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Annual Report 2007: FY July 1, 2006-June 30, 2007

Advisory Council

The AAPG Advisory Council experienced a routine year, hence this report will be brief:

1. The greatest single continuing problem faced by the Advisory Council, and the AAPG, is that we need to receive more nominations for AAPG elective office, especially President-elect and Treasurer. We urge all members to consider the real benefits that come with service to the Association, allow their names to be actively considered, and to solicit qualified fellow members to allow their names to be put forward. In addition, we urge all Sections, Regions, Divisions, and affiliated local societies to endorse worthy members for officer-candidates.
   
   
2. Without exception, this year’s AC continued the new policies and procedures adopted by the 2005/06 AC under the leadership of Chairman Pat Gratton, and recommend that they become standardized operating procedure for the future.
   
   
3. The AC endorsed the Fair Dues Structure for the proposed new Graduated Dues Amendment. This new legislation was endorsed by the leadership of AAPG’s House of Delegates, and submitted to the House at the Annual Meeting in Long Beach, where it passed overwhelmingly.
   
   
4. The AC recommended additional changes to the existing rules regarding Petition Candidacy, including (a) requiring more than 50 endorsing signatures; (b) requiring that at least 10% of endorsing signatures be from members from Sections or Regions other than the Petitioner’s home Section or Region; and (c) requiring the Petitioner to gather all endorsing signatures personally. These recommendations were approved by the Executive Committee, but the leadership of the HOD declined to put them forward for the entire House membership to consider. The issue of Petition Candidacy remains an unresolved source of potential contention in AAPG’s governance and affairs.
   
   
5. The AC approved an important new annual award, for excellence in petroleum geoscience research, named in honor of the late Robert R. Berg. The first awardee will be named at the 2009 annual meeting.
   
   
6. There were no ethics complaints referred to the AC in FY 2006/07.
   
   
7. Without exception, the entire 2006/07 Advisory Council worked collegially and constructively to identify worthy officer candidates, and recipients of AAPG Honors and Awards. Their deliberations and discussions were highly professional, focusing on the qualifications of those being considered, and group wisdom was sought, achieved, and honored. As Chair, I thank them all sincerely, and I urge all AAPG members to seek out and thank their respective AC representatives for their excellent work on behalf of the Association.
   
   
8. On behalf of the entire 2006/07 Advisory Council, I sincerely thank AAPG staffers Regina Gill and Janice Scott for their diligent and superior work in making the AC’s meetings efficient and its results productive.

Peter R. Rose, Chair