Open AccessLeadership Gathering Marks Historic Transition at AGU
Author(s) -
Cairns Ann
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
eos, transactions american geophysical union
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2010eo240006
Subject(s) - political science , management , vice president , corporate governance , task force , plan (archaeology) , public administration , transition (genetics) , geography , archaeology , economics , biochemistry , chemistry , gene
The 2008–2010 AGU Council adopted a strategic plan and voted to create a task force to facilitate AGU leadership in Earth and space sciences at its meeting on 7 June 2010. The meeting, at AGU headquarters in Washington, D.C., was the first part of a 4‐day historic leadership conference that included 66 volunteer leaders and key staff as AGU prepares to transition to a new governance structure. The new Union officers (president, president‐ elect, general secretary, and international secretary), the newly established Board of Directors, and the new Council— which will consist of section presidents and presidents‐elect, focus group chairs and vice chairs, committee chairs, and four appointed student/early‐career scientists—take office on 1 July 2010.