Governance
Governance of the Green Plant Phylogeny Research Coordination
Group (GPPRCG) Anticipating the end of the first grant for
this project, and the need for a mechanism to continue the
group's activities and to search for new funding, a simple
set of bylaws was formally adopted at an openly advertised
GPPRCG business meeting at the International Botanical Congress
on August 5th, 1999. The over-all effort will be guided by
an Executive Committee composed of six regular members (serving
three- year terms, staggered such that two people rotate off
at the end of each August) plus one student slot, rotating
every year. The Executive Committee is self-perpetuating,
and should elect the two incoming members plus a new student
member each spring (while attempting to maintain a balance
between organismal specialty, geography, age, and gender as
much as possible). New members will be appointed to the board
to begin serving at the beginning of June, providing a three-month
overlap between the terms of old and new members of the committee.
The Chair is named each year by vote of the Committee.
Any new grant proposals submitted in the name of the group
should be discussed and approved by the Executive Committee
ahead of time to ensure coordination and adherence to the
group's goals. Principal Investigators of such proposals of
course do not need to be members of the Executive Committee,
but if funded will be treated as ex officio members of the
Executive Committee while their grant is active to assure
smooth cooperation. Thus the full Executive Committee has
7 members during the academic year and 10 members during the
summer, plus any PIs of "official" Deep Green grants who serve
for the duration of their grant.
Current members of the GPPRCG
Executive Committee:
(shown with the August they rotate off the Committee)
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Past members of the GPPRCG Executive Committee:
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