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Letter from the President P.O. Box 260246 Lakewood, CO 80226-0246 1-866-537-9694 ext. 5 www.womeninmining.us/chapters/denver-chapter/ It is honor to have been reelected for a second as President of our chapter. I am very thankful for all who served in our 2018/2019 Board. I do appreciate that most of the board is staying around for another term. We have a few new members joining our Board, please join me to welcome, Allison Forrest (Vice President), Mariea Kartick (Chair of Education Committee) and Jill Nelson (Alternate Representative to the National Board). The new Board is going to focus efforts in three lines of action, which support and complement each other: a) Continue strengthening our Monthly meetings, lead by the Program Committee b) Review our relationship with other organizations, lead by the Historian Committee c) Define and implement a Communications strategy, lead by the Public Relations Committee. Less than a month left before the 2019 WIM National Annual Submit "Mile High and World Wide: Diversifying the mining industry’s talent to meet future resource challenges” scheduled for April 25 th - 27 th in Golden. It will be a unique opportunity to meet and learn from women nationwide in a spirit to embrace diversity in the industry. We encourage you to join the spirit by volunteering and register on our website. Stay safe and have a great month, Alicia Polo y La Borda The Pick and Pen April 2019 2018 Denver Chapter Officers: President: Alicia Polo y la Borda Vice President: Allison Forrest Treasurer: Brenda Steele Recording Secretary: Amanda Adams Corresponding Secretary/Membership: Jackie Dorr Senior National Rep: Linda Brown Junior National Rep: Resa Furey 1 st Alternate National Rep: Betty Mahaffey 2 nd Alternate National Rep: Jill Nelson Pick and Pen Editor: Available Women in Mining – Denver Chapter In This Issue Letter from the President 2019 WIM Summit – Register today! Upcoming Meetings Upcoming Educational Events Items for Sale: WIM Mugs & More
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Letter from the President
P.O. Box 260246 Lakewood, CO 80226-0246 1-866-537-9694 ext. 5
www.womeninmining.us/chapters/denver-chapter/
201 9 WI M S u m mit Upd ate
Items for S al e: WIM Mu gs & Mo r e
It is honor to have been reelected for a second as President of our chapter. I am very thankful for all who served in our 2018/2019 Board. I do appreciate that most of the board is staying around for another term. We have a few new members joining our Board, please join me to welcome, Allison Forrest (Vice President), Mariea Kartick (Chair of Education Committee) and Jill Nelson (Alternate Representative to the National Board). The new Board is going to focus efforts in three lines of action, which support and complement each other:
a) Continue strengthening our Monthly meetings, lead by the Program Committee
b) Review our relationship with other organizations, lead by the Historian Committee
c) Define and implement a Communications strategy, lead by the Public Relations Committee.
Less than a month left before the 2019 WIM National Annual Submit "Mile High and World Wide: Diversifying the mining industry’s talent to meet future resource challenges” scheduled for April 25th - 27th in Golden. It will be a unique opportunity to meet and learn from women nationwide in a spirit to embrace diversity in the industry. We encourage you to join the spirit by volunteering and register on our website. Stay safe and have a great month, Alicia Polo y La Borda
The Pick and Pen
April 2019
2018 Denver Chapter Officers: President: Alicia Polo y la Borda
Vice President: Allison Forrest
Treasurer: Brenda Steele
Recording Secretary: Amanda Adams
Corresponding Secretary/Membership: Jackie Dorr
Senior National Rep: Linda Brown
Junior National Rep: Resa Furey
1st Alternate National Rep: Betty Mahaffey
2nd Alternate National Rep: Jill Nelson
Pick and Pen Editor: Available
Women in Mining – Denver Chapter
In This Issue
Letter from the President 2019 WIM Summit – Register today! Upcoming Meetings Upcoming Educational Events Items for Sale: WIM Mugs & More
April: No monthly meeting. Instead, plan to attend the WIM Annual Meeting in Golden, “Mile High and World Wide: Diversifying the mining industry’s talent to meet future resource challenges”, April 25- 27, 2019. This Meeting will be 2 days of intense learning at the Conference-Style Workshop with wide-ranging top industry professionals and the Opening Reception on Day 1, then mine tours on Day 2. Day 3 is the Annual Meeting of the currently elected, then newly elected WIM National Boards. The Meeting ends with the Banquet on Saturday evening.
