AEG

As an era of great leadership within the AEG SF section ends, the new officers are very eager to make the section as active as possible. We would like to greatly thank the outgoing section officers, Bill Godwin (Section Chair), and Mary Colombo (Secretary) as well as all committee chairs and other volunteers that have contributed to make our section great. At the same time, we welcome Tom Barry as Vice Chair and Jeana Lopez as Secretary. We are extremely grateful to Sachiko Tanikawa for agreeing to stay on as Treasurer.

The last few months have been very interesting with regards to the elimination of the Board of Geologists and Geophysicists. There have been a few stumbles in trying to stay the elimination due to the presiding judge declining to grant a temporary restraining order. However, it appears that the judge is perplexed by the speedy dissolution and seemingly unconstitutional elimination of the Board. I'm sure we all have questions, concerns and opinions regarding the progress in this matter, so I will keep everyone posted in the months to come.

The annual meeting was a great success. With ongoing changes at the national AEG level as well as within the meeting organizational committee, such a seamless annual meeting exceeded our expectations. A number of SF Section members attended and presented while many of our sponsors and other members provided excellent presentations and booths in the exhibitors hall. Thank you to all that participated.

Happy holidays,

Jared Pratt
Section Chair