The USAPECS national committee formed following an informal meeting of several APECS members and representatives held during the 2014 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting. The national committee serves as the uniting organization for several regional committees (i.e. Northeast, Northwest, Southwest, Mountain West) and was formed in order to better serve the members of APECS located in the United States. Outreach and in person events will still be organized at the local level, and the national committee will be better able to organize events at conferences nation-wide.
Although in its infancy, US APECS has already developed several goals to address member needs. In addition to developing an organizational framework and seeking out mentors, in the next year, US APECS would like to (1) organize an annual field safety school open to polar early career scientists that are unable to receive sufficient field safety training by other means and (2) host several webinars designed as introductory lectures for researchers outside the field so that science is more effectively communicated across disciplines. We look forward to growing over the course of 2015, and any ideas for projects or events are always welcome.
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