Minutes of the USUCGER Board Meeting 
held at Virginia Tech University, Blacksburg, VA, 
in conjunction with the 
Annual ASCE/G-I Conference on
Monday, June 11, 2001
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USUCGER Board Members Present:
Paul Mayne
Deborah Goodings
Kyle Rollins
Charles Shackelford
Mehmet Tumay
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Action Items


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Deborah Goodings:

will  take  over  website and email monitoring duties from Paul
Mayne.


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Christine Laplante:

will  undertake  draft  of  description  of award and method of
selecting    recipient    for   2   existing   USUCGER   Awards
(Distinguished  Service  Award, and Research Investment Award),
and coordinate next nomination and award process; and

will  keep  aware  of  award  and nomination possibilities from
other  groups (ASCE, GeoInstitute, etc.) and be responsible for
initiating nominations from USUCGER.


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Paul Mayne:

will  provide the summary of USUCGER activities to Kyle Rollins
in  support  of  NSF  proposal for USUCGER general workshop for
2003;

will  forward  the  proposal  for the previous USUCGER workshop
held  in Newport, Rhode Island, that was drafted by Rich Finno;
and

will begin planning 2003 USUCGER workshop.


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Kyle Rollins:

is  responsible  for  drafting  a  letter of intent to submit a
proposal in support of 2003 USUCGER workshop to be submitted to
NSF by Oct. 1, 2001, deadline;

will take the lead on the subsequent full proposal for the 2003
USUCGER workshop; and

will   solicit   USUCGER   dues   from  member  and  non-member
institutions to be due by October 15, 2001.


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Chuck Shackelford:

will collaborate and assist Kyle with the 2003 USUCGER workshop
proposal.