[Aqualist] IntCal Oversight Committee Voting: Voting closes this Thursday 15 January!

[Ellyn Cook]

Just to bring to your attention that two of the nominees (below) work in 
our part of the world; Sander van der Kaars (Indonesia and Australia) 
and Andrew Lorrey (South Pacific and New Zealand).

All nominees' biographies are available on-line at 
http://www.radiocarbon.org/IntCal_bios.pdf and VOTING CLOSES THIS 
THURSDAY 15 JANUARY!

Forwarded message from Paula Reimer:

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Dear colleagues,

Earlier in the year, I contacted this list asking for nominations for 
the oversight committee of the IntCal working group (IWG).  Nominations 
have now closed and the election process has started and we would like 
to offer members of this list a chance to vote.

The aim of the IntCal group is to provide an accurate, internationally 
agreed radiocarbon calibration curve for use throughout the radiocarbon 
dating community. The  statistician and palaeoscientists appointed to 
the IntCal Oversight Committee (IOC) will work with the IWG to allow 
community input and transparency to the curve creation process.

Voting is open until 15 January 2009 and each elector may vote for one 
nominee in each of the three areas of expertise: 1) marine 
palaeoscience, 2) terrestrial palaeoscience and 3) statistics. A list of 
the nominees with brief biographies is available on-line at 
http://www.radiocarbon.org/IntCal_bios.pdf

While some nominees have expertise in more than one category, for 
convenience, each is listed in just one.  The nominee biographies were 
provided by either the nominator or the nominee (but in some cases were 
not available).

Please vote for *one nominee in each category* by emailing Mark McClure 
at editor at radiocarbon.org <mailto:editor at radiocarbon.org> with the 
subject "*IOC vote*" and the name of the person you wish to vote for in 
each category in the main body of the message.  Your vote will be 
treated confidentially and seen only by the managing editor of 
Radiocarbon, Mark McClure,  who will tally the votes and relay the 
results to the IntCal Working Group and all nominees.