Nominations Committee

The Nominations Committee is charged with the following:

1. Nominate to the Members of the Corporation the candidates to be elected by the Members to fill positions on committees. In so doing, the Committee shall attempt to provide a balance among different disciplines and backgrounds, and between those who do and do not have interests closely allied with those of an Equipment Site

2. Nominate to the Individual Members of the Corporation the candidates to be elected by the Individual Members to fill positions on the Board of Directors. In so doing, the Committee shall attempt to provide a balance among different disciplines and backgrounds, and between those who do and do not have interests closely allied with that of an Equipment Site

3. Nominate to the Institutional Members of the Corporation the candidates to be elected by the Institutional Members to fill positions on the Board of Directors. In so doing, the Committee shall attempt to provide a balance among different disciplines and backgrounds, and between those who do and do not have interests closely allied with those of an Equipment Site

4. Nominate more candidates than there are open positions, to provide choices to the Members of the Consortium

5. Oversee a fair and open process whereby any Member of the Corporation who has appropriate qualifications to fill a Committee or Board seat, for whom at least five Members (or 5% of the number of Members if the total number of Members is greater than 100) have stated in a timely manner that they wish to nominate the Member for that position, shall be included with the Committee-nominated individuals on ballots and given the same opportunity to have statements distributed to the Members

6. Oversee the process of contacting prospective candidates to verify they are willing to serve if elected and oversee the process of compiling statements from the candidates that can be distributed to the Members of the Corporation with ballots in advance of elections

   Ricardo Dobry Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute NC Chair Retired Board Member	John Hooper Magnusson Klemencic Assoc. NC Chair-Elect EQ-Risk Stakeholder Representative
   Ian Buckle University of Nevada, Reno NEESinc President Board Liaison	Thalia Anagnos San José State University Retired Board Member Prior NC Member
   Reggie DesRoches Georgia Tech Earthquake Researcher Representative	Tara Hutchinson UC Irvine Earthquake Researcher Representative
   Bill Holmes Rutherford & Chekene EQ-Risk Stakeholder Representative Prior NC Chair	Cynthia Steimle NEESinc Headquarters Headquarters Staff Liaison