview: 

• membership: the Affiliated Review Board and one representative for each Tier 3 affiliate
• responsibilities:
  • provides input to the Review Board re. applications, and tier/funding levels
  • provides recommendations for new programs or incentives

Affiliated Groups Council:

Alan Christoffels, ASBCB
Javier De Las Rivas, SOIBIO
Diasuke Kihara, GLBC
Christian Schӧnbach, APBioNet

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