Community

UNAVCO fosters communication for and by scientists and educators throughout its membership who are affiliated with member universities and other scientific institutions, has funding sponsors, and is run through a governance structure. UNAVCO hosts meetings and events for its members, and encourages the community to join the discussion through the email lists, discussion forums, and other social media interactions. UNAVCO publishes a variety of publications, proposals, andreports for use by scientists and educator affiliated with its member institutions.

Membership

UNAVCO consortium members are educational or nonprofit institutions chartered in the United States (US) or its Territories that are willing to make a clear and continuing commitment to active participation in the activities of the organization.

• Membership information covers the benefits of becoming members and associate members of the UNAVCO community,
• Membership Application Form is used for institutions to apply for Member or Associate Member status.
• Members Map and Table Listing provides a map showing all the locations of UNAVCO Members and Associate Members and a table with the institution name, member representative name, and representative's email address.
• Members Table Listing provides a table with the institution name, member representative name, and representative's email address.

Governance

UNAVCO members provide governance for the organization. Representatives of Member institutions serve on the board of directors and on governing committees.

• Bylaws [PDF] includes information about UNAVCO, its Member Institutions, Representatives, and Meetings; Committees, the Board of Directors and their Meetings, Officers and other governance bylaws
• Board of Directors provides a list and contact information for the current members of the UNAVCO Board of Directors.
• Committees includes the current and past members of the standing and advisory committees, their contact information, and term, committee charters and reports.
• Officers provides a list and contact information for the current officers of UNAVCO
• President's page include a message from the UNAVCO president and biography
• Strategic Plan - Positioning UNAVCO 2009-2013 provides a foundation for an implementation plan that will detail actions, time lines, and specific metrics, and will be undertaken through UNAVCO governance, by the investigator community, and by UNAVCO staff.

Meetings and Events

Meetings, short courses, and events convened or co-convened by UNAVCO are open to its members. UNAVCO sponsors meetings, workshops, events, staff contributions, and publications.

• Meetings and Events includes the UNAVCO and Community Events Calendar, upcoming board meetings, short courses, and other meetings & events. Previous years are available through the archive links. Community events are external to UNAVCO and are shown as reminders; consult the event organizers for most up to date information.

Publications, Proposals, and Reports

UNAVCO publishes research plans, proposals, reports, and related documents such as the Strategic Plan for 2009-2013.

• Community Bibliography includes a collection of citations for refereed publications from key journals which mention UNAVCO and/or the Plate Boundary Observatory.
• Outreach Materials include the UNAVCO Logos and Usage Policies, published one-pagers, booklets, newsletters , and brochures highlighting UNAVCO services and community science.
• Proposals provides links to the narrative of funded proposals
• Reports to Sponsors includes current and past reports to its sponsors as part of its responsibilities for continued funding.
• Strategic Plan - Positioning UNAVCO 2009-2013 provides a foundation for an implementation plan that will detail actions, time lines, and specific metrics, and will be undertaken through UNAVCO governance, by the investigator community, and by UNAVCO staff.
• Meeting & Event Publications include presentations, publications, and posters from UNAVCO workshops, and other community meetings such as AGU's Fall Meeting

Policies, Forms, and Procedures

Policies and procedures that govern UNAVCO as well as forms used to request services, participate in events, review disclosures, or receive reimbursements are all available.

• Policies, Forms, and Procedures relate to governance, data use and acknowledgment, and advancing community proposals for workshops, equipment, or science collaboration.

Join the discussion

Community mail lists, discussion forums, other social interaction networks, such as facebook, are available to UNAVCO members to promote information exchange.

• Mail lists
• Discussion Forums
• Facebook
• Twitter

Sponsors

UNAVCO’s primary sponsors are the National Science foundation (NSF) and the National Atmospheric and Space Administration (NASA).

• National Science Foundation
• National Aeronautics and Space Administration