Editor

Your Editor Wants To Hear From You!

Wendy Diaz, P.Geo. - Editor

The No. 9 August issue of Field Notes almost completes a full year of this Internet publication for the benefit of APGO members. It was my pleasure to read a variety of articles these past few months - from exploration initiatives in Northern Ontario to environmental manifestos from Europe, from members volunteering to help the homeless in Toronto to members receiving awards for helping enhance streams in the watershed of the Whitchurch-Stouffville area. In each issue we have tried to introduce you to your Council by presenting short biographies of new councillors or by publishing a message from our APGO president. These articles have enlightened our membership and strengthened our association through written communication. Whether you have enjoyed reading these articles or the interesting stories and links from the From Far Afield section, we hope we have kept you informed and interested in your professional organization. In addition to keeping you informed we also want to start some dialogue and provoke some thought on professional issues. Your editor wants to hear from you if you have not read an article on a burning issue that concerns you or you have a strong opinion of what has been discussed in the newsletter. This newsletter is your voice and I would like to encourage you to submit your ideas and comments in the form of Letters to the Editor.

Summer is nearly over and even if you do not have children, you cannot help miss the “Back to School” seasonal preparations upon us. Every year we entrust our children to the school systems and hope teachers/professors inspire and become mentors to our children. But teachers of students are not the only mentors in our midst, you professionals teach less-experienced scientists with whom you work with everyday and mentor their career development. In this light we hope you have taken up the APGO’s One Geo Challenge!! (Number 8, June/July 2005) by encouraging them to become a member.

As the article (Metamorphism of Geologists) in this month’s Field Notes illustrates, many among us are creative in different ways as well as scientific. Perhaps some of you are writing creatively, have recently been published or have received recognition for your professional or personal efforts in the form of an award. Please let us know of your accomplishments and provide us with a digital photograph and we will put it in the next issue of Field Notes under the Headliner section. For those of us who are not currently “Headliners”, at the very least during your morning coffee or after your visit the drive-thru, send us a note of any ideas or comments for stories or issues you would like to see published.