The YES Network is hosting ELECTIONS FOR THE 2012-2014 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE! Voting is NOW OPEN!

The YES Network is hosting ELECTIONS FOR THE 2012-2014 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE!  Voting is NOW OPEN! Please see below for important information and instructions!


When can I vote?
YES Network Election Voting is NOW OPEN through May 25th at 22:00 GMT. To vote for your new Executive Committee Members go to: http://www.agiweb.org/yes/elections2012/.  Please take advantage of this opportunity to vote for your new Executive Leaders!


Who is eligible to vote?
Those YES Network members who joined the organization on or before February 10th, 2012.


How do I vote?
Go to the voting website (http://www.agiweb.org/yes/elections2012/) hosted by the American Geosciences Institute and follow the instructions.  You will need your YES Network ID and Password to start the voting process.  If you became a YES member after February 10th, 2012, you are ineligible to vote.  Each YES Member will only be able to vote ONCE in this round of elections.  Once your vote is submitted, you will be able to print your selections for your own records.


How do I obtain my YES Network ID and Password?
Please visit the YES Membership Login webpage (http://www.networkyes.org/index.php/yes_membership_form/) and enter in your information.  Membership Services will respond to your request before the end of the voting period. Use your YES ID and Password to vote.


Who can I vote for?
All nominees who are running for Executive positions have written  Letters of Intent for all YES Members to view.  These letters explain why the candidate is running for the position and his/her 2-year plan for the YES Network if voted into the Executive Committee.  Please carefully read each statement prior to voting. Letters of intent can be found at: http://www.networkyes.org/index.php/news/#News_Leadership.


How will nominations be determined?
Nominations for the 2010-2014 Executive Committee are reviewed by the YES Election Committee.  The Election Committee is composed of current and past Executive Members who are not standing for re-election: Joanne Venus (Outgoing President), David Govoni (Past President), Heather Houlton (YES Membership Services/Webmaster) and Current and Past Executive Members: Michelle Cooper, Sarah Gaines, Eliakim Kagimbo, Luca Micucci, Elyvin Nkhonjera and Syed Ajijur Rahman.


Please take part of this exciting opportunity!


Sincerely,
YES Executive Committee

The 2nd International YES Symposium 2012 Programme

Dear YES members,

For those of you who plan to attend the YES Symposium 2012 and/or the 34th IGC next August in Brisbane, here is the programme for the YES sessions:


Sunday 5 August (University of Queensland)

09:00-10:00 YES Network Congress Registration
A YES 2012 registration desk will be set up at the University of Queensland for delegates registering only for YES Network events.
To participate in YES sessions to be held at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, you must register as a 34th IGC delegate and pay the appropriate registration fee. Discounted registration fees are available to YES members and student delegates.

10:00-12:00 CV Workshop
At this workshop YES delegates will learn tips and tools for   strengthening their CV. Murray Smith, Vice President of Human Resources in Minerals Exploration at BHP will   share his insights into what industry looks for in the content and structure of a CV, while Tiffany  Rivera  from Roskilde University, Denmark, will address how academics (and those interested in pursuing a   career in academia) should organize and present their CV.
Registration for this workshop will be via the YES Network website   between October and March, 2012 (Limited onsite registration).

12:00-13:00 Lunch Function
YES Delegates are invited to a lunch function as a start to the   Industry-YES Network Members Event.
Come along and meet your fellow YES Network members’ right before the IGC begins.
The cost of this lunch is included in your registration if you are a YES member and have pre-registered for this event. Additional guests are $30 AUD each; registration and   payment details please contact Ashley Paroz at a.paroz@uq.edu.au between October and March, 2012.

