This is the May issue of the quarterly AGU Volcanology,
Geochemistry and Petrology Section Newsletter. Please direct comments
or suggestions to Sarah Fagents at fagents@hawaii.edu, and visit the
VGP web page (
http://vgp.agu.org)
for all matters pertaining to the VGP section.
In this issue:
(1)
Message from the President
(2) Reception at the 2008 Joint Assembly, Fort Lauderdale, FL
(3)
Call for VGP nominations for AGU Fellows
(4) AGU Fall
Meeting Call for Session Proposals
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(1) MESSAGE
FROM THE PRESIDENT
Alex Halliday will take over
as VGP President on 1st July 2008, so this is the last newsletter to
which I will contribute. By far the most pleasing thing about the job
has been the discovery that so many VGP members are willing to devote
time and energy to sectional activities such as membership of our
Committees. So, I will take this opportunity to thank everybody who has
been involved during my 2 year tenure--- you have made my job a lot
easier! Not having been US-based for 20 years, I am sure that I have
missed out a lot of people, particularly younger colleagues, who would
be willing to serve in some capacity. If you are in this category,
please accept my apologies and please be prepared to volunteer by
contacting a member of the Executive Committee.
After 4 years of trying to represent VGP
interests at Council I must say that I am very happy to be giving up
that part of my duties. So long as our Section remains large and
active, however, we will continue to have a strong influence at Council
and this requires that we remain united and avoid the temptation to
split into smaller interest groups. Influence at Council is definitely
dependent on section size.
If I can claim one achievement it is the
establishment of the
Kuno Award
for young researchers. I can imagine that this will be as successful as
the Bowen Award and that, carefully nurtured, it will provide impetus
to the careers of those who receive it. Please nominate your young
colleagues!
---Bernie Wood
(2) RECEPTION
AT THE 2008 JOINT ASSEMBLY, FORT LAUDERDALE, FL
A reception will be held at 6.15 pm on Wednesday May 28, at the Joint
Assembly, in conjunction with the Tectonophysics, Seismology, Planetary
Sciences and Geodesy sections. The room has yet to be announced; see
the AGU JA webpage (
http://www.agu.org/meetings/ja08/) or meeting
program for further details.
(3) CALL FOR
VGP NOMINATIONS FOR AGU FELLOWS
Please consider nominating deserving VGP colleagues as an AGU Fellow.
The award is an important recognition of scientific accomplishment. A
strong slate of VGP candidates helps to showcase our research field to
AGU and the outside world. For nomination instructions, see
http://www.agu.org/inside/fellguides.html.
A complete list of AGU Fellows is given at
http://www.agu.org/inside/fellows.html.
The deadline for nomination for 2009 AGU Fellows is 1 July, 2008.
(4) AGU FALL
MEETING, DECEMBER 15-19, 2008 CALL FOR SESSION PROPOSALS
It's not too early to start thinking about possible special sessions
for the Fall 2008 Meeting. The call for special session proposals can
be found on the AGU website (
http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm08/program/program_main_SessionProposal.php).
---Janne Blichert-Toft and Paul
Wallace VGP Secretaries
