Nomination Procedures

Nominations are currently closed.
 
As you are aware, we are organizing the ISPA and will have the first business meeting at the 10th ICPA conference in Denver Colorado at 10:30 A.M. on July 21. The ISPA has been legally registered and we are an “official” entity. The ISPA is a non-profit professional scientific organization with the mission to advance the science and practice of precision agriculture globally.

The purposes of ISPA are to:
  • Organize and conduct international conferences related to precision agriculture, such as International Conference on Precision Agriculture, European Conference on Precision Agriculture, and other related conferences.
  • Develop and maintain a web-portal to communicate the latest developments in Precision Agriculture with the world, and maintain a member listserv to communicate among society members.
  • Publish a quarterly ISPA e-newsletter for members and other subscribers.
  • Provide members an opportunity for publication original scientific in the society sponsored peer-reviewed journal (International Journal of Precision Agriculture).


The ISPA will be governed by an international Board of Directors consisting of elected officers (President, President-Elect, Immediate Past-President, Secretary and Treasurer). In addition, ISPA will have a part-time paid position of an Executive Director who will provide administrative management and support to the society activities.

I have been appointed to chair the nomination committee for the ISPA officers to make up the Board of Directors of our new Society. I am requesting nominations for the following offices:
 
  1. President – (Two yr appointment) to serve from July 2010 to July 2012 (This person will become the Immediate Past-President from 2012 to July 2014, we will not have an Immediate Past –President position in 2010)
  2. President Elect – (Two yr appointment) to serve from July 2010 to July 2012, and then move up to President for July 2012 to July 2014 and then Immediate Past-President in 2014.
  3. Secretary – (Two yr appointment) to serve from July 2010 to July 2012
  4. Treasurer – (Four yr appointment) to serve from July 2010 to July 2014


The elected Board of Directors will appoint an Executive Director, who will provide administrative management and support to the society activities.

I would like to solicit nominations for the above elected positions. Please feel free to nominate yourself! This is perfectly acceptable! The name of all nominators will be kept confidential.

Please forward your nominations to me at the email address at the bottom of this announcement.

In addition, the society will have “country representatives”, i.e., two members from each country represented in the society and designated as “country representatives” to champion the mission and purpose of ISPA in their respective countries. I am also accepting nominations for country representatives. Please feel free to nominate yourself for the country representatives.

We have developed a list of potential scientific divisions within the ISPA. This is preliminary and will be developed further by the Board of Directors, with Society member input.

Potential Professional/Scientific Divisions for the ISPA:

Division 1: Precision Crop Protection
Division 2: Precision Dairy Management
Division 3: Precision Livestock Management
Division 4: Precision Conservation
Division 5: Precision Horticulture
Division 6: Precision Nutrient Management
Division 7: Precision Carbon Management
Division 8: Precision Engineering Technologies
Division 9: Precision Data and Information Management
Division 10: Women in Precision Agriculture
Division 11: Proximal Sensing in Precision Agriculture

The Board of Directors will be soliciting division chair names in the near future.

SUMMARY:

Here is what I need from you! Please email nominations to me by July 10.
  1. Nominations for the positions on the Board of Directors (President, President-Elect, Secretary and Treasurer)
  2. Nominations for “country representatives”.


Thanks for your cooperation!
 
Dwayne G. Westfall, Email: dwayne.westfall@colostate.edu
Chair, Nominating Committee
International Society of Precision Agriculture