2006 Gilbert Club Meeting to be held in Berkeley, California.

自1983年美国秋季地球物理联合会结束后，吉尔伯特俱乐部每年在伯克利举行一次会议。它已从最初的7名参与者发展到2005年的近278名参与者，并已成为新思想、社区倡议、持续沟通和建立合作关系的论坛。地貌学在这23年里发展迅速，吉尔伯特俱乐部对这一演变做出了贡献。会议通常由三位发言人组成，在一天结束时，每位与会者都会弹出简短的报告。去年，美国国家科学基金会部分支持了会议，大大降低了与会者的成本，这使得出席人数比前一年增加了40%。今年我们建议NSF承担全部参与费用。这次会议完全是由伯克利的研究生自愿参加的，所以这里的要求只是房间、车辆租赁、食品和饮料。我们的规模现在要求我们晚上在一个比PI的房子更大的环境中见面，并且已经增加了租用设施的要求。参与者支付自己的旅行和住宿，因此参与者的经济承诺仍然很大。更广泛的影响过去曾邀请过代表性不足的个人，特别是新兴的地貌学家群体。我们积极寻找并跟踪个人的进度，以便在个人准备好进行实质性演讲时发出演讲邀请。吉尔伯特俱乐部公开做广告，欢迎任何人加入。

ABSTRACT2006 Gilbert Club meetingIntellectual meritThe Gilbert Club has met every year in Berkeley after the Fall AmericanGeophysical Union since 1983. It has grown from the original 7 participants to, in 2005,nearly 278, and has become a forum for new ideas, community initiatives, sustainedcommunication, and the building of collegiality. Geomorphology has expanded rapidlyin this 23-year period, and the Gilbert Club has contributed to that evolution. Themeeting consists typically of three speakers followed at the end of the day with "pop-ups"of short reports by any attendee. Last year NSF partially supported the meeting, reducingthe cost to participants significantly, and that caused the attendance to jump by 40% overthe previous year. This year we propose that NSF cover full participation costs.The meeting is run entirely on volunteer efforts of Berkeley graduate students, sothat the request here is just for room and vehicle rentals, food and beverages. Our sizenow requires that we meet in a larger setting than the PI's house in the evening, andrental for a facility has been added to the request. The participants pay for their owntravel and lodging, so the financial commitment by the participants is still substantial.Broader ImpactsUnder-represented individuals have been invited in the past and are particularlysought among the new and emerging group of geomorphologists. We actively seeknames and track progress of individuals in order to make speaker invitations when theindividual is ready to give a substantial presentation. Gilbert Club is openly advertisedand anyone is welcome to participate.