Marguerite Madden becomes ASPRS vice president for 2005; and more.

The results of the 2005 election have been tallied by the Tellers Committee and they reported that Marguerite Madden won the election over Stephen DeGloria to become ASPRS vice president for 2005. Once she is sworn in as president in 2007, Madden will be the sixth woman to hold that office since the Society was founded in 1934. With the installation of officers at the ASPRS Annual Conference in March, Karen Schuckman moves into the position of president; Kari Craun becomes president-elect, and Russell Congelton becomes past president. Madden is Director of the Center for Remote Sensing and Mapping Science (CRMS), Department of Geography, University of Georgia.

Paula Smit was elected as Assistant Director, Geographic Information Systems Division. Smit, a Senior Systems Engineer for the Raytheon Company's Intelligence and Information Systems in Aurora, Colorado, is currently assigned to the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) Program and the NPOESS Preparatory Project (NPP). Robert Eadie was elected as Assistant Director, Primary Data Acquisition Division. Robert Eadie is the Northeastern U.S. Manager of Intermap Technologies in Denver, Colorado. Paula Smit is a Senior Systems Engineer for the Raytheon Company's Intelligence and Information Systems in Aurora, Colorado