Standing Committees
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ASLO standing committee members in general serve staggered, 3-year terms, and new members are needed each year for every standing committee. Appointment can start at any time depending on committee need and appointee availability, but the 3-year term is generally counted from 1 January following initial appointment. Members who find themselves unable to serve (e.g., because they develop a conflict of interest or competing responsibilities) may withdraw from any committee before expiration of their nominal terms by informing its chair of their intent to do so. The two exceptions to the general timing and tenure of standing committees are the Nominations and Awards Committees Nominations Committee members serve 1-year terms that begin 1 September. Awards are given either at the February Aquatic Sciences Meeting (odd-numbered years) or the summer ASLO meeting (even-numbered years), with the decision made several months ahead of time to enable awardees to attend these meetings. Thus Awards Committee members are appointed with sufficient lead time to make these decisions. To avoid confusion, terms of both the Nominations and Awards Committees are indicated by the year in which their nominees are voted or their awards presented, rather than by date of initial appointment. Members of any standing committee may be reappointed. In practice, most members of the Nominations Committee are reappointed for a second year because it has proved impractical to have complete turnover, and the bylaws will likely be changed in the future to reflect this reality and to allow staggering of terms for continuity.
If you would like more information about the work of various committees, please contact the ASLO Business Office. If you would like information about the current work of a particular committee, please contact its chair or its other members. Dates in parentheses indicate the current term. Dates listed for chairs are their terms of appointment to the committee, not necessarily as chairs. Dates run from 1 January in the first year to 31 December in the second year listed for all but the Nominations and Awards Committees.
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Awards and Citations Committee and Subcommittees
- Awards and Citations Committee
Charge: This committee shall solicit nominations for and designate the recipients of special or continuing awards as the Board shall designate.
John Downing (Chair, to 6/08)
Ron Benner (to 3/10)
Beatrix Beisner (to 6/11)
Dan Conley (to 6/09)
George McManus (to 12/08)
- G. Evelyn Hutchinson Award Subcommittee
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Charge: Solicit nominations for and select the recipient of the G. Evelyn Hutchinson Award. This award is intended for a mid-career scientist who has contributed significantly to the field of aquatic sciences in the preceding 5-10 years and who exemplifies the standards of scholarship and creativity set by Hutchinson's work in limnology and oceanography.
John Downing, Chair (to 6/08)
Jill Baron (to 6/09)
Uta Passow (to 6/08)
Steve Monismith (to 6/09)
Val Smith (to 6/10)
Trevor Platt (to 3/10) - Raymond L. Lindeman Award Subcommittee
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Charge: Solicit nominations for and select the recipient of the Lindeman Award that recognizes an outstanding paper written by a young limnologist or oceanographer.
Beatrix Beisner, Chair (to 6/11)
Liz Canuel (to 12/08)
Leigh McCallister (to 6/10)
David Post (to 3/09)
Michelle Wood (to 3/10) - A.C. Redfield Lifetime Achievement Award Subcommittee
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Charge: Solicit nominations for and select the recipient of the A.C. Redfield Lifetime Achievement Award. This award recognizes an aquatic scientist who has made extraordinary, long-term contributions to the fields of limnology and oceanography, including research, education, and service within and beyond the aquatic sciences community.
Ron Benner, Chair (to 3/10)
Jim Bauer (to 3/10)
Helene Cyr (to 6/09)
Peter Leavitt (to 3/10)
Alain Vezina (to 6/10)
Jim Yoder (to 6/09) - John Martin Award Subcommittee
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Charge: Solicit nominations for and select the recipient of the John Martin Award. This award recognizes a paper in aquatic sciences that is judged to have had a high impact on subsequent research in the field. It will be given to at most one paper per year. Unlike the Lindeman Award, which recognizes very recent papers (within 2 years) by young investigators, the Martin Award is for papers at least 10 years old.
George McManus, Chair (to 12/08)
Beth Boyer (to 12/08)
Mike Vanni (to (12/08) - Ruth Patrick Award Subcommittee
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Charge: Solicit nominations for and select the recipient of the Ruth Patrick award, recognizing outstanding research that has had a major influence on society through the application of basic aquatic sciences principles to the identification, analysis, and/or solution of important environmental problems.
Dan Conley, Chair (to 6/09)
Nick Fisher (to 3/10)
Margie Mulholland (to 6/09)
George Kling (to 6/11)
Other Committees
- Professional Ethics
Charge: This committee shall be responsible for reviewing ethical issues of concern to ASLO members, for keeping members informed about these issues, for handling allegations of misconduct concerning ASLO publications, and for reviewing and proposing to the Board changes to ASLO's code of professional conduct and statement of ethical procedures and policies for its publications.
Eric Weissberger, Chair (to 3/09)
Ilana Berman-Frank (to 3/09)
John J. Magnuson (to 3/09)
Yvonne Vadeboncoeur (to 3/09)
Doug Capone (to 6/09)
- Publications Committee
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Charge: This committee shall be responsible for assessing performance of ASLO journals and for obtaining comparative data on production costs of journals published by other societies and commercially. At the direction of the Board or on its own initiative the committee shall also research and prepare recommendations to the Board on journals to be added to the ASLO portfolio. The Publications Committee is further responsible for encouragement and oversight of press releases and popular science writing intended to increase public awareness of ASLO activities and of aquatic sciences in general. Such popularization efforts will be coordinated with the Education and Human Resources Committee. Editors-in-Chief and Managing Editors of ASLO journals are ex officio, non-voting members of this committee.