Information is below, but specifics and registration are on the website (womeninmining.us) under the Calendar-Events link. We have an outstanding Annual Meeting planned (this year’s Annual Meeting team knocked this year’s meeting out of the ball park!), so check it out & get registered! Better yet, see if you employer will send you as part of their sponsorship. Contact Committee Chair Amanda Adams, if you would like to play a part or have questions. [email protected]
May - Tentatively, the May meeting will be in the DTC. Details coming soom
Email from member Lori McCasky about a book written by Mines staffer Jessica Smith entitled "Mining Coal and Undermining Gender: Rhythms of Work and Family in the American West". Check out the article: https://www.spglobal.com/marketintelligence/en/news-insights/trending/a5ct2qnaptkq0n0b8omfsg2
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Article of Interest April 2019 Meeting
2019 Annual Meeting Agenda
April 6 - Expanding Your Horizons, STEM Workshop for Young Women (6-8 grade) in Ft. Collins.
Contact President Polo y La Borda ([email protected]) to assist in with a State-wide girls workshop about mining with WIM volunteers. Details on the STEM event, check out the website: http://nocoeyh.wixsite.com/home
A l s o , t his is the last day to see the amazing science projects on display at the State Science & Engineering Fair on the CSU campus. April 27th - Judges needed for 2019 Science Research Symposium for Boulder Valley High School students, many working on projects with Federal Govenemnt or local high tech firms. New Vista High School, Boulder 8:30 a.m. breakfast, then judging 9a.m. - 12 p.m. Questions: [email protected] To Register: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfhVfVLxjkGDxvKo-HnmKuVDVWl310Lh9nvoK3A7Lar2xZqrg/viewform
Denver Mining Club: 11:30-1 p.m., Golden Corral Buffet & Grill, 33677 S. Santa Fe Drive, Denver April 1.--Peter Modreski, Geochemist, U.S. Geological Survey. Mining History of Jefferson County, Colorado. April 8.--Calvin Johnson, Gold Prospectors of Colorado. Mining High-grade Gold Ore. April 15.--Laura Wray, Consulting Petroleum Geologist. Geologic Wonders of Iceland - Unique Interplays between Volcanoes and Glaciers. April 22.--Juan Lucena, Professor and Director, Humanitarian Engineering, and Beth Reddy, Assistant Professor, Engineering, Design & Society, Colorado School of Mines. Perceptions of Risks Between Engineers and Geoscientists. April 29.--Erin LaCount, Education Programs Coordinator, Friends of Dinosaur Ridge. 30th Anniversary Celebration at Dinosaur Ridge. Dick Beach, Secretary, (303) 986-6535. See past and future DMC talks at the web site: www.denverminingclub.org.
Other Educational Opportunities
2019 WIM EDUCATIONAL VOLUNTEER EVENTS
Other learning opportunities: Mon., Apr. 1, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., at the weekly meeting of the Denver Mining Club, “Mining History of Jefferson County, Colorado”, by Pete Modreski, USGS. At the Golden Corral Buffet, 3677 S. Santa Fe Dr., Sheridan (west side of Santa Fe Dr., south of Hampden). Purchase of lunch is required. Mon., Apr. 1, 7:00 p.m., The Leadville Limestone-The Magic Rock of Central Colorado, by Ed Raines, Collections Manager, Colorado School of Mines Geology Museum; at the Western Interior Paleontological Society meeting, Lowry Conference Center 1061 Akron Way, Denver. Tues., Apr. 2, 10:30 a.m., USGS Rocky Mountain Science Seminar, “Dynamics of mud volcanoes and geysers”, by Max Rudolph, Univ. of California-Davis. Building 25 auditorium, Denver Federal Center; visitors are welcome. Enter Building 25 at entrance E-14, by the security guard’s station. Wed., Apr. 3, 3:00 p.m., Denver Museum of Nature & Science, Earth Sciences Colloquium, “The evolution of plant-mite mutualisms: Clues from the DMNS collections”, by Gussie MacCracken, Univ. of Maryland. VIP Room, DMNS; all are welcome, museum