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Merry Christmas &
Happy New Year!
APEGGA offices will be closed for the holiday season
starting on Monday, Dec. 24, and will reopen in the new year on Wednesday, Jan.
2. From all of us at APEGGA, best wishes for a safe and happy holiday season,
and a prosperous New Year, too!
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Dues Increase Paves Way
For 2008 APEGGA Budget
Individual member fees will increase six per cent to
$265 in 2008, as Council addresses increased costs, business plan priorities
and the health of APEGGA’s
unrestricted reserve.
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We Will Rock You
Rock Solid Professionalism is
the theme of APEGGA’s
2008 Annual Conference in Edmonton, which ties in perfectly with International
Year of Planet Earth and the approaching term at of President-Elect Gordon Williams,
P.Geol. The conference and Annual General Meeting take place April 17-19, and
we’ve got the information to help you make your conference plans.
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Edmonton, Calgary Branches
Prepare
for Annual General Meetings
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Judges and Referees Needed
Members from the Edmonton area are needed to judge and referee
the FIRST Lego League provincial competition for children aged nine to 14. APEGGA
is a sponsor of the event, which takes place Saturday, Jan. 26, at NAIT in Edmonton.
If you like Lego, robotics and fun, you’ll have a great time
with students and organizers at this amazing event. Sign up early.
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Be a Better Coach
Our popular Coaching for Commitment course is back,
featuring Rachelle Lee from Einblau & Associates. Learn the techniques you’ll
need to foster sustained superior performance. This two-day course takes place
Jan. 31 and Feb. 7 in Calgary and Feb. 26 and 27 in Edmonton.
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APEGGA Seeks Input
On M.I.T., P.Geo. Concepts
At its Dec. 6 meeting, Council supported seeking input
from Members and possibly holding Member votes on two possible changes requiring
amendments to the Engineering, Geological and Geophysical Professions Act. One
would give full APEGGA membership privileges – the right to hold office and the right to vote – to
Members-in-Training. The other would create the single designation Professional
Geoscientist, or P.Geo.
APEGGA has prepared discussion papers on these matters so Members can learn
more about them and provide feedback. We encourage you to click through to these
papers and take part in the consultation process.
Links for your response appear at the end of each discussion paper.
We require your response by no later than Feb. 4.
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APEGGA
Head Office
1500 Scotia One
10060 Jasper Ave. NW
Edmonton AB T5J 4A2
Tel: 780-426-3990 1-800-661-7020
(within North America)
Fax: 780-426-1877
E-mail: email@apegga.org
Website: www.apegga.org |
Calgary
Office
2200 Scotia Centre
700 2nd Street SW
Calgary, AB T2P 2W1
Tel: 403-262-7714
Fax: 403-269-2787 |
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THE PEGG ONLINE – Provisional
Licensees Join APEGGA Roll. Thoughts from the President as 2007 Winds Down. The
Whole Truth About Permits. Education Foundation Scholarships and Awards Announced.
Members Win Nobel Peace Prize. Tenoves Take their Golf Tourney Leave. Consulting
Companies Duke it Out for United Way. New Assistant Directors Hired. APEGGA Tops
50,000 Mark. Director Honoured by Computers for Schools. Annual Report Wins Award.
Bridge Brigade is No Place for Complacency.
These headlines and more await you in the January
PEGG Online.
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BRANCH LUNCHEONS |
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JAN.
22 – Edmonton. United Way speaker. More information coming soon.
JAN. 24 – Calgary. The Challenges of Oilsands
Development, with Catherine Hughes of Husky Energy. Click
here for more.
Calgary & Edmonton Branch AGMs, see left.
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THE PRESIDENTIAL TRAIL |
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President’s Branch Visits
Lakeland – Jan. 30
Vermilion River – Jan. 31
Central Alberta – Feb. 5
Fort McMurray – Feb. 7
Edmonton – Feb. 19
Peace River – Feb. 25
Medicine Hat – Feb. 26
Calgary – March 4
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Think
of it as an online hardware store of sorts – although shipping
is a bit spotty. APEGGA keeps a regularly updated list of awards you, your projects
or someone you know might qualify for. The list links directly to the appropriate
websites. Enter now, and if all goes well, collect later.
Click here for more |
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