12:00-15:00 Industry-YES Members Event
This event will bring industry representatives, academics,   researchers and professional organizations together with YES Network members to discuss opportunities for   employment, work experience and collaboration in an informal and relaxed environment.
PLEASE NOTE: If you are interested in taking advantage of this   exciting opportunity to interact with some of the brightest early career earth scientists from around the  world  by having a display and/or sending a representative of your organization please contact Gabriela Perlingeiro at g.perlingeiro@uq.edu.au

Monday 6 August (Brisbane Convention Centre)


18:00-20:00 YES National Chapters, YES Room 1
This session will include presentations from the YES Network National Chapters on exciting projects and their plans for 2012-2014, and the YES awards ceremony.
20:00-22:00YES Network Meet and Greet Dinner
A chance to see downtown Brisbane, join us for dinner in the city centre. Further details to be confirmed. (Cost not included in your registration)140
Tuesday 7 August (Brisbane Convention Centre)
The YES Network Roundtable Program will commence on Tuesday 7 August. Roundtable sessions aim to bring together experts and early career geoscientists to discuss pertinent and topical issues. Two roundtable sessions will run concurrently each evening.
Roundtable sessions will run from 18:30 to 20:30 in the main conference centre, except for Friday 10 August when they will run from 09:00 to 11:30. Light refreshments will be provided and delegates are welcome to join their roundtable session organisers for dinner after each session (not funded) to continue the discussions.
18:30-20:30 Roundtable 1, YES Room 1: How can Geoscientists best engage with the public and high school pupils
Convenors: YES Outreach Team, Ashvin Wickramasooriya

18:30-20:30 Roundtable 2, YES Room 2:
Geological knowledge and technology transfer in developing nations
Convenor: Regional Representatives from Africa and Middle East

Wednesday 8 August (Brisbane Convention Centre)


17:00-19:00 Roundtable 3, YES Room 1: Engaging with policy makers: A YES legacy
Convenors: Gabriela Perlingeiro, YES Australia, David Govoni, YES Italy
Keynote Speakers: Alabama State Senador Scott Beason (USA)
17:00-19:00 Roundtable 4, YES Room 2: Education and Outreach in Polar Science
Convenors: Punyasloke Bhadury and Aisling Dolan, (joint YES Network and -Association of Polar Early Career Scientists)

Thursday 9 August (Brisbane Convention Centre)


18:30-20:30 Roundtable 5, YES Room 1: Emerging geoscience themes and the role of the YES Network
Conveners: Visioning Team, Sarah Gaines, UNESCO

18:30-20:30 Roundtable 6, YES Room 2: Women in Geosciences
Conveners: Tiffany Rivera, YES Denmark, Ndivhuwo Cecilia Mukosi, YES South Africa, Joanne Venus, YES United Kingdom, Ezzoura Errami, YES Morocco, African Association of Women Geoscientists
Keynote speaker: Kerstin Lehnert, Director of Integrated Earth Data Application and Director of
Geoinformatics for Geochemistry (Columbia University, New York, USA)

More information on: http://www.networkyes.org/index.php/meetings/yes_2012_congress/

Important Information on the YES Network Elections: Please read.

Dear All,

Please note the email address for ALL applications for the 2012-14 leadership team.

At this time we are ONLY accepting applications for the following positions:

President (1 role)

Team Leaders (5x roles)

The team leader roles are for the following teams:

1. Communicating Science

2. Career Development

3. Regional YES Network (esp applicable to current National and Regional Reps)

4. Scientific Collaboration

5. Communications and Support Team

We advise you to read the information available at http://www.networkyes.org/index.php/news/#News_Leadership (download the document YES2012NetworkElections) to find out about the teams and their aims.

Please note these positions are ALL for the YES Network 2012-14 Executive.

If you wish to apply for a Team Member Role - please await further instructions (that is the next phase of the elections)

If you are a National Representative, please do not apply for extension/ reapplication at this stage.

We encourage all members to consider applying.

PLEASE APPLY BY SENDING ALL REQUIRED DOCUMENTS/INFORMATION TO: YES2012elections@gmail.com

BY THE  6th April.

Receipt of applications sent to the yesnetwork.president or other leadership team accounts cannot be guaranteed due to high email volumes. So please ensure you send your application to the specific address.

Thank you

Jo 

Joanne Venus

Outgoing-President 

The YES Network Elections are running NOW!

*** YES Network Elections! ***

Dear YES Network Members,

The YES Network is holding elections for Executive Roles and Team Members for the next term, 2012-2014. Please view the following document for information about running for positions, voting and general information. We highly encourage you to become active members in the YES community if you are not already. If you have any questions about YES elections, please email the current YES President Jo Venus at networkyes.president@gmail.com.

