国际土力学及岩土工程学会主席第695天工作报告 2011年9月

ISSMGE President 695 Days Progress Report-9September2011

Distinguished Colleagues, Dear Friends,

This is my twenty third progress report after 695 days as your President. Note that previous reports are on the ISSMGE web site (http://www.issmge.org/) . if you need them. In this report, I would like to talk to you about GeoWorld, webinars, and the Council meeting in Toronto.

GeoWorld: I am very pleased to officially announce the grand opening of GeoWorld ((http://www.mygeoworld.info). GeoWorld is to geotechnical engineers what Facebook is to social networking. It is a free professional network for interaction between geotechnical engineers worldwide. We owe this brilliant idea to our very own Dimitrios Zekkos who is also the inventor of geoengineer.org, of the International Journal of Geoengineering Case Histories, and the Chair of the Innovation and Development Committee. This idea germinated at the beginning of this year and was endorsed by the Students and Young Members Presidential Group, and by the ISSMGE Board. Please, take the time to go visit the site, create your own GeoWorld profile page, and listen to the introduction movie which will give you much more details. You can also find this movie on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRYA-mMSGCw&feature=player_embedded . Now geotechnical engineers worldwide have a way to connect through this very simple electronic way. Your comments for future improvements are most welcome. See you on GeoWorld.

Webinar:

The first ISSMGE webinar took place on 23 August 2011. A total of 111 computers worldwide connected to listen to the webinar (map attached). This is a much larger number than any other webinar I have been associated with or heard of. The webinar went very smoothly thanks to my assistant, Hanna Prichard. I must admit that I was thoroughly exhausted at the end of the day after talking twice to my computer for 90 minutes. The comments were very positive so I am extremely happy with this new development in our International Society. The second webinar will be on 25 October 2011 on the topic of Intelligent Compaction. The speaker will be Professor Antonio Correia (Portugal), chair of the ISSMGE Technical Committee on Transportation Geotechnics. Please contact Hanna at hprichard@civil.tamu.edu if you wish to attend this webinar; she will give you all the details. The fee for this webinar will be $200 per computer connected but many people can watch one computer screen to minimize cost per person. Remember that the ISSMGE Foundation can help. Note that the speakers are not getting paid and are doing these webinars as a contribution to the International Society and its members. The expenses arise from the support staff and our contract with WebEx, the company which facilitates the electronic distribution of the webinars.

Council meeting on 2Oct2011 in Toronto, Canada

This is a friendly reminder about our very important Council meeting in Toronto. Make sure that you come or are represented. The agenda is attached. By the way Dimitris Zekkos will demonstrate GeoWorld at the Council meeting.

ISSMGE COUNCIL MEETING

to be held in Sheraton Center Toronto Hotel Toronto, Canada Sunday, 2nd October 2011 08:30 – 17:30 hrs

AGENDA
1 Opening remarks by President and agreement of the Agenda.
2 List of Delegates and other persons present - Apologies for absence
3 Confirmation of quorum (Statute 12K).
4 Confirmation of Minutes of the Alexandria Council Meeting.*
5 Membership. Report by Secretary General. *
6 Transfer of the Israel Geotechnical Society to the ISSMGE European Region. Vote to be taken. *
7 Regional Reports by Vice-Presidents on Regional Activities. *
8 Amendment to Bylaws 5A.2 and 5A.5. Vote to be taken. Motion to be put to the meeting. *
Present Bylaw 5A.2:
5A.2 Audited financial statements of receipts and expenditure shall be presented to each meeting of the Council for the period since the previous Council Meeting.
Proposed amended Bylaw 5A.2:
5A.2 Independently reviewed financial statements of receipts and expenditure shall be presented to each meeting of the Council for the period since the previous Council Meeting.
Present Bylaw 5A.5
5A.5 An audited financial statement of receipts and expenditures shall be presented to each Board Meeting.
Proposed amended Bylaw 5A.5
5A.5 A financial statement of receipts and expenditures shall be presented to each Board Meeting.
9 ISSMGE Bulletin
10 International Seminars
11 Change of name of the society from International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering" to "International Society for Geotechnical Engineering".
Proposal from ASCE-GI (USA), SMIG (Mexico), and Japanese Geotechnical Society.
12 Change of name of the quadrennial international conference from ICSMGE-International Conference of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering" to "WCSMGE - World Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering". *
Proposal from the Hellenic Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering
Presidential Committees
Reports on activities by Chairs of the Presidential Committees
13 Innovation and Development Committee *
14 International Journal of Geo-Engineering Case Histories
15 Membership, Practitioners and Academicians Committee *
16 Technical Oversight Committee *
17 Student and Young Members' Presidential Group
18 Corporate Associates Presidential Group
19 Award Committee
20 The ISSMGE Foundation
21 Relationships with Sister Societies ISRM and IAEG and with other International Bodies.
22 Presentation of Audited Accounts 2009, 2010 by Secretary General. *
23 Budget 2011 - 2013. Presented by M Davies. *
24 ISSMGE 75 Years Celebration: President
25 18th ICSMGE - Paris 2013
26 Any Other Business.
27 Date and Venue of next meeting
28 Thanks and closure

Best wishes

Jean-Louis BRIAUD, PhD, PE
President of ISSMGE
International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering
Professor and Holder of the Buchanan Chair
Zachry Dpt of Civil Engineering
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX 77843-3136, USA
Tel: 979-8453795
Cell: 979-7771692
Fax: 979-8456554
Email: briaud@tamu.edu
URL: http://ceprofs.tamu.edu/briaud/