[visionlist] VSS 2017 | Nominations to the VSS Board of Directors Reminder

Wed Feb 22 17:34:18 -05 2017

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Vision Sciences Society

VSS 2017

Seventeenth Annual Meeting

May 19-24, 2017 St. Pete Beach, FL

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Nominations are open for two 4-year positions on the Vision Sciences Society Board of Directors. The Board's responsibilities include scheduling the Annual Meeting, implementing and monitoring VSS policies, budget oversight, and other organizational activities. The Board meets twice a year, during the Annual Meeting and in late January.

Any regular VSS member in good standing may be nominated, with the exception of individuals now on the Board, or who have served on the Board within the last four years. 

Nomination Procedures

Each nomination must be endorsed by 3 regular VSS members. One person should email the nomination to  <mailto:shauneywilson at visionsciences.org> shauneywilson at visionsciences.org with a cc: to the other two nominators. The other two nominators should indicate their endorsement by forwarding the nominating email to  <mailto:shauneywilson at visionsciences.org> Shauney Wilson. Please include a recent vita and a short paragraph describing the qualifications of the nominee, as well as an assurance that the nominee is willing to serve. With their consent, nominees may remain on the nominee list for three years. 

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Selection of Slate of Candidates 

The VSS bylaws provide for a  <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=00181lhU5JL58uZSIEL2NcsFWPcq4Ewvg1SneE0kvLIbRCApveM4ILJDQ_5dt8DO9TWOpW5WtT76UOOTiJsPhHPU0DtD69qQz-zwUAuDMalQe33BsuWTsEVHemhR6klOOa1JXMxqXpXjfK2OL2XD2rqfodKG2S6C2Cr5oMaE3dulTOT1dRoYWV71r640k_wwirO&c=fWa1tlUq0vxXphlDfUJiKsZ-Xnrg_I50Fp9gUtAnBE-Ffbx-noIHWA==&ch=tTmSJkpG3E6k3JWBbkoTkrAzruhKPGY5-9vcu5CqeHvDBOUIAYL-1Q==> Nominating Committee, composed of VSS members who are highly respected scientists chosen to represent the broad range of disciplines representative of VSS members (the VSS President chairs the Nominating Committee). The current members of the Nominating Committee are Bill Geisler, Barbara Dosher, Michael Morgan, Mary Peterson and Preeti Verghese. For each open Director position, the Nominating Committee selects from the nominees a slate of candidates who are highly respected scientists and who, when added to the Board of Directors, would result in broad representation of the disciplines representative of VSS members.

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Current Board of Directors 

The names, term-end dates and areas of expertise of the  <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=00181lhU5JL58uZSIEL2NcsFWPcq4Ewvg1SneE0kvLIbRCApveM4ILJDQ_5dt8DO9TWPMrG6UC-HOpNxRokaf4pCaKWFbMm12vrwohP6PZ9-_Et4O1eQpleYfXUYdz8RKxCTMqG0FZBiKoPWlozIcmbvr44R8endHrsj5QhhClbhM4=&c=fWa1tlUq0vxXphlDfUJiKsZ-Xnrg_I50Fp9gUtAnBE-Ffbx-noIHWA==&ch=tTmSJkpG3E6k3JWBbkoTkrAzruhKPGY5-9vcu5CqeHvDBOUIAYL-1Q==> Board members are listed below. Board terms end immediately after the VSS Meeting of the year listed.

Norma Graham (2017)
Spatial vision, psychophysics, computational modeling of behavior and of neural systems, natural images, attention, perceptual learning

Anthony Norcia (2017)
Binocular vision, 3D perception, visual development; psychophysics and neuroimaging

Preeti Verghese (2018) 
Visual search and attention, eye movements, motion, binocular vision

Andrew Watson (2018)
Spatial vision, motion perception, psychophysics, computational models, visual displays

Eli Brenner (2018)
Perception and action, eye movements, reaching and grasping, color, cue combination, motion perception, psychophysics

Jeffrey Schall (2019)
Visual search, eye movements, attention

Jeremy Wolfe (2019)
Visual search, visual attention, scene perception, visual memory

David Brainard (2020) 
Color and lightness, material perception, spatial vision, psychophysics, computational models   

Lynne Kiorpes (2020) 
Visual development, Amblyopia, Developmental disability, Neurophysiology 

Norma Graham and Tony Norcia will leave the Board after the Annual Meeting in May. 
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Schedule for Election

March 3, 2017 Nominations close
April 3, 2017 Election begins (online)
April 28, 2017 Election ends
May 9, 2017 Election results announced 

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Important Dates

March 1  <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=00181lhU5JL58uZSIEL2NcsFWPcq4Ewvg1SneE0kvLIbRCApveM4ILJDW4R98cJxeeecQyFcusTLS0cvMG6gfj1EfqKzCzdH8Lrcwjgwao2lm4RsIo7sOKOCgjq6Qnt9WegFwJ7LCvnANnnBeVPKNfVTlr-OVCJoEehmhgvrsvwgInI_9i3_FDdpg==&c=fWa1tlUq0vxXphlDfUJiKsZ-Xnrg_I50Fp9gUtAnBE-Ffbx-noIHWA==&ch=tTmSJkpG3E6k3JWBbkoTkrAzruhKPGY5-9vcu5CqeHvDBOUIAYL-1Q==> Early Registration Deadline

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