GSOC Calendar

GSOC CALENDAR OF UPCOMING EVENTS

Friday Night Meetings

When: Second Friday of the month.
Where: Room S17, Cramer Hall, Portland State University, 1721 SW Broadway; between Montgomery and Mill. (Room S17 is on the sub-basement level of Cramer Hall, directly below the PSU Geology Department's main office), except as otherwise noted below

PLEASE NOTE: FREE PARKING AT PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY IS AVAILABLE AFTER 5 P.M. ON FRIDAYS AND AFTER 7 P.M. ON WEDNESDAYS IN: PARKING STRUCTURE 2 ON BROADWAY AVE, DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM CRAMER HALL; AND ON LEVEL ONE OF PARKING STRUCTURE 1, BOUNDED BY BROADWAY AND 6TH AVE AND HARRISON AND HALL STS.

For additional information, check your monthly newsletter or contact Janet Rasmussen webmaster@gsoc.org or (541) 753-0774.

Meeting Schedule

DATE	DAY	TIME	TOPIC
January 13, 2012	Friday	7:30 PM	Speaker Richard B. Waitt of the Cascade Volcano Observatory will present "Dark at Noon: The 1980 Mount St. Helens Eruption Through Eyewitnesses". Dr. Waitt is a research geologist at USGS' Cascade Volcano Observatory. In addition to his volcanic research, he has written extensively on the topic of Ice Age Floods, and has collaborated on eight films. Join GSOC members at: Pizzicato, 1708 SW 6th Ave., at 6:00 before the lecture for dinner and conversation. Click on link to view menu.
February 10, 2012	Friday	7:30 PM	Speaker Jim O'Connor will speak on the topic "Bridge of the Gods: Folklore, Forests and Floods". Jim O�Connor is a Pacific Northwest native long interested in the processes and events that shape the remarkable and diverse landscapes of the region. Following this interest with a Geological Science major at University of Washington and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees at University of Arizona, he has spent the last 20 years focused on the �science of scenery� (as ascribed to the field of geomorphology), for the last 15 years with the U.S. Geological Survey Water Science Center in Portland, Oregon. Join GSOC members at: Pizzicato, 1708 SW 6th Ave., at 6:00 before the lecture for dinner and conversation. Click on link to view menu.

DATE

DAY

TIME

TOPIC

January 13, 2012

Friday

7:30 PM

Speaker Richard B. Waitt of the Cascade Volcano Observatory will present "Dark at Noon: The 1980 Mount St. Helens Eruption Through Eyewitnesses".

Dr. Waitt is a research geologist at USGS' Cascade Volcano Observatory. In addition to his volcanic research, he has written extensively on the topic of Ice Age Floods, and has collaborated on eight films.

Join GSOC members at: Pizzicato, 1708 SW 6th Ave., at 6:00 before the lecture for dinner and conversation. Click on link to view menu.

February 10, 2012

Friday

7:30 PM

Speaker Jim O'Connor will speak on the topic "Bridge of the Gods: Folklore, Forests and Floods". Jim O�Connor is a Pacific Northwest native long interested in the processes and events that shape the remarkable and diverse landscapes of the region. Following this interest with a Geological Science major at University of Washington and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees at University of Arizona, he has spent the last 20 years focused on the �science of scenery� (as ascribed to the field of geomorphology), for the last 15 years with the U.S. Geological Survey Water Science Center in Portland, Oregon.

Join GSOC members at: Pizzicato, 1708 SW 6th Ave., at 6:00 before the lecture for dinner and conversation. Click on link to view menu.

GSOC inclement weather meeting policy is...if weather closes Portland schools, GSOC meetings are also cancelled.

Seventy-seventh Annual GSOC Banquet

When: Sunday, March 11, 2012

Where: The Monarch Hotel, 12566 SE 93rd Ave., Clackamas, OR, near I-205 and Clackamas Town Center. There is ample free parking. Doors to the banquet room open at 12:30 p.m. Dinner at 1:00 p.m. Program and speaker will begin at 2:15 p.m.

Our speaker, Dr. William Orr, Professor Emeritus University of Oregon, author of Geology of Oregon, will present: "Plowing New Ground in Oregon Geology".

Click on the heading to link to details and registration form. Deadline for registration is March 5, 2012.

FIELD TRIPS

What to bring on a GSOC field trip

The GSOC Board has decided that a registration fee will be charged on GSOC field trips. Refer to the trip description for the fee.
We encourage carpooling and may need to mandate carpooling on certain trips if parking space is limited at the stops on the trip. People who carpool are also asked to share the cost of the gasoline for the vehicle in which they are riding.
Bring boots, raincoats, layered clothing even if it's not raining. Be prepared to get wet and muddy.
Pack a lunch unless a lunch destination is announced, then bring lunch money.
You must be a member of GSOC or a guest of a member to participate in the field trips. Become a member of GSOC!

Field Trip Schedule

DATE	DAY	TIME	TOPIC
TBA	TBA	TBA	Our field trip season is over for 2011. Watch this space for details on upcoming field trips.

Last updated January 30, 2012