S-7 Members:

Each year, the officers of S-7 solicit proposals for symposia which cover timely topics of interest to our division. This year, we are fortunate to have received five proposed symposia with willing organizers. At the most, we will be able to have two symposia in 2007.

Selection of the one or two symposia for our meeting in 2007 will be based on your feedback via the ranking table below. Attached please find a Word file with the five brief proposals for half-day symposia at the 2007 S-7 Division Meetings in New Orleans. Please review these five excellent options and fill in the rankings from 1(highest preference) to 5 (lowest preference) in the table below. Please return your selections via email to me at stephen.schoenholtz@vt.edu <mailto:stephen.schoenholtz@vt.edu>  by Friday, 12 January 2007.

Thank you for your participation.

Please rank the following symposia (1=highest preference through 5=lowest preference):

Symposium Title Ranking
 (1 highest, 5 lowest preference)      
A. Soils and Hurricanes: Understanding the Connection          
B. Novel Instrumentation for In Situ or Non-destructive Soil Analysis          
C. Can Forest Soils be used for Carbon Credits or Registries?          
D. Use of Soil Conditions and Processes to Improve our Modeling Accuracy               
E. Soil Disturbance: Is It a Proxy For Long-Term Sustainability?               

Stephen
Chair, S-7


Stephen H. Schoenholtz
Director, Virginia Water Resources Research Center and
Professor of Forest Hydrology and Soils
College of Natural Resources
Virginia Tech
210 Cheatham Hall (0444)
Blacksburg, VA 24061-0001
Phone: 540-231-0711
Fax: 540-231-6673
stephen.schoenholtz@vt.edu <mailto:stephen.schoenholtz@vt.edu>