JULY 2003

I would like to thank the committee members for all their efforts in editing The Delegates’ Voice this year. Three issues have been published so far, and this is the final issue, summarizing the annual meeting. We had a little trouble with the mailing of the first issue in September, but that seems to have been taken care of now. Issues are posted on the AAPG Web site, in both .pdf and searchable .html formats, so they can be easily accessed by any member.

The 2002-2003 Newsletter Committee members are: Pat Gratton, George Eynon, Martin Cassidy, and Debra Osborne. I truly appreciate their efforts in providing the extra sets of eyes to proof read various editions of each newsletter. The publication schedule is often compressed and their willingness to read and return material to me has made my job much easier.

Most importantly, I want to acknowledge the efforts of Linda Ramsey at AAPG Headquarters for doing all the article layout and composition. I appreciate Linda’s patience and cooperation, even over holidays following me around via email as I visited various family members. I also appreciate Janet Brister’s work in getting each edition of the DV on the AAPG web site, in both .pdf and .html formats. Linda and Janet are invaluable in getting the DV published and available on the Web site. Also, I appreciate all the help I have received from Donna Riggs. Donna is my starting point of contact for so many things at AAPG headquarters and she always is able to help me.

I appreciate the opportunity to work with Terry Hollrah, George Eynon and all of the HoD committee chairs to conduct the business of the HoD this year. It’s been a real pleasure to work with all of these individuals as well as the members of the House.

Finally, I want to congratulate the awardees on their contributions and accomplishments. I have two suggestions to pass on to the incoming Secretary/Editor. I suggest putting some additional resources for the HoD on the AAPG Web site for easy reference. I suggest putting up the HoD Rules and Procedures. For me, sometimes it’s much easier to go to my computer to find a document than look for a piece of paper in my office. I also suggest placing the list of committees there as well as the list of deadlines. The latter two are published in each issue of The Delegates’ Voice, but I think it would be nice to be able to go directly to these sorts of reference material.