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Organize a Workshop or Field Trip

The AAG is currently seeking field trip and workshop ideas for the
upcoming 2009 AAG Annual Meeting in Las Vegas. Workshops and field trips are an excellent way to meet and exchange ideas with other conference attendees.

Interesting field trip possibilities include visits to nearby Hoover Dam or Red Rock Canyon, Death Valley National Park, The Great Unconformity, Joshua tree forests, the singing dunes at Amargosa, bird watching
excursions, and numerous sites of historical interest in and around Las Vegas. The city is also the fastest growing urban area in the U.S. and as such illustrates processes of urban change and conflict.

Workshops not only facilitate professional development, but can be an excellent way to connect with those who share similar interests and concerns.

Anyone interested in organizing a workshop or field trip for the 2009 Annual Meeting should contact Oscar Larson at meeting@aag.org.

Proposals should be submitted by November 1, 2008 (extended from October 1, 2008). Workshops and field trips are an excellent way for participants to learn about different areas of geography in an interactive environment. We encourage you to submit your ideas for consideration.

• Workshop Planning Form
• Field Trip Planning Form - Single Day
• Field Trip Planning Form - Multi-Day

In keeping with the AAG's effort to promote the fair and equal treatment of members, field trips organized by AAG members or specialty groups at the Annual Meeting will, as a rule, be open to all members. In instances where a member or specialty group wishes to organize a field trip that explicitly excludes any group of AAG members, the organizer will petition the AAG Council for an exception to this policy by the date when field trip proposals are due. If Council grants the exception, notice will be given in the AAG Newsletter, along with an explanation of the reason for the exception. Please keep this rule of open access in mind as you organize your field trip.