The Executive Board of the LTER Science Council acts on behalf of the Science Council throughout the year.
The LTER Executive Board includes one-third (1/3) of the lead principal investigators of active LTER sites, serving three (3)-year terms on a rotating basis, plus the lead principal investigator of the LTER Network Office and of the Environmental Data Initiative. Four standing committees also send representatives to the Executive Board: Information Management Committee, Education/Outreach Committee, Broadening Participation Committee, and Graduate Student Representatives. All members of the Executive Board act on behalf of, and are accountable to, the membership of the LTER Network.
The chair-elect is selected by vote of the Executive Board, from among active Executive Board members in the second year of their term. The chair-elect advances automatically to chair in the third year of their term.
The Executive Board has the following powers and responsibilities:
- Authorize action on behalf of the LTER Network
- Make rules for the self-governance of the LTER Network
- Create, evaluate, and dissolve committees
- Fill vacancies in, and change the membership of, such duly constituted committees
- Develop and recommend changes to the bylaws
- In consultation with the LTER Network Office and the Environmental Data Initiative, the Executive Board develops and updates the LTER Strategic and Implementation Plan for the Network
