Resolutions Committee

by Don Clarke, Chair

The House of Delegates Resolutions Committee is composed of: Don Clarke, Sharie Sartain, Doug Patchen, and Steve Goolsby. House of Delegates Chairman Terry Hollrah has started us off early with several new tasks.

Our first task is to review the society delegate counts to see if the local societies have the maximum representation that they are entitled to. Sadly we need some work here. As it turns out, there are many local societies all over the world that have no delegates. This happens for many reasons, but typically the local society is faltering or the members feel that it is not practical to send a delegate. Times have changed, and with the advances in communications there are many ways for the delegates to add valuable input into how AAPG conducts its business. Service on committees is an excellent way to bring ideas forward to the House.

Our records show that the following societies have no delegates: Alabama Geological Society, Alaska Geological Society, Association of Missouri Geologists, Fort Smith Geological Society, Geological Society of Iowa, Georgia Geological Society, Illinois Geological Society,úMiami Geological Society, Mississippi Geological Society, Northwest Energy Association, Roswell Geological Society, Sacramento Petroleum Association, and the Southeastern Geological Society. Other societies and regions are under represented. If you know members of these societies please encourage them to re-evaluate their participation. We are looking into solutions for this problem. We are also looking into the societies that are under represented. Your help would be appreciated here. Talk to your society president about this.

Two societies are seeking affiliation: the French Association of Petroleum Technicians and the Sociedad Geologica del Peru (Peruvian Geological Society). On June 30th the Executive Committee voted to approve these affiliations. We plan to bring the affiliation of both of these societies to the House of Delegates for voting this coming May in Salt Lake City.