admission is not required. Wed., Apr. 3, 7:00 p.m., Friends of the CSM Geology Museum monthly lecture will be "Outstanding Minerals of Colorado’s Metallic Ore Deposits: A Brief Review", by Philip Persson. In the CSM Geology Museum, room 201, 1310 Maple St., Golden, CO. Socializing begins at 6:30 p.m. and the talk will start at 7:00 p.m. Admission is free and all are welcome. Fri., Apr. 5, 3:00 p.m., Denver Museum of Nature & Science, Earth Sciences Colloquium, “Exceptional fossils in carbonate concretions: Why they form and what they can tell us”, by Tory McCoy, Univ. of Leicester. VIP Room, DMNS; all are welcome, museum admission is not required. Tues., Apr. 9, 6:30 p.m., Golden Beer Talks, Christina Burri, Watershed Scientist, Denver Water, will discuss Denver Water’s proactive investments in forest and watershed health to protect the source water for 1.4 million people in the Denver Metro Area. She will share the lessons learned in being reactive to high intensity wildfires, such as the Hayman and Buffalo Creek fires, and how Denver Water is experiencing a return-on-investment on proactive forest and watershed management”. Windy Saddle Café, 1110 Washington St., Golden. Doors open at 6; no charge other than food or drink you may purchase. For more info see http://goldenbeertalks.org/ . Fri., Apr. 12, 6:45 p.m., North Jeffco Gem & Mineral Club Silent Auction; all welcome (setup begins at 5:30). APEX Community Recreation Center, 6842 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada. For more info, Bill Jones, 303-503-6288
Fri.-Sat.-Sun., Apr. 12-14, Colorado Mineral and Fossil Spring Show, Crown Plaza Hotel /Convention Center, 15500 E 40th Ave., Denver, Colorado, 10-6 Fri. & Sat., 10-5 Sun., free parking & admission. Thurs., Apr. 18, Colorado Scientific Society annual dinner meeting, at Mount Vernon Canyon Club, 24933 Clubhouse Circle, Golden [Lookout Mountain] with a presentation, “Kilauea’s 2018 eruption - new methods and perspectives for monitoring volcanic eruptions”, by Jeff Sloan and Don Becker, USGS. You may attend the dinner, or just come afterward for the presentations. Social gathering at 5:30, dinner at 6:00, program at 7:00. To make reservations see www.coloscisoc.org . Mon. & Tues., Apr. 22 & 23, a pair of short Geology/Nature Hikes for Earth Day (which of course is always April 22), on the Table Mountains, Golden. Monday. Apr. 22, a hike to the waterfall on the east side of North Table Mountain; meet at 5:00 p.m. at Tony Grampsas Park, Salvia St. off W. 44th Ave., Golden. Tuesday, Apr. 23, a hike to the top of “Castle Rock” on South Table Mountain; meet at the trailhead at 18th St. & Belevedere St., Golden (take 19th St. east till it dead-ends at the foot of the mountain; jog left on Belevdere, park between 19th & 18th Streets. Let by USGS geologist Pete Modreski. Open to the public—anyone who would like to come. Each hike should take 2 hours or less, up & back; return by dusk. For more info or if weather is questionable, contact [email protected], off. 303-202-4766, cell 720-205-2553. April 25-28, Dinosaur Ridge, 30th Anniversary Celebration: events, Thursday through Saturday, include Jurassic Park Movie Night at the Alamo Drafthouse; Walk with a Scientist Tours; Spotlight on Science talk at the Origin Hotel Red Rocks; Community Carnival in the Cretaceous; and 30th Anniversary Gala Event at Origin Hotel. For full information on all these
