Monday evening we’ll hold our Icebreaker Registra- tion reception, share AMAPAC information with you, accept presentations from speakers and tighten our seat belts for the week to come. Tuesday, we begin a Mining District Breakfast with my friend Paul Manuel at the helm, with all districts statewide providing updates. Over the course of the week we’ll see three days of technical sessions highlighting where we’ve come in the past 80 years, what we excel at today and how we can develop and improve moving into the future. We’ll hear from our state regulatory agency com- missioners at Keynote Luncheons as well as our new BLM State Director. And, we’ll cohost a breakfast meeting Thursday with RDC that will feature a dis- N`^^TZYMP_bPPY-ZM7ZPʰP]4>0=;]ZQP^^Z]LYO5LOP 9Z]_SNZY^`W_LY_LYO2`d,]NSTMLWO>_Lʬ>NTPY_T^_ for the Southeast Alaska Conservation Council. They’ll discuss their divergent (and some common!) views on regulation of resource development. I have no doubt this October issue of the Alaska Miner leaves you thirsting for more Convention infor- XL_TZY5`^_SPLO_ZZ`]bPM^T_PbSP]P7LNTSL^MPPY M`^dbT_SOLTWd`[WZLO^ZQYPbNZYʭ]XPOLOOT_TZY^_Z the week’s events, including a countdown clock that se- riously stresses me out but I hope excites our attendees. As we prepare for this November, there are also a QPbZ]RLYTeL_TZYLW_STYR^SL[[PYTYRL__SP,8,ZʯNP that coincide with the Convention, the most important ZQbSTNST^L^^T^_TYR_SPM]LYNSP^bT_S_SPT]0WPN_TZY^ On Wednesday, Nov. 6, we will elect a new Statewide -ZL]OZQ/T]PN_Z]^_Z^P]aP,8, $ 0WPN_TZY^ for all branches are underway currently and I hope that if you’ve ever given any thought to being more TYaZWaPOTY,8,dZ`ɪWWZʬP]dZ`]YLXPQZ]PWPN_TZY Our board serves AMA statewide, makes a positive im- pact in our communities and is the lifeblood of AMA. .ZY_LN_Z`]^_LʬTQdZ`SLaP\`P^_TZY^LMZ`_SZb_Z be involved as a Director. Finally, speaking of the lifeblood of the mining in- dustry, I’d like to call your attention to the Honor Roll of Members featured on Page 64 of this magazine. My jaw dropped when I saw some of these long- time members — I had no idea many of you have been giving to the organization for so long, not because you aren’t old enough, but because it’s truly humbling to see that many of you still so involved today were deeply involved in the transformational times of our industry and Association. It is an abso- lute honor to know you and work for you. 4NLYɪ_bLT__Z^PPLWWZQdZ`_SPʭ]^_bPPVZQ November. Ǎ Executive Director’s Report
D ear AMA Members: As our leaves here in Southcentral turn brilliantly yellow and we’ve had enough ]LTY_ZQZ]RP__SP]PPaP]bL^LM`]YMLYTYPʬPN_ ^`XXP]SL^ZʯNTLWWd_`]YPOTY_Z.ZYaPY_TZY4XPLY fall season. It’s true that once the calendar hits September, there’s one organization event after another, seem- ingly once per week until Thanksgiving, including Z`]^_SL_ʭ]^_Q`WWbPPVZQ9ZaPXMP]4VYZbXLYdZQ these groups holding their events — AMA, Resource Development Council, Associated General Contrac- tors, Alaska Chamber and others — share many of the same sponsors and attendees. I can speak for my colleagues when I say we all truly appreciate the time and resources you give to ensure our event’s success, and to help to fund our mission year-round. BSTWP4LX^`]P_SP^_LʬLYONZXXT__PPWZZV frazzled, and don’t walk anywhere when we could run, I can tell you that this is my favorite week of my year. The Convention is our family reunion with many that we only get to see that one time of year. I’m optimistic this will be our best Convention in all of our 80 Years of AMA. The Convention insert in this magazine goes into great detail, but I’d like to add a little color to tell you why I personally am excited for this year’s Convention. First, we start the week with a short course that is so good people actually show up on a Sunday, to start a two-day course. Monday that course continues and another one-day course begins. This year we will also have the pleasure of being featured at the Anchor- age Chamber “Make It Monday” Forum onsite at the Dena’ina to discuss mining with a wider audience. Contributed Photo AMA Executive Director Deantha Crockett speaks to the Southeast Conference Annual Meeting in Sitka.
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The Alaska Miner
October 2019
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