The mind boggles at the thought of Alan Gibbs as a page 3 girl.

Jim Chalmers

-----Oprindelig meddelelse-----
Fra: Tectonics & structural geology discussion list
[mailto:[log in to unmask]]på vegne af Hermann Lebit
Sendt: 04 April 2005 07:09
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Emne: Re: Directory of Structural Geologists and Tectonists; TecTask
calls for enrollment


Hi Alan,

there is no intention to compete with the GEOTECTONICS mail list and no
need to reinvent the wheel in terms of a successful forum for discussion
and information. Actually we wish to involve John Whalley's mail list as
much as possible in TecTask's information and communication efforts (as we
already did by circulating the call through GEOTECTONICS).

The scope of TecTask's web based directory goes beyond an open mail list as
we want to provide a useful resource for data, contacts, training and
education activities/material etc. accessible to all interested individuals
- not only to those inside the Euro/N-American-phone circuit.

Well, we may have little to offer, except the enthusiasm for bringing our
community closer together and the desire to provide all colleagues around
the world with a fair opportunity to participate in the development of our
science.
Perhaps,you would like to be the first pin-up posted on the web site?

Thanks for your good wishes

Best regards

Hermann


  At 11:42 AM 4/3/2005, you wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I may be a little bit slow on a rare sunny afternoon in Scotland, but can
>you tell me how this site differs from the Geotectonics site as forum for
>discussing / raising burning issues. Our structural community is small
>enough without creating another Wee Free Church, - surely?
>
>Sue's directory was indeed a huge personal commitment but like all such
>efforts eventually fails because it only polls a minority of the target
>community when it is voluntary, and even then only signs up the corporate
>lifers, inveterate joiners and eternal optimists. I think I fell into the
>last category but then never used the directory as it failed to pick up the
>structural geologists outside the Euro-phone circuit, ie the guys I really
>like to talk to.
>
>Anyway, good luck, I'll sign up as the eternal optimist again, but to make
>this work you have to offer either a big stick ...."join, or you'll never
>work again..." or a big carrot.... " join, and you'll rap with all the
>coolest, sexiest people on the planet".
>
>Alan
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Tectonics & structural geology discussion list
>[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Hermann Lebit
>Sent: 02 April 2005 22:08
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Directory of Structural Geologists and Tectonists; TecTask calls
>for enrollment
>
>Dear All,
>
>A task group on Structural Geology and Tectonics (TecTask), chaired by Cees
>Passchier,  was recently established by the International Union of
>Geological Sciences (IUGS) aimed at stimulating communication and
>coordination within the international science community and to provide
>information to the public (see objectives below).
>
>A WEB-BASED DIRECTORY OF STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY AND TECTONICS PROFESSIONALS AND
>STUDENTS
>
>A primary effort is to follow up on the mission of the International
>Association of Structural Geologist (IASTG), managed with great enthusiasm
>by Sue Treagus for so many years. Thus we intend to establish a
>comprehensive directory of professionals on TecTask's internet portal
>(<http://www.tectask.org/>www.tectask.org) and we encourage all colleagues
>and advanced graduate students to enroll (create a login). In order to
>protect privacy the directory access is restricted to enrolled members and
>will only be used for non-commercial, scientific purposes.
>The directory will play a key role in the efforts to coordinate
>communication and scientific cooperation among its world wide members.
>Subscribed members will have assess to the web portal's secure domain which
>is primarily dedicated to research cooperation, training, data mining and
>science management allowing other members to search for potential
>collaborators and help with specific problems.
>
>WHY REGISTER?
>
>Subscribed members will have the privilege of placing their own relevant
>information and appropriate links at the web site and we encourage them to
>submit individual web pages on significant topics.
>We especially welcome subscribers who would like to play an active role in
>strengthening scientific collaboration, training and education in
Structural
>Geology and Tectonics.
>Members will receive 25% discount off the individual subscription price for
>the Journal of Virtual Explorer and we are exploring options that will
>provide members with easier and affordable access to resource such as
>commercial archives and other media.
>
>THE TECTASK WEB PORTAL
>
>The Internet portal that hosts the directory will serve as the major
>platform for professional and public education and represents the forum for
>the group's major activities. The web site will provide a wide spectrum of
>resources such as information on research programmes, funding
organisations,
>events, access to databases and teaching materials. The web portal's public
>domain is predominately dedicated to information and education and
providing
>information on geodynamic processes for the public (e.g. mountain building,
>exhumation, seismic activities, and climate effects of plate tectonics
>etc.).
>
>
>The website is still under construction and we welcome any suggestions and
>contributions that will improve the site to make it the major resource in
>our science.
>
>If you have any questions, please contact either Hermann Lebit
><mailto:[log in to unmask]>[log in to unmask] or Mark Jessell
><mailto:[log in to unmask]>[log in to unmask]
>
>
>Best regards
>
>The TecTask officers:
>Cees Passchier (chair)
>Mark Jessell (vice chair)
>Hermann Lebit (general secretary)
>Paul Bons
>John Dewey
>Bruce Hobbs
>Ron Vernon
>
>
>TecTask's Objectives
>
>The Task Group on Tectonics and Structural Geology (TecTask) represents an
>initiative of Earth Scientists dedicated to stimulate communication and
>coordination within the international science community and to provide
>information to the public.  The group encourages innovative research and
>continued education in Tectonics and Structural Geology, the growth of
>intellectual capital and hence the impact of our science on the wealth of
>the global society.  TecTask reaches out to scientists and students,
>particularly those from developing countries, to share cutting edge
research
>and development, and state-of-the-art training. Dialog and cooperation is
>welcomed with organisations, industries and administrations regarding
>applications in Structural Geology and Tectonics for sustainable use of the
>world's natural resources, the preservation of the environment and
>prevention of natural hazards.
>          Advances in innovative micro-analytical to space borne
technologies
>combined with the exponential growth in computational power tremendously
>increases our capability to model and monitor geological processes in great
>detail. Nevertheless, fundamental observations have to be recovered from
>field studies and particularly Structural Geology and Tectonics, as all
>Earth Sciences, rely on the careful collection of geological data, the
>examination of natural rock morphologies and their inherent rock
properties.
>Thus, TecTask is particularly dedicated to promoting field observation and
>analysis of natural geological bodies to a broad international audience in
>support of our efforts studying processes leading to the complex
>architecture of the earth's lithosphere, exploring resources and predicting
>potential threats by natural hazards.