CANADIAN GEOTECHNICAL SOCIETY NEWS
meeting luncheon Tuesday, September
25th. I would like to thank the
GeoEd-
monton
Co-Chairs
Seán MacEoin
and
Don Lewycky
and their team for
their great efforts in organizing this
conference. The conference website
provides more details and updates.
The Geohazards 7 Conference was
held in Canmore, Alberta, between
June 3rd and 6th, and it was a great
success with over 200 delegates in
attendance. Thanks are due to the
organizing committee Co-Chaired
by
Michael Porter
and
Valérie
Fréchette
.
Following the successful Tour of Dr
O’Rourke this spring, I am pleased to
let you know that
Dr. Alex Sy
(Klohn
Crippen Berger) will be the 2018 Fall
speaker for the 102nd Cross Canada
Lecture Tour (CCLT).
The CGS Executive Committee (EC)
-
Suzanne Powell
(VP Technical),
Jean Côté (V
P Communications &
Member Services),
Kent Bannister
(VP Finance),
Andrea Lougheed
(Sections Representative),
Nicholas
Vlachopoulos
(Divisions Representa-
tive), and
Maraika DeGroot
(Young
Professionals Representative) along
with volunteers from the Sections,
Divisions and Committees have been
working very hard on many fronts
contributing to the Society activities. I
would like to particularly mention the
following:
a. The updated Errata for the 4th Edi-
tion of the Canadian Foundation
Engineering Manual (CFEM) is
now posted on the website, and we
are in the process of addressing the
development of online technical
content of the CFEM. As indicated
in my last message, the existing
4th Edition will be updated with
new chapters as they become
available; this will serve as the
interim CFEM for the foresee-
able future. The EC maintains the
invitation to CGS members who
would be available to help with the
updates to the Manual.
b. The task force that was established
to develop a Communication Strat-
egy for the Society has made ex-
cellent progress. A report on some
of the outcomes and recommenda-
tions will be issued in August 2018
for review by the EC ahead of the
September Board meeting.
c. The EC has also reviewed and ap-
proved new guidelines and criteria
developed for addressing requests
for funding of new initiatives
arising from the Sections, Divi-
sions and Committees. The work
completed by the EC and mem-
bers of the Board over the last 12
months is presented in detail in the
CGS Annual Report, which will
be made available to the members
shortly after the GeoEdmonton
2018 conference.
The CGS President-Elect
Mario
Ruel
is expected to introduce the
Vice Presidents of the next EC at the
CGS Board of Director’s meeting on
September 23rd, and to the members
at the Business Meeting on September
25th during the GeoEdmonton Confer-
ence.
As always, our National office has
been extremely busy in the back-
ground looking after the operation
of the CGS. I would like to take this
moment to thank
Michel Aubertin
(Executive Director,
,
Wayne Gibson
(Director, Admin-
istration and Finance,
)
and
Lisa McJunkin
(Director, Com-
munications and Member Services,
in this regard.
Thank you for reading this message,
and I welcome your feedback. I look