events, see http://dinoridge.org/tours-programs/30th-anniversary-celebration/ . Sat., May 5, 11 a.m. to 2:45 p.m., Colorado Mineral Society Silent Auction; Holy Shepherd Lutheran Church, 920 Kipling St., Lakewood. Checkout begins at 2:45 p.m.; all are welcome; for more info, see www.coloradomineralsociety.org or contact Ben Geller, 303-550-5993 or email [email protected] . Tues., May 14, Colorado Scientific Society annual Emmons Lecture, by Dr. Mark Barton, Univ. of Arizona, Lowell Institute for Mineral Resources, topic and location TBA. This public presentation will take place in conjunction with a 2.5-day USGS-CSM-CGS joint Mineral Resources Forum. Sun., May 19, Friends of Mineralogy, Colorado Chapter, Silent (+Vocal) Auction. Noon to 4 p.m., Clements Community Center, 1580 Yarrow St., Lakewood CO. All are welcome to attend. Fri.-Sat.-Sun., May 31-June 2, Pikes Peak Gem & Mineral Show, Norris-Penrose Event Center, 1045 Lower Gold Camp Road, Colorado Springs, CO 80905. Sponsored by the Colorado Springs Mineralogical Society. Hours: noon-7 pm Fri., 10-5 Sat, 10-4 Sun. Adult admission $5. * * * * * * * * * * * * * For more lecture series during the year see: Colorado Beer Talks (2nd Tuesday, 6-8 p.m.), Windy Saddle Café, 1110 Washington Avenue, Golden, “Golden’s grassroots version of TED talks, Expand your mind with a beer in your hand”, http://goldenbeertalks.org/ Colorado Café Scientifique in Denver, monthly lectures on science topics held either at Blake Street Station or Brooklyn’s, Denver; open to the public, no charge other than refreshments you may choose to purchase; see http://cafescicolorado.org/ . Colorado Scientific Society (3rd Thursday, 7 p.m.), see http://coloscisoc.org/ . Meets at Shepherd of the Hills Church, 11500 W. 20th Ave., Lakewood CO, except when noted. CU Geological Science Colloquium (Wednesdays, 4 p.m.) see http://www.colorado.edu/geologicalsciences/colloquium CSU Dept. of Geoscience Seminars (Fridays, 4 p.m.), see https://warnercnr.colostate.edu/geosciences/geosciences-seminar-series/ Van Tuyl Lecture Series, Colorado School of Mines, (Thursdays, 4 p.m.): https://geology.mines.edu/events-calendar/lectures/ Denver Mining Club (Mondays, 11:30), see http://www.denverminingclub.org/ . Denver Museum of Nature and Science, Earth Science Colloquium series, 3:00-4:00 p.m., VIP Room unless noted, day of the week varies. Museum admission is not required; see http://www.dmns.org/science/research/earth-sciences/ Denver Region Exploration Geologists Society (DREGS; 1st Monday, 7 p.m.), http://www.dregs.org/index.html Florissant Scientific Society (FSS); meets monthly in various Front Range locations for a lecture or field trip; meeting locations vary, normally on Sundays at noon; all interested persons are welcome to attend the meetings and trips; see http://www.fss-co.org/ for details and schedules. Nerd Night Denver is a theater-style evening featuring usually 3 short (20-minute) TED-style talks on science or related topics; held more-or-less monthly at the Oriental Theater, 4335 W. 44th Ave., Denver; drinks are available; for ages 18+. Admission is $6 online in advance, $10 at the door. See https://www.nerdnitedenver.com/ . Rocky Mountain Map Society (RMMS; Denver Public Library, Gates Room, 3rd Tuesday, 5:30 p.m.), http://rmmaps.org/ Western Interior Paleontological Society (WIPS); beginning January 2019, WIPS will meet on the 1st Monday of the month, 7 p.m., at Lowry Conference Center, 1061 Akron Way, Denver. See http://westernpaleo.org/ .
NEW – WIM Mugs!
The Denver Chapter has received its order of WIM Mugs in the WIM official colors. You can order these from Ms. Dorr at [email protected] and arrange for pickup or delivery. The cost of the mug is $9 each (shipping extra).
WIM Cosmetic Bags Polo Shirts
All embroidered with the WIM logo.
Currently Available: Maroon: 1 Large Light Green: 3 Large, 2 X-Large Cream: 2 Large, 4 X-Large Beige: 3 Large, 1 X-Large Salmon: 1 Large, 1 XX-Large Medium Blue: 2 Large, 1 X-Large
Cost: $22 each or 2 for $40.
Please contact [email protected] Ms. Jass to purchase.
Show off your WIM spirit with a beautiful and convenient cosmetics travel bag! The bags are embroidered with the WIM logo and provide convenient storage space for all of your personal products when you are on the road!
Cost: $25 (cosmetics not included) Please contact Ms. Dorr to purchase: [email protected]
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