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CALL FOR GSA COMMITTEE SERVICE

Help Shape the Future of Geoscience

Deadline: 15 June 2021 Arthur L. Day Medal Award
Terms begin 1 July 2022 (unless otherwise indicated) Two Members-at-Large (3-year term; E, T)
If you are looking for the opportunity to work toward a common This committee selects candidates for the Arthur L. Day Medal.
goal, diversify GSA leadership, network, and make a difference, Qualifications: Members should have knowledge of those who
then we invite you to volunteer (or nominate a fellow GSA mem- have made “distinct contributions to geologic knowledge through
ber) to serve on a Society committee or as a GSA representative the application of physics and chemistry to the solution of geologic
to another organization. GSA especially welcomes volunteers or problems.” All of the committee’s work will be accomplished dur-
nominations of people from underrepresented groups. ing February and March. All committee decisions must be made
Learn more and access the nomination form at https://rock by 1 April.
.geosociety.org/Nominations/CS.aspx. Open positions and
qualifications are also online at https://rock.geosociety.org/ Bascom Mapping Award Committee
forms/viewopenpositions.asp. GSA headquarters contact: Member-at-Large (Student) (3-year term; E, T)
Dominique Olvera, P.O. Box 9140, Boulder, CO 80301-9140, This committee selects candidates for the Florence Bascom
USA; fax: +1-303-357-1070; dolvera@geosociety.org. Geologic Mapping Award. This award acknowledges contributions
in published high-quality geologic mapping that led the recipient to
Committee, Section, and Division Volunteers: Council Thanks You! publish significant new scientific or economic-resource discoveries,
GSA Council acknowledges the many member volunteers and to contribute greater understanding of fundamental geologic
who have contributed to the Society and to our science through processes and concepts. Qualifications: Members should be knowl-
involvement in the affairs of the GSA. Your time, talent, and edgeable in the field of mapping.
expertise help build a solid and lasting Society.
Diversity in the Geosciences Committee
B—Meets in Boulder or elsewhere; E—Communicates by phone or Three Members-at-Large (3-year term; E, M)
electronically; M—Meets at the Annual Meeting; T—Extensive time This committee provides advice and support to GSA Council,
commitment required during application review period. raises awareness, and initiates activities and programs that will
increase opportunities for diverse groups in the geosciences particu-
Academic and Applied Geoscience Relations larly in the dimensions of race, ethnicity, gender, and physical abili-
Committee ties. The committee is also charged with stimulating recruitment
Member-at-Large Student (3-year term; E, M) and promoting positive career development. Qualifications:
This committee is charged with strengthening and expanding Members of this committee must have professional or experiential
relations between GSA members in applied and academic geosci- knowledge of issues relevant to the goals of the committee. GSA
ences. As such, it proactively coordinates the Society’s effort to strongly encourages nominations of members who are from the
facilitate greater cooperation between academia, industry, and gov- communities which this committee is expected to serve.
ernment geoscientists. Qualifications: Committee members must
work in academia, industry, or government and be committed to Education Committee
developing a better integration of applied and academic science in Graduate Educator Representative (4-year term; E, M);
GSA meetings, publications, short courses, field trips, and educa- Informal Science Educator Representative (4-year term; E, M);
tion and outreach programs. Professional interest: Environmental Undergraduate Student Representative (2-year term; B, E, M)
and Engineering Geology, Hydrogeology, Karst, Quaternary This committee works with GSA members representing a wide
Geology and Geomorphology, Structural Geology and Tectonics, range of education sectors to develop informal, pre-college (K–12),
Sedimentary Geology. Members must also be active in one or more undergraduate, and graduate earth-science education and outreach
GSA Divisions. objectives and initiatives. Qualifications: Members of this commit-
tee must have the ability to work with other interested scientific
Annual Program Committee organizations and science teachers’ groups.
Two Members-at-Large (4-year term; B, E, M)
This committee is charged with developing a plan for increasing Geology and Public Policy Committee
the quality of the annual and other society-sponsored meetings in Two Members-at-Large (3-year term; E, M)
terms of science, education, and outreach; evaluating the technical This committee provides advice on public policy matters to
and scientific programs annually to identify modifications necessary Council and GSA leadership by monitoring and assessing interna-
for accomplishing the Society’s long-range goals; conducting short tional, national, and regional science policy; formulating and recom-
and long-range planning for the society meetings as a whole and mending position statements; and sponsoring topical white papers.
develop a long-term logistical plan/strategy for the technical pro- This committee also encourages the active engagement in geoscience
grams of all GSA meetings and other society-sponsored meetings. policy by GSA members. Qualifications: Members should have
One member-at-large should have previous meeting experience. experience with public-policy issues involving the science of geology;

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