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Question #3 --

Do you have a Speaker’s Bureau available to make presentations to schools?

19 societies answered no to this question and 18 societies answered yes
Below are their answers.

  • Albuquerque Geological Society
    • No, but speakers are available
  • Ardmore Geological Society
    • The geological society does not, but the Oklahoma Energy Resources Board does. The President of the geological society is involved with it.
  • Coast Geological Society
    • Yes, it is informal, but we do have members whip speak at schools when invited.
  • East Texas Geological Society
    • No, but when requested we send a member to the school.
  • Houston Geological Society
    • Our Academic Liaison Comm. handles this and several of our members are involved in Earth Science through their children’s schools.
  • Idaho Association of Professional Geologists
    • No, however we have made presentations and attend school field trips to answer geologic questions.
  • Indiana-Kentucky Geological Society
    • Yes, but it is not publicized. We make approximately 10 presentations annually.
  • Kansas Geological Society
    • The Speaker’s Bureau has 20 speakers and a list of the speaker’s topics has been sent in the past to the earth science teachers in USD 259 (Wichita area) through the district's science coordinator, plus lists sent to the independent and Catholic schools. This year a letter identifying the society’s Web site where the information was listed was distributed to the same recipients. This does not appear to have been successful.
  • Lafayette Geological Society
    • We do not have a formal Speaker’s Bureau. Most of the members are available to make presentations.
  • Los Angeles Basin Geological Society
    • Not a formal one set up, but members have done this through their employers, such as my employer, Stocker Resources or through the SPE who often call on a Geologist to assist a Petroleum Engineer.
  • Michigan Basin Geological Society
    • We do speak at schools, but nothing organized,
  • Montana Geological Society
    • No again, this mostly occurs by word of mouth
  • Nevada Petroleum Society
    • The Nevada Petroleum Society does not have a formal education program, however many of our members are on the Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology’s speakers list
  • New Orleans Geological Society
    • We have a number of talks (Powerpoint) available and are working on more.
    • We also have an extensive collection of fossils; particularly dinosaur material and other hands on material.
    • Our local society considers outreach work important and puts a significant budget towards it to build a significant out reach collection. We hope to have most of this on our Web site soon.
  • Oklahoma City Geological Society
    • Our "partners in Earth Science " do this.
  • Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists
    • Occasionally contacted to speak at schools. RMAG fulfills these requests and is assisted by the Colorado School of Mines Museum which has assembled rock and mineral study sets with accompanying laboratory exercises. The kits have enough material for a class of 24. A set is also available at the RMAG office.
  • Tulsa Geological Society
    • Members of Community Education Committee made presentations to schools.
  • Utah Geological Association
    • Paul Jewell coordinates the requests we receive from schools with the Association members. We make presentations to science classes, career days and judge science fairs.