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In This Issue
President's Perspective
Meet your Councillors
What is IMPS?
Your APGO Office setup and team
A Note from your Editor

Headliners

Colluvium

Deliberations

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From Far Afield

Mount St. Helens Current Status
(USGS December 2004)
President's Perspective: John Buckle, P.Geo. - APGO President

Season's Greetings to all Ontario Geoscientists and best wishes for a prosperous New Year.

It's difficult for me to believe that only a year ago there was significant doubt that the APGO would be able to exist. Yet, one year later, we have a vibrant professional association with a diverse and active group of volunteer councillors and committee members ...

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Meet your Councillor - Scott McLean P.Geo - APGO Vice President

Follows in father's footsteps but doesn't stop there…Geologist donates his time to fledging APGO

By Crystal Spekking, APGO's Northern Ontario Communications Officer

Scott's interest in rocks and minerals sprouted early. As a son of a geologist, he was exposed to rock identification at a very young age. In fact, his family's outings and trips often included a stop along the roadside to view ...

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What is IMPS?

Dennis Waddington, P. Geo.

Those of you who have visited the APGO events calendar recently may have noticed the posting of meetings for the Toronto Chapter of The International Mining Professionals Society. What is the "International Mining Professionals Society" or IMPS? The short answer is self-explanatory. It is a society of professionals from all disciplines in the mining industry, who are all interested in networking and learning about issues related to international aspects of the business ...

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Your APGO office setup and team

Oliver Bonham, P.Geo. - Executive Director/Registrar

With change the order of the day everywhere, things have been no different at APGO and this past summer saw further, much needed, rationalization. But now that the association has started to settle into a steady state as a fully operational regulator, I thought it would be of interest to the membership to learn something about our administrative structure and to be introduced to the members of the APGO team ...

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A note from your Editor: Life balance during the holidays. Is it possible?

Wendy Diaz, P.Geo. - Field Notes Editor

It wasn't my intention to write this article at the car dealership today but life has a way of keeping you on your toes by making you constantly adjust to events. Just when I thought I had enough to do this holiday season with piano recitals, boy scout projects, dentist appointments, school pot lucks, homework surveillance, toys for tots, proofing university application essays for my daughter and a neighborhood board meeting (to say nothing of the other Christmas traditions of food and gift shopping) another thing was added to the list ...

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Field Notes is published by APGO and is edited by Wendy Diaz, P.Geo. If you have comments or wish to contribute material to this newsletter, please contact Wendy Diaz, P.Geo., Crystal Spekking, Northern Ontario Communications Officer or Oliver Bonham, P.Geo., Executive Director/Registar

Copyright 2004, Association of Professional Geoscientists of Ontario (APGO)
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