GEOC Newsletter: Fall 2003
Message from the Chairperson
Greetings from the Division Executive Committee.
Our division continues to thrive, with tremendous turnout for the two national meetings this year. The March 2003 New Orleans meeting included 10 symposia (with an additional 7 co-sponsored symposia) and 198 abstracts. The meeting featured the Geochemistry Award Symposium honoring John Hayes, and the reception and banquet that followed on Tuesday evening 3/25/03. One of the advantages of being division chair is that I was in charge of booking the band for the reception, and I knew they would let me sit in with my tenor sax. I thank everyone who participated at the New Orleans meeting.
Our 2003 Program Chair, Susan Carroll, has arranged a strong line-up for the September 7-11, 2003 meeting in New York City featuring 147 abstracts distributed among symposia on arsenic geochemistry, interfacial biogeochemistry, molecular environmental surface chemistry, carbon dioxide sequestration, and a substantial poster session.
We are working on the March 28-April 1, 2004 meeting in Anaheim, CA and Philadelphia, PA meeting in August 22-26, 2004. If you have an idea for a symposium or would like to be involved in program planning, contact Susan. With electronic abstract submittal, organizing a symposium at a national meeting is easy. Remember that funds are available through the ACS Petroleum Research Fund (PRF) to support symposia at national meetings (up to $3600). We are happy to assist all symposium organizers in submitting an application. This money can be used to pay expenses for invited European speakers or to support symposium-related activities. The division also supports each half-day session with $300.
If you are getting this newsletter, then you are already a Geochemistry Division member. But our division needs more members. Please encourage your friends, colleagues, and students to join and support the Division. The Geochemistry Division exists to serve its members and the broader community of geochemists, and we are interested in your suggestions and support. Let us know if you want to run for an office, organize a symposium, or contribute in any way to the success of the Division.
Message from Bill Landing, 2003 Division Chair