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To:
Volcano
Listserv From: Jonathan
Fink Subject: Fund-raising
solicitation Date:
July
29, 2010 Listserv
members, Jessica
Ball requested that we post the note below. We generally don’t encourage or
approve of organizations or individuals using Volcano Listserv for overtly commercial
purposes (although we do have Listserv members that occasionally inform others
about his or her latest book). In this case, the cause seemed likely to be of
interest to many of you, so we decided to approve distributing the note. If you
have concerns about this decision, feel free to let us know. Jon
Fink From:
Jessica Ball [mailto:ball.jess@xxxxxxxxx] Greetings to
the list, I am a volcanology graduate student at the University at
Buffalo, and I am currently working with the International
Volcano Monitoring Fund, a non-profit organization founded by Dr. Jeff
Witter, to raise money to purchase field equipment and volcano monitoring
instrumentation for the Santiaguito Volcano Observatory in Guatemala. Santiaguito is a large lava dome
complex located on the flank of the Santa Maria volcano in
southwestern Guatemala. Santiaguito has been growing since 1922 and
is one of the most active and hazardous volcanoes in Central America. Explosive
activity and dome collapses at Santiaguito regularly produce ash plumes, lahars
and pyroclastic flows that severely impact local villages. Unfortunately, the
scientists and technicians at the Santiaguito Observatory who monitor these
hazards cannot afford to purchase basic field equipment on their meager
salaries, and INSIVUMEH has little funding to spare to outfit the Observatory
with volcano monitoring instruments. The IVM-Fund and its partners hope to raise $10,000 for Guatemala
volcano monitoring. With this money, the IVM-Fund will help outfit the
Santiaguito Volcano Observatory with basic monitoring equipment so that
Guatemalan scientists can effectively track the behavior of one of Guatemala's
most active and dangerous volcanoes, and improve safety in the communities
surrounding it. The Fund is collaborating directly with Gustavo Chigna,
director of the Santiaguito Volcano Observatory, which is part of the
Guatemalan national volcano institute INSIVUMEH (Instituto Nacional de
Sismologia, Vulcanologia, Meterologia, e Hidrologia); and with Rudiger Escobar
Wolf, a Guatemalan volcanology graduate student at Michigan Tech University. In
addition, Simon Fraser University’s Physical Volcanology Group, the Mount
Baker Volcano Research Center, the VolcanoDiscovery group, and the Magma
Cum Laude geology blog are also lending their support to the fundraising
effort. Please contact Dr. Witter (jeff@xxxxxxxxxxxx)
or myself (Jessica Ball, jlball@xxxxxxxxxxx)
or check out the specific project webpage for more detailed information on the
fundraiser: http://www.ivm-fund.org/guatemala/.
To make a donation, please click on the DONATE NOW button at: http://www.ivm-fund.org/donate/.
Donations in any amount are greatly appreciated, and 100% of the funds will be
used to purchase and deliver equipment for the Santiaguito Volcano Observatory
and its staff. Thanks in advance for your time and generosity! Jessica Ball To contribute to the volcano list, send your message to: volcano@xxxxxxxx Please do not send attachments. ============================================================== |
