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Mission

The AASG Constitution defines the roles of the Officers and Executive as follows: the President calls meetings, presides at meetings, appoints committees, and names representatives; the President Elect serves on Executive, fills a Presidential vacancy unless unable, in which case the Constitution specifies who shall act as President, and organizes Liaison; the Past President serves on Executive, and chairs the Nominating Committee; the Vice President serves on Executive, and organizes conference displays; the Secretary serves on Executive, prepares minutes, and fulfils associated duties; the Treasurer serves on Executive, and handles funds; the non-voting Honorary Members’ Representative serves on Executive; the Editor is in charge of The State Geologists Journal and other publications; the Historian maintains AASG archives, and updates the History; the Statistician prepares an annual questionnaire covering activities, funds available, personnel, publications, projects, and other matters of general interest, and, on the basis of the questionnaire, prepares a comprehensive annual summary of the data for distribution to the membership; in addition, the Bylaws authorize appointment of Committees, which report at the Annual Meeting

Mission

AGI’s Geoscience Policy Committee serves as a link between the geosciences community and policymakers by sustaining communication, ensuring quality information flow, and representing the voices of the AGI Member Societies.

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Membership Rules

Member appointed by President to a 3 year term. Full committee membership and other info can be found at http://earthquake.usgs.gov/monitoring/anss/committees/nsc/.

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Mission

The Awards Chair solicits nominations for and supports selection of the AASG Distinguished Service Award; ensures that nominations and donations are submitted to support annual presentation of the AGI Campbell Medal; supports annual presentation of the AASG Pick and Gavel Award; and also solicits nominations and supports selection of annual recipients for the Charles J. Mankin Memorial Award for state geological survey publications in regional, energy, or mineral resource geology, as well as the John C. Frye Memorial Award for publications in environmental geology issues such as water resources, engineering geology and hazards

Mission

AASG standing committees maintain awareness and analysis of key topics; each year, a given committee may or may not be active, as priorities fluctuate, and as special projects arise; the Chair or Co-Chairs recruit committee members as needed

Goals

The Committee: seeks to optimize the state geological survey role in this topic; monitors policy developments; works with Congressional members and staff; support development of AASG Congressional Testimony as required; monitors and provides input into Federal legislation and regulations; ensures that AASG is represented on related federal advisory committees; monitors and advocates for the federal role, including external grants; facilitates collaboration with federal agencies; collaborates with partners organizations such as NGOs; assists in development and implementation of AASG positions and initiatives; shares pertinent information with the AASG community; updates the AASG Position Statement; helps with AASG annual meeting program planning when asked; and reports to the annual meeting

Mission

AASG standing committees maintain awareness and analysis of key topics; each year, a given committee may or may not be active, as priorities fluctuate, and as special projects arise; the Chair or Co-Chairs recruit committee members as needed

Goals

The Data Preservation Chair supports the AASG role in the National Geological and Geophysical Data Preservation Program, established under Section 351 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (Public Law 109-58, Sec. 351) to create a national cooperative network of geoscience materials and data repositories operated independently and guided by common standards, procedures, and protocols.

Responsibilities

The Committee: seeks to optimize the state geological survey role in this topic; monitors policy developments; works with Congressional members and staff; supports development of AASG Congressional Testimony as required; monitors and provides input into Federal legislation and regulations; ensures that AASG is represented on related federal advisory committees; monitors and advocates for the federal role, including external grants; facilitates collaboration with federal agencies; collaborates with partners organizations such as NGOs; assists in development and implementation of AASG positions and initiatives; shares pertinent information with the AASG community; updates the AASG Position Statement; helps with AASG annual meeting program planning when asked; and reports to the annual meeting

Mission

EDMAP is the component of the National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program (NCGMP) that trains the next generation of geologic mappers. The NCGMP allocates funds to colleges and universities in the United States and Puerto Rico through an annual competitive grant process. Every Federal dollar that is awarded is matched with university funds. Geology professors, who are skilled in geologic mapping, request EDMAP funding to support undergraduate and graduate students at their college or university in a one-year mentored geologic mapping project that focuses on a specific geographic area.

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