Janet Schneider, currently the Assistant Managing Director of the Geosynthetic Materials Association (GMA) and Technical Session Coordinator of the Geosynthetics Conference 2001 will resign her positions on January 12, 2001. She has accepted a position outside of the geosynthetics industry. Her new position is with a financial services institution and her new title will be team lead in the RTA customer services area. When asked what she will miss most, Janet replied “I will miss working with the membership and the volunteer leadership of GMA. I will miss working with the volunteers on all of the Geosynthetics Conference 2001 committees as well as the exhibitors and authors. I will also miss working with the talented staff at the Industrial Fabrics Association International (IFAI). And I will miss working with Danette R. Fettig. I cannot thank her enough for making everyday an adventure and for making each day a day I looked forward to coming to work.”