UCAR MEMBERS' NOMINATING COMMITTEE
REPORT TO THE UCAR MEMBERS

October 2000

Committee Members:

Paola Malanotte-Rizzoli, Chairwoman
Otis Brown
Arthur Few
Matthew Hitchman
John Merrill
Suzanne Paulson

A. INTRODUCTION

The Nominating Committee met in Boulder on 20 June 2000. The mail survey to solicit suggestions from the Members' Representatives for Trustee and Member committee slates had been conducted and the results were compiled and provided to the Committee in advance of the meeting.

The committee commends the slate presented in this report for your attention.

B. VOTING PROCEDURE

A majority vote of Members' Representatives present (at a meeting at which a quorum is present) is required for election to office. Each Members' Representative has one vote. Votes are cast by ballot.

We recommend conducting the election in accordance with the voting procedure used in the past several years, as follows:

The four candidates receiving the highest majorities will be elected Trustees. If all four positions are filled on the first ballot, the election is complete. If fewer than four Trustees are elected on the first ballot, then the name(s) of those so elected will be removed from the ballot, and an additional ballot or ballots will be taken until all Trustee positions are filled.

C. INSTITUTIONAL TRUSTEES

Three-Year Term Nominees

The Nominating Committee is pleased to submit a slate of six candidates for Institutional Trustees. Four will be elected to serve three-year terms. These nominees have been selected with very careful consideration given to achieving a broad range of backgrounds and experience considered important on the Board. Biographical information as well as nominating statements by the committee members are provided.

Gregory R. Carmichael, University of Iowa
William R. Cotton, Colorado State University
Leo J. Donner, Princeton University
Eugenia Kalnay, University of Maryland
Soroosh Sorooshian, University of Arizona
Gabor Vali, University of Wyoming

D. TRUSTEE-AT-LARGE

There is one Trustee-at-large seat to fill at this election. We are pleased to nominate Patricia A. Woodworth, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at the University of Chicago, for a three-year term on the UCAR Board of Trustees. Ms. Woodworth's biographical information is provided and, in addition, a brief paragraph provided by the Members' Nominating Committee.

E. UCAR MEMBERS' COMMITTEES

The Members have the responsibility to elect several committees at each annual meeting and the slates for these are given below:

SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMS EVALUATION COMMITTEE (SPEC) (Five-year term)

Susan Avery - University of Colorado
Eric Barron - The Pennsylvania State University
Robert Duce, Chairman - The Texas A&M University
Franco Einaudi - NASA
Chris Fairall - NOAA
Daniel Jacob - Harvard University
Bert Semtner - Naval Postgraduate School
Lisa Sloan - University of California, Santa Cruz

MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE (Three-year term)

Anthony Brazel - Arizona State University
Art Few - Rice University
Robert Talbot - University of New Hampshire

Continuing members of the Membership Committee are:

Keith Aldridge - York University (2001)
James Coakley - Oregon State University (2002)
Walter Robinson - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2002)
Mary Jo Richardson, Chairwoman - The Texas A&M University (2001)
Sepideh Yalda - Millersville University of Pennsylvania (2002)

UNIVERSITY RELATIONS COMMITTEE (Three-year term)

Eric Betterton - University of Arizona
Efi Foufoula-Georgiou - University of Minnesota
Everette Joseph - Howard University
Pat Reiff - Rice University

Continuing members of the University Relations Committee are:

Chris Bretherton - University of Washington (2001)
Kelvin Droegemeier, Chairman - University of Oklahoma (2001)
Matthew Hitchman - University of Wisconsin-Madison (2001)
Kenneth Pickering - University of Maryland (2002)
Gene Takle - Iowa State University (2002)
Mingfang Ting - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2001)

MEMBERS' NOMINATING COMMITTEE (One-year term)

Otis Brown - University of Miami, Rosenstiel School
Fred Carr - University of Oklahoma
Paola Malanotte-Rizzoli, Chairwoman - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
John Merrill - University of Rhode Island
Mary Jo Richardson - The Texas A&M University

END OF REPORT