Vic Heilweil, Chair of IAH-USNC, reports that the Fall 2015 IAH US National Chapter meeting was just held on November 1st at the annual Geological Society of America meeting in Baltimore. The meeting was well attended, with all of our Board Members present (in-person or via conference call), along with several other US National Chapter members. We discussed a wide range of topics including our upcoming 2016 elections, news of the recent 2015 Canadian Chapter meeting, the migration of our website to WordPress, news from our associated societies (GSA, NGWA, AGI), our new
USNC International Service Award, and our increased initiative to attract new members through our Student Sponsorship Program. Afterward, several of us went out for dinner, a nice chance to relax and catch up with each other.
Vic wanted to share some thoughts on the 2015 IAH Congress in Rome this past September. While enjoying the global hydrogeologic community, I realized that it was just this type of international interaction with hydrogeologists from other countries that initially attracted me to IAH. My first Congress was Zacatecas, Mexico, in 2004. I found it fascinating to learn about both similarities and differences in groundwater systems of other countries, novel approaches being developed elsewhere, and opportunities to disseminate methods and techniques developed here in the U.S.
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