Dear friend,

Training courses on groundwater modelling are being
regularly conducted by few organisations/firms. I
believe that these courses are quite useful for all
concerned with groundwater flow and contaminant
transport modelling activities. However, in view of
time or money constraints or other reasons, some
persons may be interested only in getting the course
material and tutorial notes without actually attending
the course. I feel that course organisers may consider
providing the course material at nominal cost to the
interested persons and accordingly incorporate the
same in their course announcements.

Just to give an example, I recently had an unpleasant
experience. A Training Course on "Groundwater Flow and
Transport Modeling with GMS" was organized by LaGa
Systems, Hyderabad (India) during April 11-14, 2005 at
Hyderabad, INDIA. I asked Chief Executive, LaGa
Systems, Hyderabad to provide me a copy of
"Comprehensive Course Notes with Tutorial Notes and
Data" of the training course. He informed the cost of
course material as Indian Rupees 1000. After getting
the money, he informed that "We can send only the
course manual for the money you sent. We can not give
the data". I agreed to it and asked him to send
"Comprehensive Course Notes with Tutorial Notes"
without the data. However, I got only the "GMS
Tutorials" and not the complete course manual. I
wonder why major portion of the course material was
removed from the pack (clearly evident from very thick
spiral size inconsistent with the number of pages)
before sending me only the tutorial parts. It may also
be noted that I contributed for their training program
by sending a compilation of GMS discussions for
distribution to the participants.

I hope that better sense prevails and things are made
more transparent and convenient.

Regards
Kumar

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