GRA/AEG Annual Holiday Meeting – December 11
Sacramento AEG and Sacramento GRA Present: Drilling Disasters and What Can We Learn, presented by Gary L. Hix, RG, CWD/PI, NGWA Groundwater Foundation 2019 McEllhiney Lecturer on Wednesday, December 11, 5:30PM at Aviators in Sacramento! We will also host our annual Raffle Prize event and are conducting a used/donated field gear drive for Sacramento State students.
RSVP at GRA’s Website HERE! (AEG Members can use the GRA Member Registration)
SPEAKER BIO:
Mr. Hix has been a fixture in numerous and varied capacities in the groundwater industry for nearly 40 years. A former licensed water well drilling contractor and registered geologist, Mr. Hix is actively involved in the National Ground Water Association and the Arizona Water Well Association. Throughout his career, he has been a contributing Water Well Journal® editor and has taught classes for the Bureau of Land Management and the University of Arizona Cooperative Extension Service.
Mr. Hix is semiretired but continues to share his groundwater knowledge through published articles, most recently publishing the e-book titled Domestic Water Wells in Arizona, A Guide for Realtors and Mortgage Lenders.
SPEAKER ABSTRACT:
In this lecture, Mr. Hix will discuss how each of these experiences presents an opportunity to learn, to avoid similar distress in the future, and to contribute to business profitability and ongoing good will.
AGENDA:
Social Hour – 5:30-6:30 p.m.Announcements & Dinner – 6:30-7:30 p.m.Presentation – 7:30-8:30 p.m.Raffle – 8:30-9:00 p.m.
Usual great food, including three meat entrées, salad, rice, potatoes, vegetable and iced tea. A no-host beer and wine bar will be available.
RAFFLE PRIZES:
Raffle prizes are welcome and encouraged! Please bring prizes that geology and engineer-types will love (rocks, minerals, books, beer, wine…). All proceeds will benefit geology students in the local area, so be generous and help support our next generation of geologists.
MEETING COSTS AND RSVP:
Members: $33.00
Non-Members: $38.00
Students: $10.00
Cancellations must be made by Noon on Monday, December 9th. If you register after Noon on Monday, December 9th, or walk-in, a $3.00 surcharge will be added to the meeting cost.
Please RSVP online with GRA HERE
USED GEAR FOR CSUS GEOLOGY STUDENT FIELDWORK:
Sacramento State Geology Department would like help outfitting students for geological field work. If you have, used but functional gear that you no longer need, please bring your donations (for example: Field pants, jackets, boots, hiking backpacks, tents, sleeping bags, and sleeping pads)
2019 Calendar of Events
| Date | Event |
| January 22 | January Meeting Speaker: Dr. William Kane, PG, PE Talk: Flexible Debris Flow Nets for Post Wildfire Debris Mitigation in the Western United States Location: Aviators, Sacramento |
| February 22 | Taber Ranch Foundation Drill Class Annual Taber Ranch one day course for undergraduate students. |
| February 26 | February Meeting Speaker: Jeremy Lancaster, CEG Talk: Post-Fire Debris Flows of 9 January 2018, Thomas Fire, Southern California: The California Geological Survey’s Efforts to Map Inundation, Depth, Velocity, Initiation Areas, Precipitation, and Damages and Costs Location: Aviators, Sacramento Registration |
| March 29 – March 30 | 2019 Geo Symposium and Field Expo Expo Theme: A Geo-Resilient Sacramento: State of the Practice and State of the Art Location: Lions Gate Hotel, A Trademark Collection by Wyndham, 3410 Westover St, McClellan Park, CA 95652, USA Event Page |
| April 12 | Undergraduate and Graduate Scholarships Deadline Deadline: Friday, April 12th More Info Here |
| April 23 | Annual Student Night Theme: Student poster presentations, student-professional interaction and networking, AEG presentation of scholarship recipients Location: Old Spaghetti Factory, Sacramento |
| May 28 | May Meeting Speaker: Adam Malsam Talk: Falls, Flows, and Slides: Maccaferri’s Unique Solutions to Geohazard Mitigation Location: Aviators, Sacramento |
| June | No June Meeting |
| July | No July Meeting |
| August 27 | August Happy Hour Location: Kupro’s Craft House Event Page & Registration |
| September 24 | No September Meeting |
| October 21 | EERI/ASCE-GI/AEG Short Course Short Course Theme: California Building Code Update for Geologists and Engineers Location: Citizen Hotel Event Page & Registration |
| October 22 | AEG October Meeting Speaker: Ron Skaggs, PE, GE, QSD Talk: Design and Construction Management of a 6,000 ft Water Conveyance Tunnel for Oakdale Irrigation District Location: Aviators, Sacramento Event Page & Registration |
| November | No November Meeting |
| December 11 | Annual Joint GRA/AEG Holiday Meeting – 2019 NGWA McEllhiney Lecture Speaker: Gary L. Hix Talk: Drilling Disasters and What Can We Learn Location: Aviators, Sacramento Event Page & Registration |
