The IAG Officers have been elected for the period 2007-2011

The IAG Nominating Committee for the election of Officers relative to the period 2007-2011, composed by:

L.P. Fortes
R. Rummel
F. Sansò
C. Wilson

has completed on May 25, 2007 all the election procedures according to the present IAG Bylaws.
The list of the new Officers elected to the various positions within the IAG structure, results as follows:

IAG President:

M. Sideris, Canada

IAG Vice-President:

C. Rizos, Australia

IAG Secretary General:

H. Drewes, Germany

President of Commission 1 (Reference Frames):

Z. Altamimi, France

President of Commission 2 (Gravity Field):

Y. Fukuda, Japan

President of Commission 3 (Earth Rotation and Geodynamics):

M. Bevis,USA

President of Commission 4 (Positioning and Applications):

S. Verhagen,The Netherlands

Members at large(2 to be elected):

R. Wonnacott,South Africa
K. Heki, Japan

Service Representatives(3 to be elected):

M. Rothacher,Germany
S. Kenyon,USA
R. Neilan,USA

President of the COB (Communication and Outreach Branch):

J. Adam, Hungary

The votes of 31 members of the IAG Council, representing each an adhering body to the Association, have been cast.

Now that this procedure has come to an end, I would like to express, also on behalf of the Nominating Committee, the satisfaction for the number and the quality of the participants to the election procedure. This is something vital for our Science because it proves the passion and the human interest in putting work into the organization of the international frame for our scientific achievements, namely IAG.

As in all democratic procedures there is a point when votes are counted and some specific names come out of the urn; this should never be taken as an offence by those who have not been selected, but rather as a push to do more and better.
I have seen no name that has been considered as irrelevant or inapt to the position in terms of votes; only the counting mechanism in the end selects a name, however this is not the end of the story and other elections will come in four years and then others and others, as I hope that IAG will last for ever.

On behalf of the Nominating Committee,
Fernando Sansò


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posted by Sz. Rózsa The IAG Nominating Committee for the election of Officers relative to the period 2007-2011, composed by: L.P. Fortes R. Rummel F. Sansò C. Wilson has completed on May 25, 2007 all the election procedures according to the present IAG Bylaws. The list of the new Officers elected to the various positions within the IAG structure, results as follows: IAG President: M. Sideris, Canada IAG Vice-President: C. Rizos, Australia IAG Secretary General: H. Drewes, Germany President of Commission 1 (Reference Frames): Z. Altamimi, France President of Commission 2 (Gravity Field): Y. Fukuda, Japan President of Commission 3 (Earth Rotation and Geodynamics): M. Bevis,USA President of Commission 4 (Positioning and Applications): S. Verhagen,The Netherlands Members at large(2 to be elected): R. Wonnacott,South Africa K. Heki, Japan Service Representatives(3 to be elected): M. Rothacher,Germany S. Kenyon,USA R. Neilan,USA President of the COB (Communication and Outreach Branch): J. Adam, Hungary The votes of 31 members of the IAG Council, representing each an adhering body to the Association, have been cast. Now that this procedure has come to an end, I would like to express, also on behalf of the Nominating Committee, the satisfaction for the number and the quality of the participants to the election procedure. This is something vital for our Science because it proves the passion and the human interest in putting work into the organization of the international frame for our scientific achievements, namely IAG. As in all democratic procedures there is a point when votes are counted and some specific names come out of the urn; this should never be taken as an offence by those who have not been selected, but rather as a push to do more and better. I have seen no name that has been considered as irrelevant or inapt to the position in terms of votes; only the counting mechanism in the end selects a name, however this is not the end of the story and other elections will come in four years and then others and others, as I hope that IAG will last for ever. On behalf of the Nominating Committee, *Fernando Sansò*