Dear Colleagues,

Please find attached a low resolution version of the December 2010 edition of the ISSMGE Bulletin.

I would be grateful if the Secretaries of Member Societies would forward the attachment to their members or, alternatively, advise them that the News Bulletin is also available from the ISSMGE website (this version, and a higher resolution version), at: http://www.issmge.org/web/page.aspx?refid=729.

The following is the list of contents of the Bulletin (also attached in .pdf format if you wish to send this on to your members).

List of Contents for ISSMGE BULLETIN: December 2010

Page Articles

1 Message from the Vice President for Africa - Prof. Samuel Uche Ejezie

10 Report from a Member Society: Ghana Society - Prof. Samuel I.K. Ampadu

12 Celebration of ISSMGE 75th Anniversary - Dr. Imen Said

15 Case History 2010 Earthquake in New Zealand - Dr. Misko Cubrinovski, Dr. Rolando Orense and Dr. Lis Bowman

26 Technical News: Use of Coal Fly Ash for Asphalt Pavement - Dr. Tarunjit S. Butalia and Dr. William E. Wolfe

31 News
European Young Geotechnical Engineers Conference
Danube-European Conference on Geotechnical Engineering
3rd Korea-Japan Geotechnical Engineering Workshop
International Geotechnical Engineering Conference in Pakistan
20th Annual Professor Chin Lecture in Malaysia
International Workshop on Numerical Analysis for Geomechanics in China
News Gold Medal Awarded to Kammennoostrovsky Theater Reconstruction Project in Russia
Indian Geotechnical Conference

48 New Journal Geotechnique Letters

49 News for Future Events

ICGI 2012 in Wollongong, Australia
4th International Symposium on Disaster Prevention and Mitigation in Khabarovsk, Russia

52 Message from the Editor

53 List of New ISSMGE Technical Committees and Members

61 Event Diary

64 Editorial Remarks

65 List of Corporate Associates

67 List of Foundation Donors

With best wishes,

Paloma Peers

(Apologies to anyone receiving multiple copies of this e-mail.)