Emmanuel Boss (to 12/2008)
Cheryl Dybas (to 12/2008)
Bob Sterner (to 12/2008)
Joan Parker (to 12/2009)
Adrienne Sponberg (ex-officio, non-voting)
John Dolan (ex-officio, non-voting)
Everett Fee (ex-officio, non-voting)
Paul Kemp (ex-officio, non-voting)
- Public Policy Committee
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Charge: At the direction of the Board or on its own initiative, this committee shall research issues of public policy and make recommendations for action to the Board. The Director of Public Policy is an ex officio, voting member of this committee. One of the tasks of this committee will be, at the direction of the Board, to prepare position papers on matters of public policy; ad hoc members will be added with Board approval to achieve needed expertise on particular issues.
Rachel Noble, Co-Chair (to 3/09)
Adrienne Sponberg, Co-Chair (to 2/10, ex-officio)
Jim Ammerman (to 3/09)
Christina de la Rocha (3/09)
Carol Folt (to 6/09)
Angelos Hannides (to 12/08)
Anna-Stiina Heiskanen, (to 12/09)
Pete Jumars, (3/09)
Yves Prairie (to 12/08)
Curtis Suttle (to 12/09)
- Finance
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Charge: This committee shall have responsibility for annual review of income and expenses of ASLO and shall make recommendations to the Board concerning the annual review, annual budget, dues, investments, endowment, financial implications of ASLO activities, and the use of income. The Treasurer shall be an ex-officio voting member of this committee.
Lucille Doucette (to 2/10)
Carlos Duarte (ex officio)
Lynda Shapiro (ex-officio)
Jon Cole (ex-officio)
- Education and Human Resources
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Charge: This committee shall develop and oversee education initiatives for the limnological and oceanographic professions, including the production and distribution of educational and recruitment materials and development of activities and materials to improve teaching and research activities. It shall also encourage under-represented groups to participate in ASLO and in relevant professions through subcommittees established for specific purposes.
Subcommittee on Web-based Lectures:
Charge: The committee is charged with developing web-based formal classroom educational resources for undergraduate and graduate courses in aquatic sciences, including entire sets of lectures for full courses.
Jennifer Cherrier, chair (to 2/08)
Debbie Bronk (to 3/08)
Jaye Cable (to 9/10)
Alex Poulain (to 3/08)
Robert Sterner (to 6/11)
Paul Kemp (ex officio)
Subcommittee on Informal Education:
Sue Cook (to 4/08)
Charge: Assess the needs of the ASLO membership with regards to information on informal education and public outreach. Seek out and find information that ASLO could convey to members about existing sites, programs, and activities. Increase ASLO members’ awareness of the available resources and expand the information offered on the ASLO website based on the members’ needs. Improve collaboration and coordination among the ASLO community of scientists and associated educators/professionals within the ASLO community.
Janice McDonnell, chair (to 4/08)
Gary Banta (to 4/08)
Adrienne Sponberg (to 4/08)
Bob Chen (to 4/08)
Linda Duguay (to 4/08)
Nancy Mesner (to 11/10)
Gywneth Sharp (to 4/08)
Lesley Smith (to 6/11)
Subcommittee on Image Library:
Charge: The overall charge to the Image Library subcommittee is to continue to grow and nurture the ASLO Image Library. More specifically: Inform the Board of the status of the Collection Strategy for the Image Library. Explore ways that the images can be “value added”; for example, adding information on date, geo-referencing or at least some location identification. Pay particular attention to increasing the number of oceanography images. Consider asking members to donate old collections, and then consider how to obtain funds needed to scan them and get them into an electronic format. Consider putting a call in the L&O Bulletin from time to time for images and “advertising” the needs during ASLO meetings.
Wayne Wurtsbaugh, chair (to 4/09)
Ray Drenner (to 12/08)
Kim Schulz (to 12/08>
Rob Campbell (to 12/08)
Ray Hill (to 9/09)
Alex Kraberg (to 9/09)
Peter Williams (to 9/09)
- Meetings
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Charge: This committee shall be responsible for recommending programs, symposia and publications for annual and special meetings and for assisting with the implementation of these activities. The Secretary and Treasurer shall be ex-officio voting members of this committee; the Business Manager shall be an ex-officio, non-voting member. Meeting-specific subcommittees shall be appointed to deal with arrangements for individual meetings.
Debbie Bronk, Chair (to 2/09)
Nancy Butler (to 12/08)
Hein de Baar (to 12/08)
Janice McDonnell (to 3/09)
Russell Moll (AGU Liaison; to 12/07)
Erik Smith (to 10/10)
Maria Tzortziou (to 3/10)
Markus Weinbauer (to 12/08)
Peter Williams (to 12/09)
M. Robin Anderson (ex-officio, non-voting)
Lynda Shapiro (ex-officio, non-voting)
Helen Schneider-Lemay (ex-officio, non-voting)
- Nominations
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Charge: This committee shall be responsible for providing appropriate slates of candidates for ASLO elections (see Section V).
Jon Cole, chair (to 6/09, ex-officio)
Alice Alldredge (to 6/10)
Craig Carlson (to 6/09)
Minhan Dai (to 6/09)
Paul Falkowski (to 6/09)
Peter Leavitt (to 6/10)
Alex Poulain (to 6/10)
Alex Enrich Prast (6/10)
Elise Ralph (to 6/09)