LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Editors Corner, continued from p. 3
This edition of TPG is the Student Issue. We have sev- eral student articles, including one on field trips to Canyon Lake Gorge in Texas, another on field-based undergraduate education during the Covid-19 pandemic, and a third on a student’s research on pegmatites. We are also including for the first time a summary of all AIPG-related scholarships (offered by National and individual Sections) to graduate and undergraduate students, complete with application deadlines.
TPG is always in need of articles from members - both stu- dents and professionals. If you have an opinion piece, an article on a timely aspect of geology, or research you are conducting, I strongly encourage you to submit it. Section news is also welcome. AIPG is your organization, and TPG is the way to
make your voice heard; please use it. All geology-related topics are open for discussion and publication, and your opinion on these subjects matters.
Given the diverse backgrounds of our members, I remind our members that all submittals, and responses to articles pub- lished, must be professional and respectful of others’ opinion on the subject under discussion. All submittals and responses must comply with the AIPG code of ethics.
I look forward to serving as your Editor for the next two years. If you have any questions, comments, or concerns, or ideas on content you would like to read, please feel free to contact me at
adam.heft@wsp.com. I look forward to hearing from YOU!
Letters to the Editor Dear Editor, October 15th, 2020
To: J. Todd McFarland, CPG-11348 AIPG President
Re: Resolution of National Executive Committee and Adjudicatory Board Sanctions
Dear Mr. McFarland and the Adjudicatory Board (and for the TPG Editor):
A productive resolution meeting was held Wednesday, October 15th. Thus: while serving as Colorado Section President during year 2019, I did not pursue a poll of AIPG Members on climate change issues. In the course of providing information and essays touching a wide variety of issues, some members of AIPG were distressed by my writing. Certainly it was not my intention, though I acknowledge that my writing caused an unpleasant reaction among some members. I wrote to encourage professional responses that would get us closer to the best answers.
Abundant thanks to participants in the resolution meet- ing: Ms. Helen Hickman and Dr. Ray Talkington of the Adjudicatory Board, to Mr. Larry Cerrillo for his mediation skills, to President Todd McFarland for facilitating com- munications, and to Dr. Aaron Johnson for his guidance toward resolution. The process has been enlightening, and AIPG will be stronger for what we have learned.
Sincerely, Ron W. Pritchett
Colorado AIPG Legislative/Regulatory Chair 2020 CPG #7063
ERRATUM
The 2020
Jul.Aug.Sep. printed issue of The Professional Geolo- gist includes references unrelated to Rasoul Sorkhabi’s article, “2020 Crash and the Shape of Oil to Come,” on page 60. The references included following the Yergin reference are in error. The online version displays the article and references correctly.
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At my tender age of 81, I provide an antiquated perspective, but then that is all I have to offer. My biggest fear for the future of the geological sciences is that shift away from field work -- where the rocks are exposed. Computers are great, and I am grateful for mine to do all the writing I am now doing in retirement. But I cut my teeth on field trips and mapping projects which gives one the opportunity to learn to appreciate the six dimensions of the world of geology:
1. X 2. Y 3.
Z
4. Time 5. Geologic Processes 6. Interaction of the various geologic processes.
Imagine a cube moving through time with all the geo- logic processes going on inside. Then stop the box in the late Holocene and cut it in half. Now look at one of the cut sides and try to figure out what has been going on in the past.
That is what we do as geologists. Regards, Bill Elliott, CPG-04194
Dorothy Combs at AIPG National had a call at the end of November from Tom Herbert, CPG-2551, who said that the last issue of TPG was the best so far, especially Rasoul Sorkhabi’s article about “Online Teaching vs. Classroom Teaching,” which he plans to share with his academic colleagues.
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