Chris Rowan is a geologist specialising in the dark arts of paleomagnetism, and getting people to pay him to travel to exotic destinations for fieldwork. Having drilled up New Zealand during his PhD, he is now a post-doc at the University of Johannesburg. 
Just a couple of things for fellow geoblogospherians to consider, if you haven't already. Firstly, Maria is participating in the Donors Choose funding drive. The projects that she's trying to get funded are all aimed at bringing geological goodness to those in educational need. Plus, now she's even offering bribes prizes to those who donate. If you haven't already, think about sticking a few dollars in the pot.
Secondly, I've just registered myself for the ScienceOnline09 Blogging conference, being held next January in North Carolina. It would be cool if we could get a posse of geobloggers in the same place for once. We could even have our own session... in a manner of speaking. Anyone interested?
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I'm down with the conference... signing up now. See you there.
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Posted by: Callan Bentley | October 9, 2008 7:33 AM
I'm glad you'll be there, Chris! See you in January!
Posted by: Laelaps | October 9, 2008 8:14 AM
Crap! Right after I have to be back in NY for classes. If only I were still going to school in VA...
Posted by: Tuff Cookie | October 9, 2008 8:53 AM
I would love to come to that blogging conference, but I will be traveling during that time.
Posted by: BrianR | October 9, 2008 11:03 AM
Given that my blogging is officially a personal thing, and not a recognized professional activity, I couldn't get away with traveling for a blogging conference. (Now, I can get together with bloggers at AGU, and that's legit. It's a weird line drawn by my institution, but I doubt it's unusual.)
Posted by: Kim | October 12, 2008 12:44 PM
I'd love to go, but North Carolina is quite a stretch for me at that time - and they just closed the registration! Amazing. Maybe next year a plan can be made for a larger turnout.
Is it always in North Carolina?
Posted by: Silver Fox | October 12, 2008 12:57 PM