[Petwksp] East Coast Petrology and Volcanology meetings

[Ben Edwards]

Hi all,

As I look to all of the meetings I'd like to attend, mostly on the  
west coast, and think about field work and Carbon-footprint, I'm  
inclined to feel a bit guilty about the amount of travel I do for my  
work. And as I prioritize, I think for the most part I'd put doing  
fieldwork ahead of going to conferences, although often that is a  
difficult decision. However, whereas technology will one day let me  
'attend' AGU sessions from the comfort of my Carlisle office, I'm  
unlikely to be able to replace my main field areas with things that  
are closer.

So I'd like to gage Eastern US interest in pet/volc and find (or help  
to re-ignite??) slightly more local venues (at least compared to SF)  
for meetings that are regular and more focused. Although Spring AGU  
seems like it might be the easiest option, I've only been to one and  
it didn't seem to be overrun with pet/volc types. Is this just a  
matter of someone volunteering to organize a bit more? Or this there  
a more fundmental problem with getting East Coast Pet/Volc people  
together for Spring AGU?

The 2003 Teaching Pet Workshop still sticks in my mind as one of my  
favorite conferences, and it would be nice to get together with a  
group of people to talk about research and teaching more frequently  
than once every 5 years...I'd love to go to the Houston GSA, but  
that's still pretty far from PA...

If anyone else feels this way and is interested in trying to organize  
something in the next year or so, please get in touch with me...

Cheers,

Ben

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