EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MESSAGE
Settling In As Executive Director
Aaron W. Johnson, MEM-2783
awj@aipg.org
As I settle into this new role, I am coming to realize how much AIPG depends on members for leadership at the Section and National level, for insight into the dynamics of our field, for outreach to policy-makers, and to build awareness of what we do. As an organization, we benefit from strong leader- ship at all levels. If you are one of those leaders (who are too numerous to list in this short letter), thank you for all that you do. I also encourage all of our members to be active, to share your thoughts and ideas for AIPG with the leadership in your Section or with the National Office staff. You are our most valuable resource and our best assets for bringing young professionals into AIPG. With your help, we can continue to move AIPG forward.
The National Meeting in Santa Fe this September was fantastic. The field trips were well attended, the sessions were informative, and the venue was outstanding. I want to extend a special thank you to Cathy Duran for all of her hard work in making the meeting a smashing success. This fall meeting marked our first ever student networking event. At this event students and professionals were able to meet one- on-on to discuss job prospects, assess the future of the geosci- ences, and build relationships. This event was well attended and the feedback we’ve received from students is excellent. If you participated in the event, thank you. If you are a faculty advisor or student member, I strongly encourage you to attend our 2017 Annual Meeting in Nashville, Tennessee. We plan again to offer the student networking event, and to expand on our student-professional relationships. New events are in the planning stages. We will announce those as soon as details are finalized.
Thank You to the AIPG National Screening Committee
Sometimes we forget the people who continuously volun- teer their service to AIPG. Some are long-time members of the National Screening Committee and perform the same function at the Section level. The dedicated members of the Screening Committee quietly go about the business of review- ing and approving memberships that are passed along from the individual AIPG Sections or that are submitted directly to National Screening.
Our sincere gratitude goes out to the following CPGs who thoughtfully screen applications, particularly for the status of Certified Professional Geologist, reinstatement, or other purpose.
National Screening Chairman Lawrence (Larry) M. Austin, CPG
Finally, I’d like to take a moment and give you a brief sum- mary of some new initiatives that AIPG is pursuing. As many of you know, we have a strong, close working relationship with the American Geosciences Institute. This fall, AIPG and AGI are working together on two important initiatives. The first is the AGI Critical Issues Forum. We sponsored the Fall Forum, ‘Addressing Changes in Regional Groundwater Resources: Lessons from the High Plains Aquifer.’ This forum was hosted by the Payne Institute for Earth Resources at the Colorado School of Mines. Our second initiative is designed to address the ‘skills gap’ as identified by employers hiring new geoscientists. We are working with AGI to craft a proposal to identify the skills that are most needed and to identify training methodologies that will help to close that gap. On another front, Adam Heft, our incoming President, has been actively surveying membership in an effort to better understand how AIPG can serve you. If you have participated in a survey, thank you. If you receive a survey request from Adam, I hope you will give us your feedback so that we can better serve you. Finally, we are working to better understand the professional development hours/continuing education requirements for geoscientists throughout the United States. As we better understand the need for PDH/CEU, we will be better able to provide opportunities for you.
Please feel free to contact me with any questions, thoughts, ideas, or general comments. You can reach me via email at
awj@aipg.org or by phone 303.412.6205. I wish each of you a safe and productive winter.
Best Regards, Aaron W. Johnson
WEST: National Screening Committee West Chairman - Barbara (Barb) H. Murphy, CPG
Brant A. Dennis, CPG Alan L. Dreher, CPG Mark W. Rogers, CPG James (Jim) D. Shotwell, CPG Mark B. Sweatman, CPG
EAST: National Screening Committee
East Chairman - David (Dave) I. Wiegand, CPG Bharat N. Bham, CPG Peg Chandler, CPG
Kenneth (Ken) P. Wenz, CPG Margaret (Meg) M. Winfield, CPG
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