GLOBAL

Events Bylaws Goals Members Meetings Early Fall 2008 May 22 Feb. 21 Jan. 24 Dec. 6 Nov. 8 Oct. 11 Resources Travel Plans Previous Events

The Geographical Legacy Of the Benevolent Aggies League is better known as the GLOBAL: geography club. A student organization at UC Davis that works to unify people with an interest in geography as an academic discipline. GLOBAL hosts exploration trips, work to support members traveling to academic conferences and advocate for geography education both in the University of California and the community as a whole.

The modern club was formed in Fall 2007. In the spring of 2007 the UCD Geography Club was established to assist students in the Geography Graduate Group with transportation to the Association of American Geographers conference that was held in San Francisco. The club was reformed in the fall and renamed GLOBAL. The goals were expanded and regular meetings established.

Events

Regular GLOBAL meetings and research group meetings are on hiatus until fall quarter so the officers and members can enjoy their summer and get some research done. However, keep checking the events table below for fun activities that might come up throughout the summer...

Bylaws

We're working on creating and editing the club's bylaws on the wiki.

Goals

Provide a forum to learn, teach and spread the love of geography.

• Build cohesion and community among geographers in Davis
  

• Advancing professional opportunities through conferences, networking, and research.
  

• Socializing and networking
  

• Making geography visible in the community

Members

Members and Officers with their selected Geography Monikers

• Stacey - Derwent Whittlesey (There's no wikipedia article - we better write one)
  

• Michele - Davis
  

• Cherry - Dangermond
  

• Alex - Fuller
  

• Michael - Humboldt
  

• Benita -
  

• Amy - Adams
  

• Alyssa

Meetings

Early Fall 2008

• Book & Journal Drive for American University in Iraq Article in Slate

May 22

• Geography Symposium
  

  - GSA, Grad Council, GGG ExComm want this to happen this year - perhaps we should shoot for Fall?
  

  - Funding from GSA
  

• tshirts
  

• GLOBAL Frisbees
  

• Fundraising
  

  - tshirt sales
  

  - Movie Night Cookbook = GLOBAL's fav recipes + movie suggestions for each dish (sell them at the Farmers Market?)
  

• new workshop ideas
  

  - intro to GIS (possibly open source options)
  

  - geocaching
  

  - GPS scavenger hunt
  

• Picnic day - How it went?
  

  - provide maps, open source GIS info, & a box to put donations in
  

• Should we have a June party??? Help plan!
  

• Next year's officers/plan
  

• Welcoming next year's new cohort (recommended by Susan Olivia)

Feb. 21

• World Record Bicycle Parade - Social?
  

• Continue planning for travel to the AAG Conference
  

  - Accommodations
  

  - Travel funding
  

• GPS Workshop Adventure

Jan. 24

• AAG travel commitee reports - don't forget to post to the travel page
  

• No Lurking on the email list (if you join the list you're not anonymous) - AlyssaNelson
  

• Bylaws - Unanimously approved by vote ending January 16
  

• Bylaws - New amendment per Alex's comments (No Financing)
  

• What became of the t-shirt contest?
  

• Adventures (aka Field Trips)
  

• Workshops, sparked by a conversation that the general UCD workshops aren't specific enough for geographers

Dec. 6

• Learning Esperanto for Boston
  

• Meeting day and time for Winter Quarter
  

• AAG travel committee reports
  

• Fundraising & Outreach
  

  - Mistletoe report
  

  - Picnic Day &/or Whole Earth Festival
  

• TShirt Contest - who else should we contact?
  

• Advertising to other groups
  

  - GGG faculty don't know about us!!!
  

  - Ecology
  

  - Animal Behavior Grad Group
  

  - CRD
  

  - LDA
  

  - Outside UCD?
  

• Review of bylaws

Nov. 8

• results of the course discussion at the GGG Executive Committee Meeting
  

• Fundraising - need to work out details of mistletoe sale
  

• Yolo Research Tour - we have a request from one of the participants for compensation for one of the hosts of one stop on our adventure This issue has been solved: we have no money to spend.
  

• TShirts - winning design gets a free shirt, submission can be hand drawn, written or otherwise conveyed to Alex who will make the design work on a shirt
  

• AAG - when do we start forming committees?
  

• Advertising to other grad groups and departments - who? when to start? which ones? how to go about it?

Oct. 11

• Welcome to the Club

Resources

There are many professional and academic organizations for geographers.

Travel Plans

• In the long tradition we must Go and See!

Previous Events

10/27/07 - Cool Patch Pumpkin maze and Pumpkin Carving