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APEGGA's Practice Standards Committee has recently issued two new geoscience guidelines. Both documents can be found on APEGGA's website by selecting Regulatory/Practice Standards from the main navigation menu.

The Guideline for Ethical Use of Geophysical Data was developed in response to issues concerning the business use of licensed geophysical data in the oil and gas industry. In this context, licensed geophysical data is data that one party obtains from another party under an agreement to use, but not own, the data. The issues centre mainly on what parties can or cannot do with the licensed data, e.g., share the data with partners, show the data to third parties, demand data transfer payments, etc.

Determining the Need for Professional Involvement in Outsourced Geoscience focuses on geological and geophysical work that is outsourced to entities or individuals who are not licensed in Alberta. The guideline helps to clarify the regulatory requirements for the involvement of Alberta-licensed geoscientists regarding work that will be used in the province of Alberta.

The Great Reusable Coffee Mug Debate

Do you take it black? Or do you take it fancy? No matter how you take it, your java needs a mug. Do you feel a little guilty when you don't bring a reusable mug to the coffee shop? Not to worry; you can save some of that guilt. Reusable mugs aren't much better than disposable ones in environmental terms...once you factor in the energy it takes to make a durable cup and the energy, water and detergent it takes to wash it.

If you do go reusable, what's your eco-friendliest choice — stainless steel, plastic, ceramic or...corn plastic? This is an interesting topic that is explored below. Now, grab a fresh cup of coffee and expand your mind with the facts.

• Buying one cup of coffee every day in a disposable paper container means you're generating 10 kg of waste annually.

• Styrofoam is recyclable — but most recycling facilities don't accept it. It also pelletizes instead of fully degrading, which makes it harmful to marine life after it's been dumped at sea.

But any accurate analysis of a product's impact has to be done over that product's entire lifecycle. From that standpoint, reusable cups and Styrofoam cups are basically an environmental wash...unless you reuse the reusable cups a lot.

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Resource: www.nature.org

Scientists & Engineers-In-The-Classroom Program

Recruitment of volunteers is now underway for the Scientists & Engineers-in-the-Classroom program, starting in September 2010 in Calgary and Edmonton. In the future, the program will be extended to other areas. This newly merged program of APEGGA and the Alberta Science Literacy Association is an exciting opportunity to increase science outreach to more Alberta students. Your help is needed to make it a success.

If you would like to make science classroom presentations please sign up with one of the science networks below. Training is provided.

Calgary Science Network
Edmonton Science Outreach Network

Lecture Series

Mark your Calendars! The popular Calgary public lecture series called the Honourary Address co-sponsored by the Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists; Canadian Society of Exploration Geophysicists and APEGGA will occur at the Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium on Tuesday, Oct 26.  There will be two presentations, one in the morning for middle school children and one in the evening for the general public.  The speakers and topics will be announced in the next edition of e-PEG.

PEGG Women's Club

The PEGG Women's Club of Calgary is a group for women of all ages who are associated with the professions of engineering, geology and geophysics - wives, widows, divorcees, life partners as well as practitioners in the field.

We are a social group promoting friendship and support among our members.

Throughout the year, we offer a variety of activities as well as numerous special events for our members.

We invite you to come and join us at our annual Coffee Party on September 10th at Fort Calgary.

For more information, please contact Joan Benetti at 403 286-7960 or Maureen Hutton at 403 286-9356

Alberta Infrastructure Partners Conference

Nov 29 – Dec 1
Edmonton Marriott at River Cree Resort

About the Conference

First ever Alberta Infrastructure Partners Conference (AIPC) is a forum for partners in the vertical infrastructure industry to share information on topics of common interest, develop common solutions, recognize excellence, build relationships and network. It begins Nov 29 with pre-conference workshop and an opening evening mixer. The two-day event offers a comprehensive program that includes seven plenary sessions, one workshop and four breakout forum streams: Building Capacity-HR, Technology, Procurement and Best Practices. The hands-on breakout forums will feature topics of interest presented by industry leaders. The Conference program will attract delegates representing virtually every facet of the vertical infrastructure industry: architects, consulting engineers, sub-consultants, general contractors, sub-contractors, suppliers, manufacturers, associations, P3 firms/consortiums, and owners/clients such as Alberta Infrastructure, post secondary institutions, Alberta Health Services, municipalities, etc.

Organizing Partners are Alberta Infrastructure, Consulting Architects of Alberta, Consulting Engineers of Alberta, Edmonton Construction Association and Alberta Construction Association.

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There are many ways to update your information:

1) Login to the Member Self-Service Centre and follow the instructions
2) Send an email to email@apega.ca
3) Call us at 1-­800-­661-­7020