There are a lot of things constantly being developed within APECS, and the leadership represents our most active members. It is composed of early career researchers that are interested in the activities and the future directions of the organization. By being involved in APECS, young researchers gain skills in leadership, communication, organization, and international cooperation. The strength of the volunteer efforts of APECS members is what drives our organization and activities. Project initiation and management, whether web-based or in-person events, are carried out by a number of member-initiated working groups and committees made up of both members and mentors.
All APECS activities are governed by the organizational Terms of Reference and Rules of Procedure, which were approved by unanimous vote in 2008.
Executive Committee
• Annually elected by the open Council
• Manages the organization and approves major decisions
Directorate
• The physical secretariat of APECS (hosted in Tromsø, Norway)
• Serves as the main point of contact, day-to-day operations, and institutional memory
Council
• Members nominated by organizations or self-nominated and approved by the Executive Committee
• Contributes to the smooth implementation of APECS activities
• Links APECS to current research activities, polar research communities, and international science groups
• Ensures the sharing of information from various research areas and partner organizations
• Includes Research Activities and Membership and Involvement subcommittees
Working Groups
• Project initation and management - anybody can propose a working group!
• 3-10 individuals (both APECS Memers and Mentors) cooperating on a clearly outlined project
• Current groups are: Mentorship Program, Virtual Poster Session, Sediment Budgets in Cold Environments, Who’s Who in Polar Science
Education & Outreach Committee
• Helps APECS disseminate polar research information to wide audiences of all ages and countries
• Provides support to national education and outreach programs and member initiatives and ideas
Advisory Committee
• Senior-level polar researchers and administrators
• Provides ongoing advice and support
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Hello APECS Members,
It’s a great pleasure for me to introduce the 2011-2012 ExCom to you: Allen Pope (UK / USA), Angelika Renner (Norway), Jennifer Provencher (Canada), Luis Guilherme Resende de Assis (Brazil), Gerlis Fugmann (ExCom Ex-Officio, Germany / Canada) and myself (Russia). All the bios of the new Executive Committee and Council are available on www.apecs.is/leadership. We are looking forward to a great year full of exciting activities and events and encourage you to learn more about the leadership team of the APECS ExCom and Council made up of 37 enthusiastic young scientists from 19 countries!
This will be another big year for APECS. As you may know, APECS has planned a lot of exciting activities inconjuction with the IPY 2012 Conference, at the AGU Fall Meeting in December, at the SCAR Open Science Conference, and many more! It’s a great opportunity for all our members to be a part of such significant events and meet in person. We also will continue to build our online resources and webinars with great career development advice.
I would also like to thank the past Council and ExCom for all their hard work – it has been an amazingly productive year for APECS with new subcommittees, working groups, workshops, webinars and many other fantastic activities. All the great highlights of the 2010-2011 term have been summarized by the outgoing executive committee in the 2010-2011 APECS Annual Report. Many thanks also to our mentors, advisory committee, Ex-Officio members and Director for their advice and expertise; you are great support to all of us!
I am looking forward to another exciting year with all of you under one large umbrella: APECS. As always, there are a lot of activities for every APECS member to get involved with, so make sure to keep visiting anytime.
All the best wishes,
Yulia Zaika
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 Newly elected APECS President Yulia Zaika was born in the Arctic, NW Russia, and since that time her life has been intimately connected with all things Polar. President Zaika completed her studies at Petrozavodsk State University as an Ecologist and Interpreter in 2006. Currently she is a Research Assistant at Khibiny educational and scientific base of the Faculty of Geography M.V.Lomonosov Moscow State University. Her research focuses on observations of climate data, snow cover and avalanches as natural hazardous processes in the industrialized Russian Arctic regions. Starting in 2007 Zaika was involved in the Present Day Processes and Past Changes Arctic IPY project as a member of the Benefits Russia Team (“Natural and Social Science Research Cooperation in Northern Russia and Norway for Mutual Benefits across National and Scientific Borders”) and she serves as the coordinator for socially oriented observations on quality of life of people in Murmansk region. She is also involved in INTERACT (International Network for Terrestrial Research and Monitoring in the Arctic), a project with a numerous of Arctic field station partners from 18 countries, as the Khibiny base representative in this EU 7 Framework Programme project. |
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