April 2010 - Los Angeles Society of Petroleum Engineers

APRIL 1, 2010 LASPE NEWSLETTER
MINUTES CONTINUE...
b. Annual Golf Tournament: Progress is good, with several foursomes sold already. The PayPal
link is up and working on the web site. ( www.laspe.org )
c. Student Chapters: the President of the SPE Student Chapter at Cal State Long Beach,
Matthew Perry, attended part of the meeting and presented a brief report on their activities.
They recently held their first general meeting, and are planning collaboration with the
AIChE club, and participation in the Associated Engineering Student Body (AESB)
organization. AESB has a “meet the industry" night planned for April 2010.
6. Old Business
a. Western Region Continuing Education Programs: Scott Hara reported good progress. Only
a couple of items are still needed, including a description of the LA Urban Oilfields tour, and
a course description for Dr. Sarem’s portion of the Environmental Issues Workshop.
The workshops on May 25 and 26 are each scheduled for a half-day, with the exception of the
workshop on Thermal Oil Recovery, which will be a full day. The course fees will be $100 per
half-day, $200 for the full day.
b. Legion of Honor: Chairperson Vanessa Perez will write a letter inviting 50-year members in
the LASPE’s area to attend an upcoming Forum meeting of their choice to receive their
plaques.
7. New Business
a. Outreach: LASPE received a request from SPE International to pay for the cost of
educational materials for an upcoming Energy4Me teachers’ workshop to be held in Long
Beach. A motion was made, seconded and approved to spend $420 for that purpose.
b. Craig Webster was introduced to the Board. He has volunteered to assist Jack Smith with
Scholarship and Science Fair activities.
8. The meeting was adjourned at 11:50 AM.
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