Report prepared for the Experts Meeting Towards the Implementation of a Global Invasive Species
Information Network (GISIN), 6-8 April, 2004. Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Page 110
8/30/2004
Selection of an Interim Steering
Committee
The draft GISIN Framework document
recommended that an interim Executive
Committee (EC) be established to fulfill the
governance requirements of the first GISIN
membership meeting (Simpson 2004)
(
Appendix K). The Financial and
Organizational Framework breakout group
agreed to rename the EC to interim Steering
Committee (iSC) to make this governing
group seem more open and more inclusive.
Short term tasks to be undertaken by the
iSC:
Develop and agree on a business
plan, and initiate fund raising
activities.
Address the issue of the affiliation(s)
of the GISIN.
Review the structure and governance
of the GISIN, and present proposals
for consideration by the wider
community that include or highlight
pilot projects that demonstrate current
GISIN-type activities and progress.
Identify advantages/disadvantages of
designing GISIN to meet the needs of
various potential audiences.
The document also recommended a 12-
member EC for the GISIN, so the breakout
group asked Annie Simpson (NBII), Jeff
Fisher (DOS), and Lucie Rogo (CBD
Secretariat) to nominate six of the twelve
iSC members by the end of the meeting.
Participants at the meeting were called
upon to indicate their interest and
availability, and to nominate meeting
participants for the six positions. The
breakout group also recommended that the
initial six member iSC should be tasked with
selecting an additional six members that
would complete a 12 member iSC.
The six members of the iSC were selected
based on criteria outlined in the draft
Organizational Framework document, which
recommended selection of members that
would provide broad representation from a
variety of regions, government and non-
government organizations, areas of
expertise, and interests; and with the ability
to identify six additional members.
The six elected members of the GISIN
interim Steering Committee selected and
approved at the meeting are:
Malika Bounfour (Morocco)
Dr. Bounfour is an Entomologist and Plant
Health Specialist with the Ministry of
Agriculture in Rabat, Morocco. She is also a
member of the national board of NAFRINET,
the North African loop of BioNET-International.
Hannu Saarenmaa (Denmark)
Dr. Saarenmaa is the Deputy Director for
Informatics at the Global Biodiversity
Information Facility (GBIF) Secretariat in
Copenhagen, Denmark.
Soetikno Sastroutomo (Malaysia)
Dr. Sastroutomo is a Senior Project Officer of
CAB International’s Southeast Asia Regional
Center (Selangor, Malaysia) and Technical
Secretary of ASEANET, the ASEAN LOOP of
BioNET-International and APHCN (ASEAN
Plant Health Cooperation Network).
Annie Simpson (USA)
Ms. Simpson is the Invasive Species Theme
Coordinator for the Invasive Species
Information Node of the National Biological
Information Infrastructure in Virginia, USA. She
is also the U.S. lead for the Inter-American
Biodiversity Information Network (IABIN)
Invasives Information Network (I3N) project.
Yan Xie (China)
Dr. Xie is Director of the Interdisciplinary
Research Promoting Center, Institute of
Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
(Beijing, China). She is also Manager of the
Chinese Species Information System (CSIS).
Silvia Ziller (Brazil)
Dr. Ziller is President of the Horus Institute and
The Nature Conservancy (TNC) Brazil Invasive
Species Program Coordinator (Curitiba, Brazil).
She is also a GISP Board Member, member of
ISSG, and fellow of Ashoka Innovators for the
Public.
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