CANDIDATE FOR AIPG NATIONAL PRESIDENT-ELECT
Candidate for AIPG National
President-Elect
R. Douglas Bartlett CPG-8433 Scottsdale, Arizona
I am honored to be nominated for the position of President-elect of AIPG. In the past several years as an active member with the Arizona Section and in this past year as AIPG Treasurer, I have come to know and admire the members of the AIPG Executive Committee and headquarters staff. These individuals donate much time and energy to making AIPG the relevant professional society that it is today. It is easy to accept this nomination because I know that the leadership of the society is top notch and the executive committee is well sup- ported by headquarters staff.
I have been a consulting geologist for 39 years, beginning my career doing coal resource and base and precious metals evaluations for Dames & Moore, a large international engineering firm. As a result of the early 1980’s down- turn in commodities and expansion of environmental work spurred by the national Superfund program, I migrated to environmental hydrogeology. I spent the first 10 years of my career based in Denver, then moved to Phoenix, Arizona in 1989 where I was eventually pro- moted to manager of Dames & Moore’s Arizona Geoscience Group. In 1999, I left Dames & Moore to co-found Clear Creek Associates, a hydrogeology consulting firm based in Arizona. I am proud to say that we now have 35 staff based in Scottsdale and Tucson and have assisted nearly 400 clients in the conduct of more than 1000 individual projects.
Throughout my career, I have felt it important to participate in professional societies such as AIPG. In the early part of my career, while focused on explora- tion geology, I was a member of the Denver Region Exploration Geologists Society (DREGS). When I moved to Arizona, I immediately became involved
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with the Arizona Hydrological Society (AHS) and began a long association as a chapter president and treasurer as well as chairman of numerous annual symposia and conferences focused on Arizona’s groundwater supply and envi- ronmental issues. Through my asso- ciation and friendship with Dr. Herman Bouwer, I was asked to participate in the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Managed Aquifer Recharge (MAR) standards committee where we have worked for a number of years to develop a new Guideline for develop- ment and planning of MAR projects. This effort is nearing completion. Dr. Bouwer also encouraged me to co-chair the 6th International Symposium on Managed Aquifer Recharge (ISMAR6) which was held in Phoenix in 2007 and was attended by more than 300 partici- pants from around the world. I have con- tinued my association with the ISMAR series of meetings by participating on the organizing committees of ISMAR events that are held roughly every other year in different parts of the world including Beijing, China (2013) and Mexico City, Mexico (2016). Through these interna- tional events, I have developed a greater appreciation for the geologic and hydro- geologic challenges faced in the US and other parts of the world.
This year has brought an unexpected challenge to the Arizona Section of AIPG. Arizona’s legislature introduced a bill that would deregulate geologists and remove geologists from the Arizona Board of Technical Registration (BTR). Our section responded to the bill by organizing opposition from a wide range of geologic groups and by hiring two lob- bying firms and a PR firm. Although the bill is still pending as of this writing, we have managed to get it amended to leave
registration of geologists intact and maintain a geologist on the BTR. Our last hurdle is language that was added that would allow geologist registration to be optional in Arizona. We are optimistic that our lobbying effort has reduced sup- port for the bill. This effort has clearly demonstrated the value of AIPG in sup- porting the geologic community.
As AIPG’s current Treasurer, I am well aware of the financial challenges faced by our organization. Over his ten- ure, Bill Siok (AIPG Executive Director from 1999 to the present) has done an exceptional job in positioning AIPG to function as a business maintaining a healthy balance sheet and keeping costs in line with our income. We continue to face many challenges including an aging membership, reduced interest in becom- ing a CPG, and the current downturn in commodities markets resulting in a lack of jobs for geologists. On a brighter note, AIPG has continued to add student mem- bers and student chapters nationwide. At present, there are about 3,000 student members in AIPG. This represents an historic opportunity for AIPG to broaden our appeal to young geologists just starting their careers and the academic professionals that they respect.
If elected, I very much look forward to being President of AIPG. This is a fine organization that deserves repre- sentation by hard working geologists interested in furthering the profession of geology. As Albert Einstein wrote: Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.
As president, I would hope to be of value to you and to AIPG.
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