Executive Board
Terms of Reference
The Executive Board is the primary management body of the ESMF. It sets the goals, scope, and strategic direction of the Project as a whole, and provides technical and scientific guidance on practical matters as they arise.
The Executive Board is charged with ensuring that the ESMF organization works effectively. It is responsible for developing and approving changes to the Project Plan, which includes terms of reference for ESMF Project bodies and positions. The Executive Board is responsible for ensuring that the Project Plan is implemented, and it has the authority to make changes to the ESMF organization in order to do so. The Executive Board is the body that represents the ESMF Project to the Interagency Working Group (IAWG).
The Executive Board is informed by an Advisory Board, whose members it selects. The Executive Board also selects members of the Change Review Board. Appointments to management and coordination positions, including the Program Coordinator, Core Team Manager, and Standards Coordinator, must be confirmed by the Executive Board.
Members and Meetings
The ESMF Executive Board consists of leads from ESMF collaborating institutions. Candidates are nominated by members of the IAWG or Executive Board and confirmed by consensus of Eexcutive Board standing members. Members serve renewable three year terms. The Executive Board Chariperson is selected by member consensus and serves a renewable three year term. The Program Coordinator and Core Team Manager are ex officio members of the Executive Board. The Board meets twice yearly, or as directed by the Chairperson.
Charge and Reporting
- Set the goals, scope, organizational structure and processes, functional metrics, and future directions of the ESMF Project.
- Represent the ESMF Project to the IAWG, and interact with the IAWG on any issue of interest or concern to that body.
- Propose programmatic metrics for review and acceptance by the IAWG.
- Provide information on the progress of the ESMF Project to the IAWG, the policy community, the Earth science community, and others.
- Promote the ESMF Project within the national and international Earth science and related communities.
- Periodically develop and approve updated versions of the ESMF Project Plan, and approve changes to the Project Plan.
- Track progress and assure adherence to the ESMF Project Plan and direct any necessary corrective activities.
- Approve new ESMF Project bodies and positions.
- If necessary, terminate ESMF Project bodies or positions, or remove individuals from specific roles within the Project.
- Select members of the ESMF Advisory Board and Change Review Board.
- Confirm management and coordination positions, including the Core Team Manager, the Program Coordinator, and the Standards Coordinator.
