ISSMGE Bulletin – Volume 3 Issue 4 December 2009

A Message from the President
90 Day Progress Report

By Jean‐Louis Briaud

briaud@tamu.edu

Dear Colleagues,

You elected me approximately 90 days ago and I can assure you that it was one of the major highlights of my professional career. I appreciated the large number of congratulatory emails, letters, and phone calls that I received. I tried to answer every one of them but may have missed a few. I also appreciated the photos that you sent me of the conference as I was so busy that I did not have time to take any pictures or even go see the Pyramids. But our hosts, led by Mamdouh Hamza, deserve so much credit for all the work they did and the great success of the Alexandria Conference. I enjoyed myself thoroughly.

As soon as I was elected I started to work and this is a short report on the progress I have made over the last 90 days with the help of the ISSMGE Board, the Secretary General, and many of you as well. This first effort is part of my broader vision for the next four years which you can find on my web site in a few languages (https://ceprofs.civil.tamu.edu/briaud/).

Three new Board Level Committees (BLCs) started

The new organization chart for ISSMGE is shown in the Figure where you can see the role played by the three Board Level Committees (BLCs). In order to start the BLCs I have accomplished the following.

1. Worked with the ISSMGE Board Members to set up the three Board Level Committees that I presented to you in Alexandria and wrote the charges for the three BLCs (let me know if you wish a copy of the charges)
2. Contacted the people whose names were suggested to take the lead of these three very important committees
3. After convincing them, and after collecting comments on the draft charges, rewrote the charges and proposed the creation of the 3 BLCs for an official vote of the ISSMGE Board.
4. Got the Board to vote
5. Contacted the chairs and vice chairs of the 3 BLCs and let them know that they have the green light to get started on their work.

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