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★ LAST CHANCE ★
CALL FOR COMMITTEE SERVICE
Impact the Future of Geoscience: Volunteer for
Service on a GSA Committee
GSA TODAY | JUNE 2016 Deadline: 15 June 2016
Terms begin 1 July 2017 (unless otherwise indicated)
If you are looking for the opportunity to work toward a common
goal, give back to GSA, network, and make a difference, then we
invite you to volunteer (or nominate a fellow GSA member) to
serve on a Society committee or as a GSA representative to
another organization.
Key: B—meets in Boulder or elsewhere; E—communicates by
phone or electronically; M—meets at the Annual Meeting; T—
extensive time commitment required during application review
period (15 Feb.–15 Apr. 2017).
Learn more and access the nomination form at www.geosociety
.org/aboutus/committees/. Use the online form or download a
hard copy and mail it to Pamela Fistell, GSA, P.O. Box 9140,
Boulder, CO 80301-9140, USA; fax: +1-303-357-1074; pfistell@
geosociety.org.
ACADEMIC AND APPLIED GEOSCIENCE RELATIONS
COMMITTEE
Vacancies: Two members-at-large (industry-related field) three-
year terms (E, M)
What it does: Strengthens and expands relationships between
GSA members in the applied and academic geosciences and
proactively coordinates GSA’s effort to facilitate greater coopera- (B, E, M)
tion between academia, industry, and government geoscientists.
Qualifications: Volunteers should work in academia, industry, or
government and be committed to developing a better integration
of applied and academic science in GSA meetings, publications,
short courses, field trips, and education and outreach programs.
Members must also be active in one or more GSA Division.
Professional interests: environmental and engineering geology;
hydrogeology; karst; Quaternary geology and geomorphology;
structural geology and tectonics; and sedimentary geology.
ANNUAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Vacancies: One member-at-large three-year term; one student
member-at-large two-year term (B, E, M)
What it does: Develops a plan for increasing the quality of the
Annual Meeting and other Society-sponsored meetings in
terms of science, education, and outreach; evaluates the technical
and scientific programs annually to identify modifications
necessary for accomplishing GSA’s long-range goals; conducts
short and long-range planning for the GSA meetings as a whole;
and develops a long-term logistical plan/strategy for the
technical programs of all GSA meetings and other Society-
sponsored meetings.
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ARTHUR L. DAY MEDAL AWARD COMMITTEE
Vacancies: Two member-at-large three-year terms (E, T)
What it does: Selects candidates for the Arthur L. Day Medal.
Qualifications: Volunteers should have knowledge of people
who have made distinct contributions to geologic knowledge
through the application of physics and chemistry to solve
geologic problems.
DIVERSITY IN THE GEOSCIENCES COMMITTEE
Vacancies: Two member-at-large three-year terms; one student
member-at-large three-year term (E, M)
What it does: Provides advice and support to GSA Council; initi-
ates activities and programs that will increase opportunities for
people of ethnic minority, women, and persons with disabilities;
raises awareness in the geosciences community of the positive role
these groups play within the geosciences; and recruits and
promotes positive career development for these groups.
Qualifications: Volunteers must be familiar with the employment
issues these groups face; expertise and leadership experience in
such areas as human resources and education are helpful.
EDUCATION COMMITTEE
Vacancies: One graduate student two-year term; one member-at-
large four-year term; one two-year college faculty member four-
year term; and one pre-college educator (K–12) four-year term
What it does: Works with GSA members representing a wide
range of education sectors to develop informal, pre-college
(K–12), undergraduate, and graduate earth-science education and
outreach objectives and initiatives.
Qualifications: Volunteers must have the ability to work
with other interested scientific organizations and science
teachers’ groups.
GEOLOGIC MAPPING AWARD COMMITTEE
Vacancy: One member-at-large (industry-related field) three-year
term (E)
What it does: Generates, receives, and evaluates candidates for
the Geologic Mapping Award. This award acknowledges
contributions in published, high-quality geologic mapping that
led the recipient to publish significant new scientific or economic-
resource discoveries, and to contribute greater understanding
of fundamental geologic processes and concepts. The objective
is to encourage training and support toward the production of
excellent, accurate, detailed, purposeful geologic maps and
cross sections.