The GI-Geosynthetics committee will be a recognized world leader in education of the geo-community about geosynthetics and in maintaining high-quality, objective assessment of geosynthetics for geo-applications.

The mission of the GI-Geosynthetics committee is to facilitate the education of the geo-community relative to geosynthetics as engineering materials and to provide forums to facilitate communication among those interested in the application of geosynthetics in geo-fields including geotechncal and geoenvironmental applications. This mission will be accomplished through the following avenues:

1. Establish and maintain active liason and collaboration with existing geosynthetics groups, e.g.'s, IGS*, NAGS*, TRB A2KO7*, CGSGD*, GRI*, and ASTM Committee D35.

2. Organization technical sessions, seminars, workshops and conferences.

3. Education of current and future geo-users of geosynthetics.

4. Development and maintenance of a web page on the committee and its activities.

5. Encourage submission of articles on geosynthetics to Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering (JGGE), Geotechnical News, and other appropriate publications.

6. Stimulate of research on geosynthetics and their applications through the GI-CERF* and USUCGER*.

The goals of the GI-Geosynthetics committee are:

1. Convene a highly knowledgeable, active group of Geo-Institute members and other interested professionals to formally establish the vision, mission, goals and scope of the G-I Committee on Geosynthetics.

2. Develop effective collaborations with collegial organizations.

3. Maintain high-quality technical review of geosynthetics in geo-engineering applications. This is most pertinent to the review of published papers both in the JGGE and in any proceedings associated with the Geo-Institute.

4. Develop and offer short courses on geosynthetics aimed specifically at local ASCE sections and branches. These courses are (a) a primer on geosynthetics for professionals not involved with geosynthetics on any routine basis, and eventually (b) more advanced courses on select design issues regardings geosynthetics.

5. Establish a geosynthetics session at each Geo-Institute conference.

6. Coordinate and serve as central reviewer of miscellaneous papers regarding geosynthetics at ASCE conferences.

7. Establish, interact, or take charge of an existing yearly symposium on geosynthetics. This symposium will be focussed on a specific aspect of geosynthetics. It is envisioned as a 1-day or 2-day symposium with invited speakers and papers.

NAGS, North American Geosynthetics Society

TRB A2KO7, Transportation Research Board, Committee on Geosynthetics,

CGSGD, Canadian Geotechnical Society's Geosynthetics Division

GRI, Geosynthetics Research Institute

ASTM American Society for Testing and Materials, D35, Committee on Geosynthetics

GI-CERF, Geo Institute - Civil Engineering Research Foundation

USUCGER, United State Universities Conducting Geotechnical Engineering Research