Rules and Procedures Committee

by Deborah Sacrey, Chair

This year the Rules and Procedures Committee members are:

Deborah Sacrey: Gulf Coast Section
Mark Longman: Rocky Mountain Section
Mike Allison: Mid-Continent Section
Debra Nishida: Canada Region

There are four issues that the Committee is undertaking to resolve:

To evaluate the possible need to increase the size of the Resolutions, Rules & Procedures and Constitution & Bylaws Committees from four members to five members. This would allow better representation on these very important committees.

To consider the need to continue the Future of Earth Scientists Committee. This committee has had moments of inactivity in recent years. Would it be prudent to eliminate it all together and recall on an "as needed" basis, or make it an ad hoc status?

To consider setting a deadline of September 30th (end of first quarter) for submission of the slate of HoD officer candidates by the Nomination and Election Committee. This would enable the candidates' data to be collected for publication in a timely manner. Along with this would be the consideration of having the HoD Honors & Awards awardees selected by September 30th to ensure their biographical histories are assembled in time to be published in the Convention awards booklet -- as is done with the AAPG awardees. In this case, the early deadline would only be an issue in the years where AAPG has an early convention (like Houston, in 2002).

To recommend changes be made to the qualifications for Honors and Awards from "only a person who has served as a Delegate within the previous two (2) years may receive an award" to "only a person who has served as a Delegate within the previous two (2) years or an At-large Member of the House of Delegates may receive an award". This would open the field of eligible persons who have served the House, but not as a delegate within the last two years.

If you have additional suggestions for the Rules and Procedures Committee, or have comments on the above issues, please contact me at , or 713-468-3260 (Houston).