IUSS Elections

The International Union of Soil Sciences (IUSS) is the global union of soil scientists. Its objectives are to foster all branches of the soil sciences and their applications. The main mechanism for this work is the divisions and commissions of the Union. Any interested soil scientist may participate in the activities of the Union – there is no need to be an individual member as scientists are represented by national members. In the United States, the National Academy of Sciences is the IUSS national member, representing all U.S. soil scientists regardless of professional society membership through its U.S. National Committee for Soil Science.

All U.S. soil scientists are invited to participate in the elections for IUSS division and commission officers, who will serve from 2010-2014. Each national member of the IUSS is conducting the election for its own membership, thus the U.S. National Committee is hosting an election for U.S. soil scientists. For the purposes of this election, a "U.S. soil scientist" is defined as one who views the United States as his or her home country, regardless of national origin or citizenship. If you are a scientist resident in the United States, but consider another country to be your home, please vote through that national society to participate in the IUSS elections. Likewise, if you are a U.S. soil scientist currently living abroad, you may choose to vote through the U.S. national member. Please vote in the IUSS elections only once, through one national member.

Please go to the website to cast your vote by March 1, 2008.