May 2013 - Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists

RMAG March Board of Directors MeetingBy Jacinda Nettik Brown, Secretary (jacinda@caerusoilandgas.com)The Board of Directors meeting was held onMarch 20th, 2013 at the RMAG office. We beganthis meeting with guest, TriciaBeaver, representing the RMAGAwards Committee. Tricia presentedher committee’s nominations forAAPG Honors & Awards. This AAPGprogram recognizes outstandingachievements and contributionsby professional geologists. Thenominations are confidentialso all materials with nominees’names were collected after theBOD approved the list. Past awardrecipients can be found at: http://www.aapg.org/business/annual/awards.cfmNext up was the Financial Report.RMAG Treasure Mike Kozimko isreworking the cumulative incomeand expense plots to better show when expenses andincome are expected to hit the books rather than thecurrent method that shows the budget as a straight linefrom the start to the end of the year. The reworked plotswill allow the BOD to better understand month-to-monthhow RMAG is performing compared to the approvedannual budget.RMAG was contacted by the Director for Centerfor Oil Shale Technology and Research at ColoradoSchool of Mines regarding our 1974 RMAG 25th FieldConference Guidebook to the Energy Resources of thePiceance Creek basin, Colorado. RMAG BOD approveda motion granting a non-exclusive license to post anNeil H. Whitehead, IIIConsulting GeologistRMAG would like toextend a thank youto Connie Knight forvolunteering to beCommittee Chair forthe Committee forMembership Issues.electronic copy of this guidebook with a link back to theRMAG website. The makes the Guidebook available to alarger audience and gives RMAGadditional exposure.As many of our RMAG membersare aware The Mountain Geologistwent digital this year. However,our non-member subscribers(libraries and universities) are stillprovided printed copies becausean effective way for their usersto digitally access The MountainGeologist was not determinedprior to their subscription renewal.The BOD approved the necessaryunbudgeted funds for postageand printing of The MountainGeologist for the remainder of2013.RMAG BOD decided to table thediscussion of RMAG contributing to GeoScienceWorld’sebook and ejournals due to the upfront unbudgeted coststo RMAG. GSW ebooks would make RMAG Guidebooksavailable for purchase on the GSW website and ejournalswould make Mountain Geologistavailable for purchase.GSW could be good investment opportunity for RMAGand can be evaluated at a later time.RMAG would like to extend a thank you to ConnieKnight for volunteering to be Committee Chair for theCommittee for Membership Issues. This committee withbe charged with recruiting and engaging members andmemorials. If you’d like to be on this committee pleasecontact the RMAG staff.I hope to see many of our RMAG members at theupcoming events, including the RMAG Monthly LuncheonProgram.»PhD CPG-AIPG PG WYRocky Mountain BasinsWellsite to Petroleum Systems ArcGIS303-679-8573 fax 303-679-8574 neil3@q.com31634 Black Widow Way Conifer, CO 80433-9610Editors Note:The editors welcome Ron Pritchett as a co-editor.Ron will be filling in for Cat the next few months whileCat is on leave from the Outcrop.Vol. 62, No. 54May 2013