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The Delegates' VoiceNewsletter for the House of Delegates of AAPG |
APRIL, 2001 |
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Chairman’s Cornerby Lowell Lischer Well, we are coming down to the wire. The annual meeting of the House in Denver on June 3 looms ahead of us. Thanks to a very strong effort by dedicated committee members under the leadership of some great committee chairs, we will be ready for a full slate of matters to consider. This issue of The Delegates’ Voice contains most of the final committee reports, as they will be presented. There are a few exceptions where only interim reports are presented herein. However, ALL of the reports will appear on the HOD Forum by the time you receive this mailing (and given some of the mail service, probably well in advance of that). Additional copies of the DV, the C&BL insert from the April issue of The Explorer, and any other final reports will be available at the meeting. The meeting will be a full one. Out of necessity, I cannot set a time limit for the committee chairmen. I will ask that since all of their reports will have been published and published repeatedly, that their presentations be kept as brief and to the point as possible. For the delegates, having all of the information on all of the matters for discussion available to you, come prepared with your remarks. I will ask that you hold your remarks to two minutes or less. My commitment to you is to keep the meeting on task so we can all get out of there as soon as possible. To accomplish that necessitates a commitment from all of you as well. I will have a very brief report myself at the House meeting. It will be a summary of where we have been and those areas we simply could not get to this year. Hopefully, the later matters can be passed to the capable hands of next year’s House leadership. However, at this point in time, I have not included a draft report in this issue. With over two months remaining even before the meeting, there is yet much to be done. This being my last issue of The Delegates’ Voice as Chairman, I want to thank Ed and Sandi for all of their hard work and cooperation this year. It has been a pleasure to work with them. To all the committee chairmen, thank you for your diligence and leadership. To the committee members, thank you for your commitment to the House and your thoughtful input. To all you as delegates, thank you for your commitment to service and dedication to representing the interests of our membership. And thanks also to Donna Riggs and so many of the staff at AAPG Headquarters who help keep every HOD chairman on course each year. Thanks to the other members of the Executive Committee and Advisory Council this year for making my charge easier. It has been a pleasure to work with everyone. We’ve had a great year. But for now, I am still on the job. If I can be of assistance, provide clarification on an issue, or help to address a concern, please let me know. You can reach me at LKLischer<at>worldnet.att.net, phone (210) 479-6856, fax (210) 479-9156 or regular mail, 15611 Cloud Top, San Antonio, TX 78248-1350. Chairman-elect's Corner return to topby Ed Dolly The House of Delegates’ mid-year meeting was held in February at the Annual AAPG Days Leadership Conference in Tulsa. The meeting was productive and nearly every committee is prepared to present its report at the annual meeting. The committees have worked diligently to develop proposed legislation for the betterment of the AAPG. You delegates will be voting on these proposals on June 3rd in Denver. As you have read elsewhere in this issue of The Delegates’ Voice, in The Explorer, and on the House of Delegates Forum , the committee reports are (or soon will be) available for your review in preparation for the annual meeting. Please consider them carefully and come to Denver prepared! We’ll be able to accomplish far more in our scheduled meeting time if each of you is familiar in advance with the business at hand and the choices to be made. At the Leadership Conference, the House of Delegates was prominently represented. Current and past delegates numbered over half of those in attendance. Following reports by the AAPG Executive Director, the EC, AC, DEG, DPA, EMD, committees and international regions, the program turned to well-defined breakout sessions directed to explore the theme of membership enhancement. Topics discussed were membership retention, international memberships, dues structure, career development, education and training, publications, and the digital frontier. It is clear that the focus of the AAPG and its staff is membership, membership, membership - what more can we do to attract new members and retain current members? The efforts of the HOD in conjunction with all the other entities of AAPG are essential to continue to ensure that new members of all classifications are properly brought into the organization. New business for the HOD next year will most certainly include membership and membership-related matters such as review qualifications and ethical standards, as well as House quorum clarification and ways in which the HOD might assist the Advisory Council in long range planning, to name just a few possibilities. See you in June. Secretary-Editor’s Corner return to topby Sandi Barber This Delegates’ Voice, the last of the 2000-2001 term, contains the agenda and all the committee reports for the June 3 House of Delegates annual meeting in Denver. It has been a longtime goal to have this information provided to the delegates early enough to enable consideration and discussion of the issues. Therefore, the deadline for this issue was set for two months prior to the meeting, the same as for publication of Constitution and Bylaws amendments. Prior to the meeting, many of the committees will publish more information on the House Forum. We urge you to visit the site often, keeping informed of developing issues. The intent of the House Forum is to provide effective intra-House communications throughout the year and especially in preparation for the House meetings. In the seven months since its inception, our objective is slowly being realized, thanks to your participation. Chairman Lowell Lischer and the committee chairmen have been actively posting reports and questions on the Forum. And at least one issue has prompted spirited discussion. We have continued posting The Delegates’ Voice on the House webpage in html and pdf formats. Our delegates, especially our international ones, do not have to wait for mail delivery to receive their Voice. Thank you for the opportunity to serve as your Secretary/Editor. I have enjoyed getting to know many of you better. My heartfelt thanks goes to my fellow officers Lowell Lischer and Ed Dolly, the House committee chairmen, and the AAPG Headquarters staff. |
In this issue …Officers Columns: Committee Reports:> Constitution and Bylaws Agenda for June 3 MeetingSouth Texas Geological Society
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The House officers and committee chairs will be posting on the House Forum more updates and additional information for the House meeting on June 3. Be sure to visit Delegate's Forum often, and discuss the issues with fellow delegates and AAPG members before the meeting.