It’s that time of year to thank the many volunteers that made 2016 a very successful year for the Canadian Geotechnical Society. These include members of the Executive Committee; the Board of Directors; the 20 Local Sections and their Executive Committees; the seven Technical Divisions and their Executive Committees and members; the members of the seven Standing Committees; the Geotechnical Research Board members; the Editors, Associate Editors and Reviewers of the Canadian Geotechnical Journal; the Editor of and contributors to CGS News; the local organizing committees of GeoVancouver 2016 and the 5th Canadian Young Geotechnical Engineers and Geoscientists Conference as well as the local organizing committees who are wrapping up past CGS conferences or starting to plan future CGS conferences; those CGS members who represent the CGS and/or Canada on affiliated national and international organizations; those who contribute to the CGS-Geotechnical Info Net; and any others we may have missed!
It is estimated that the number of CGS members directly involved in the CGS approaches 300. These are all volunteers and they deserve a huge thank you from the CGS membership.
We also wish to thank our very generous corporate sponsors who help the CGS financially throughout the year. The 2016 corporate sponsors are:
Last, but certainly not least, thanks to the CGS National Office staff: Michel Aubertin (Executive Director), Wayne Gibson (Director of Administration and Finance) and Lisa McJunkin (Director of Communications and Member Services), and contractors Sandra Pronovost (translation), Olga Pushkina (bookkeeping) and pro.NET Communications (website services).