GABI members
The Gulf of Alaska Integrated Ecosystem Research Program (GOAIERP) project management plan stipulates that the Gulf of Alaska Board of Investigators (GABI) will be composed of five members, one from each of the large project components of the study (lower, middle, and upper trophic levels plus modeling) and the lead data manager. In addition, the NPRB GOAIERP Program Management lead, or their designee, will form part of this group as a non-voting member.
GABI members will serve staggered two-year terms and may be re-elected. To start the staggered terms, two members will initially only serve a one year appointment. The lead investigators for each of the components will serve as the initial GABI members. Thereafter, principal investigators can nominate potential GABI members, or any investigator can choose to self-nominate. The designated data manager, once chosen, will remain on the GABI for the duration of the project.
Terms will expire on September 30th of each year. NPRB will administer an election by e-mail or web-based form one month before the end of a term. For each component, the nominee receiving the highest number of votes will be elected.
Based on a random drawing, Olav Ormseth (middle trophic level) and Sarah Hinckley (modeling) will serve initial terms of one year, with their terms ending on September 30, 2012. The two-year terms of Jamal Moss (upper trophic level) and Russ Hopcroft (lower trophic level) will expire on September 30, 2013.
