Hi Alan, I suggest we modify your suggestions:
Politics - Agree, leave it aside COVID-19 - Open to discussion as it impacts SEG (after all, SEGMIN is essentially an SEG forum), and as it impacts our profession (field work, students, survival of service companies, travel, conferences, new norms, etc.). Cheers! Stephen From: SEGMIN <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Alan G Jones (Geophysics) via SEGMIN Sent: May 7, 2020 10:36 AM To: [email protected] Cc: Alan G Jones (Geophysics) <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [SEGMIN] Enough of confusing messages... 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 20th 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]<mailto:[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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