Sincerely,

YES Executive Committee

IUGS COGE Logo Contest

The IUGS Commission on Geoscience Education, Training & Technology Transfer (IUGS COGE http://www.iugscoge.com) would like to announce a IUGS COGE Logo contest. 

 

1)      The IUGS COGE Logo contest is open only to individuals. The contest is not open to companies, institutions, organizations, etc. or to groups associated with such institutions.

2)      The logo must contain the words COGE (or it must be clear in its design).

3)      The logo must reflect the institutional relation with IUGS.

4)      Due to the requirements for high quality printing, and re-sizing, entries must be submitted in scalable vector graphic format.

5)      The logo must reveal the geoscience educational activities of our Commission.

6)      All submitted work must be original and not based on any pre-existing design.

7)      All entries will become the sole property of IUGS COGE.

8)      IUGS COGE  reserves the right to disqualify any entrant or entry at its sole discretion.

9)      Accepting the prize constitutes permission for IUGS COGE to make public and otherwise use the winner's name, and country of residence for publicity purposes.

The winner will receive an Acknowledgement Certificate and a $100 cash award from our Commission which will be officially given at the next IGC Congress in Brisbane, Australia (5-10 August 2012). The deadline for the IUGS COGE Logo contest is 7 July, 2012 (Pacific Daylight Time).

Submit your abstract to the One Geology session in the 34th IGC 2012!

Dear OneGeology colleagues,

Please remember to submit your OneGeology abstracts by 17th February.
The OneGeology sessions are within Theme 5 as follows:

5.1 Geoscience Spatial Data Infrastructure
Robert Tomas (robert.tomas@jrc.ec.europa.eu), Bruce Simons (Bruce.Simons@dpi.vic.gov.au)

Symposium for regional geoscience information activities and developments from Oceania, Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas. The latest news from geoscience-related Spatial Data Infrastructure development around the world, with particular reference to the pan-European INSPIRE initiative and SDI, the North American GIN and Geoconnections initiatives and the Australian AuScope project


5.2. Information Management - Interoperability and Standards
John Laxton (jll@bgs.ac.uk), Simon Cox (Simon.cox@csiro.au)

Geoscience information management best practise and standards for digital and analogue data; thesauri, dictionaries, vocabularies, ontologies and semantics. Development and application of information exchange formats underpinning interoperability (GeoSciML, GML, EarthResourceML, OGC and other standards), mapping data models to standards; successes, best practise and lessons learnt.

5.3. Delivery, dissemination and exploitation of geoscience data and information
Richard Hughes (rah@bgs.ac.uk), Oliver Raymond (Oliver.Raymond@ga.gov.au)

Strategic and technical progress, developments and plans from the OneGeology Global and OneGeology Europe initiatives. The creation of information and knowledge from geoscience data to address societal needs and create societal impacts and benefits; intellectual property and digital rights management in the digital era. Developments and best practise in the delivery of dynamic and static data and information.

Download the full details in the brochure for Theme 5 at http://www.34igc.org/FileLibrary/brochure_igc34_theme5_20jan.pdf

Best regards
OneGeology secretariat

IGC-YES Symposium 2012 in Brisbane, Australia

Dear YES member,

We invite you to submit an abstract to the IGC YES Symposium ‘Overcoming geoscience challenges in the 21st century by developing and improving the skills of early-career geoscientists’ (Theme 36, symposium 36.7).

You should note that this symposium is a part of the main IGC program and therefore abstract submission for this symposium will be governed by the same ‘rules’ as other IGC abstracts.
This means that:
- Abstracts must be submitted via the IGC abstract portal (http://www.34igc.org/submit-abstracts.php; this involves a cost)
- Presenters may only give one oral presentation; they can however have both a talk and a poster (separate abstracts need to be submitted for each)
- Abstracts are due by 17 February 2012 (AUSTRALIAN TIME)
- Abstracts must be submitted using the correct template or they may be rejected outright

We recommended that you don’t leave your abstract submission until the last minute as many people do that and the servers can get overloaded preventing upload.

Finally, if you do have any problems submitting your abstract please contact the conference organisers (email provided) NOT the YES President.

Regards,

YES Communications Support Team