Ad hoc Committees
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Ad hoc committees are formed to assess specific questions and problems, and exist until their mission is accomplished or for three years, whichever is less. Input from new committee members is always welcome and needed. If you would like more information about a particular committee, please contact the President.
- Diversity
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ASLO has set a Society goal to achieve representation on committees and the board that is comparable to overall membership in terms of demographics (e.g., seniority, gender, race, etc.), geographic location, and discipline (e.g. molecular ecologists, fluidics, tropical ecology, oceanography, limnology, etc.) within the next five years. This is not intended as a recommendation for attaining a strict numerical result (e.g. not a quota) but rather a recommendation that the representation of members in terms of gender, geographic location, discipline, and seniority be used as a benchmark to evaluate progress (and success!) in attaining diversity in the governance structure of the society. Diversity should be viewed as a strength of ASLO.
Charge: The Diversity Committee is tasked with developing a list of qualified, recommended, and/or interested pool of candidates for appointment to ASLO committees that can be consulted by the nomination committee and the Board to help achieve the diversity goal set above. This can be achieved using information from the membership list, self-identification of interest in serving on committees or as officers, referral from present and past members of committees, and any other approaches they may identify, to develop such a pool of likely candidates. This list should serve as a reference, not a list from which all nominees must be drawn. The Diversity Committee should provide a progress report in developing a nomination pool for officers and committee members at annual and semi-annual board meetings as they occur, with a review of success of effort after three years.Lihini Aluwihare, Chair
Deidre Gibson
Maria Gonzalez
Hans-Peter Grossart
Michelle Hale
Luana Pinho
Martha Schattenhofer
Kam Tang
Paul Wassman
Wayne Wurtsbaugh
- Emerging Issues Workshops
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Paul Del Giorgio, Chair
Uta Passow
Lisa Campbell
Roxane Maranger
- Endowment
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Debbie Bronk, Chair
Gary Kirkpatrick
Adina Paytan
WIlliam Leggett
Sue Ma
Helen Schneider Lemay
- Name Change Transition
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Helen Schneider Lemay
Paul Kemp
Robin Anderson
John Downing
- Strategic Planning
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John Downing, Chair
Debbie Bronk
Allison Fong
Paty Matrai