1. Annual Meeting at GSA, 2010 Welcome!

2.  ~300-400 members  Membership fairly evenly divided between academics & industry  Our website: http://www.wheaton.edu/ACG/http://www.wheaton.edu/ACG/  This is YOUR organization – nothing happens without the involvement of many! ◦ How will you contribute in the coming year?

3.  Formed in 1989 to: ◦ Promote fellowship among Christian geologists; ◦ Promote the integrity of geology as a scientific discipline; ◦ Investigate the ways in which Christian faith & geology bear on one another; ◦ Educate the Christian public about geology; ◦ Develop avenues of witness to non-Christian geologists; ◦ Promote Christian stewardship & service in the geological sphere; and ◦ Provide intellectual leadership at the interface between Christian and geologic thought.

4.  Newsletter going digital ◦ Members should have received an email (Aug. 26) with newsletter attached as.pdf document ◦ Email Keith Miller (keithbmill@gmail.com) to sign up or change your email addresskeithbmill@gmail.com  New officers (2010-2011): ◦ Carrigan (Pres.) ◦ Steve Dutch (VP) ◦ Keith Miller (Treasurer) ◦ David Campbell (Newsletter Editor)

5.  Considerable debate (mainly through the email list) on the purpose of a statement  Originally written by Max Reams  Edited by Officers  Submitted to the membership via the email listserve for comment & discussion  Officers re-edited  Final adoption by the Officers

6.  Dialogue with seminaries & religion faculty  Focus our meetings on issues of energy, climate, water, natural hazards, economic resources, geological missions  Position statement on Environmental Stewardship  Virtual Field trips on the ACG website that focus on geology education