Dear Ken, Although I totally share your views, and I also am not planning to go to SEG this year, tempting though it is I would rather than we all show restraint and SEGMIN be kept free of any political or Covid commentary. We all have to make the decisions we feel right for each of us.
For my mental health, I retreat into my science to avoid what's going on around me, both locally and globally. Best wishes, and stay safe, Alan On 2020-05-07 09:54, Ken Witherly via SEGMIN wrote: > > Dear Colleagues- > > > > Yesterday a major geoscience event scheduled for next September at > Whistler > (https://www.segweb.org/SEG/About/SEG/About/SEG-News.aspx#20200506) > was postponed to 2021 due to it seems the new BC government > regulations relating to large meetings during the current pandemic. I > expect we’ll hear the Round Up and PDAC events for 2021 will be > impacted as well. > > > > The BC government appears to have taken a well thought through > approach to the pandemic that combines medical advice and social and > economic considerations to build policies which are being clearly > transmitted to the public at large. > > > > Another geoscience conference most of us are aware of, the SExG annual > conference and exhibit, is currently scheduled for a month later in > Houston. While the SExG suggests they are monitoring the situation, > there is enormous pressure to ‘carry on’ due to fiscal commitments > which need to made years in advance. The venue as well, is in a state > that when compared with BC, is truly the ‘wild west’ when it comes to > managing the pandemic; > > https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/states-reopen-map-coronavirus.html > > > > > The governor’s response is noted below; seems akin to stocking up the > Alamo before Santa Anna attacks. > > > > The factors and conditions which the BC government have prudently > considered are simply not part of the equation in Texas (or in many > other parts of the US at either the state or federal level). > > > > I have been and remain a strong supporter of SEGMIN and the society > but I can’t in good conscience, support any of my employees to attend > the conference in Houston next October. I look forward to the SExG to > make the right call and give us the chance to build a technically > excellent program in a safe venue for us all. > > > > Stay safe/Ken > > > > *Texas* > > 01,000 new coronavirus cases Order in place Reopening March 1April > 1May 67-day avg. > > *Stay at home** began on April 2 and expired on April 30.* > > Gov. Greg Abbott said allowed his stay-at-home order to lapse on April > 30, a move that gave Texas, the nation’s second-largest state, one of > the shortest such orders in the country. Mr. Abbott, a Republican, > said that Texas had expanded testing and stocked up on protective > equipment. All retail stores, restaurants, movie theaters and malls > were allowed to reopen May 1, with limited capacity. > > Read more » > <https://www.texastribune.org/2020/04/28/texas-reopening-restaurants-greg-abbott/> > > *Reopened* > > Outdoor and recreation > > > > State parks; Outdoor sports > > Retail stores > > > > Retail stores, malls > > Food and drink > > > > Restaurant dining > > Entertainment > > > > Movie theaters, museums, libraries > > *Reopening soon* > > Personal care > > > > Salons, barbershops, nail salons and tanning salons > > > > > > *2019-Condor’s 20^th Anniversary* > > > > Condor Consulting, Inc > > St 150 2201 Kipling St > > Lakewood CO 80215 USA > > T: 303-423-8475 > > > > Condor North Consulting ULC > > Suite 311-409 Granville St. BC, V6C 1A3 > > CANADA > > T: 604-630-8334 > > > > E: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > C: 303-520-5732 > > Skype-ken.witherly1 > > www.condorconsult.com <http://www.condorconsult.com/> > > > > > ----------------------- > SEGMIN community mailing list service ([email protected]). > Change your personal options here: > https://lists.geosoft.com/mailman/options/segmin/alan.jones.geophysics%40gmail.com > Colleagues can join here: https://lists.geosoft.com/mailman/listinfo/segmin > Archives: https://lists.geosoft.com/mailman/private/segmin/ > NOTE that <Reply> will reply to all members of the list. -- Alan G. Jones, P.Geo., MRIA, Fellow AGU Senior Professor Emeritus Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies Adjunct Professor Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia Google scholar: https://scholar.google.ca/citations?user=fbT-K4MAAAAJ ORCID ID: 0000-0002-3482-2518 SCOPUS ID: 7407105442
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