Newsletter_April

Annual Student
12th
Bowl
Challenge
12th Technical
April
A Revised
Lunch:
View of
Seismotectonic
and the Central
Colorado
for Happy Hour
Call
Sponsors
YP Group
EPIC
Information
Renewal
Membership
Reminder
Seismic Symposium
2019
February 2019
coming
Board Meeting
DGS
Notes
12th:
April
Luncheon, 11:30am at
Technical
19th:
April
Annual Student Challenge
12th
26: April
Happy Hour, 4:30pm
EPIC
11th: April
Short Course
RMAG
24th:
April
Luncheon, 11:45 at
RMS-SEPM
THE RECORD
T H E D E N V E R G E O P H Y S I C A L S O C I E T Y
A P R I L 2018 EDITION
IN THIS NEWSLETTER:
UPCOMING DGS EVENTS:
Appaloosa Grill
Bowl
U.S.
Location TBD
EVENTS AROUND TOWN:
Oil and Gas Law for Geologists
Wynkoop
A tale of three oil families: An
appreciation of carbonate-rich,
Mississippian source rocks in the
Williston Basin of North America

team name to kencinas@denvergeo.org by April 12th to register.
and
is limited.
Space
12TH ANNUAL
STUDENT
CHALLENGE
BOWL
PRESENTED BY
THE DENVER GEOPHYSICAL SOCIETY
AND SOCIETY FOR EXPLORATION GEOPHYSICISTS
THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 2018
SCHLUMBERGER OFFICES
1675 BROADWAY, DENVER
NETWORKING HOUR AT 4:00 PM – DINNER PROVIDED!
CHALLENGE BOWL STARTS AT 5:00 PM
Teams of two students from Universities or Colleges are invited to
compete in the Student Challenge Bowl!
Students compete in fast-paced multiple choice Q&A about geophysics
and geology and win funding towards travel to the 2018 SEG Conference
in Anaheim, CA.
Send name, email, school, discipline, and degree level for each student

12, 2018 FROM 11:30 - 1:00 PM
APRIL
GRILL, WRIGHT ROOM
APPALOOSA
the crustal stress field, its origins,
Understanding
its spatial variations are key to numerous
and
academic, and hazard-related
industrial,
Over the past decade, advances in
applications.
seismic networks and increases in
nationwide
rates in several parts of midplate
earthquake
America have provided a nearly 10-fold
North
in coseismic stress indicators. Using
growth
new constraints, this lecture will integrate
these
results of several recent studies to argue for
the
causal link among crustal structure (and
a
history), stress, and both natural and
tectonic
induced seismicity. This proposed
potentially
implies that intraplate stress and
connection
may be focused by local factors rather
strain
controlled by processes at distant plate
than
denvergeo.org to view the expanded
Visit
and register for the event.
abstract
DGS TECHNICAL LUNCHEONS
2018
SPONSORED BY:
ARE
accidentally
After
up for a geology
signing
during the first
class
of college and
semester
getting thoroughly
then
Will graduated
hooked,
cum laude from
summa
University in
Princeton
and earned a PhD
2007
geophysics from the
in
of Colorado in
University
From 2014 until
2014.
he was a
2017,
fellow at
postdoctoral
USGS Hazards
the
Center in
Science
working on
Golden
models of
prospective
rates in the
seismicity
and eastern US.
central
he is a visiting
Currently,
of Geology at
professor
College. Will’s
Colorado
ranges from
research
lithospheric
imaging
to seismic
structure
studies and
source
He lives in
attenuation.
with his wife, 1.5
Boulder
and two dogs.
children,
APRIL TECHNICAL LUNCHEON
A REVISED SEISMOTECTONIC VIEW OF COLORADO AND THE CENTRAL U.S.
535 16TH STREET, DENVER, CO
ABSTRACT
BIOGRAPHY
boundaries.

elies on its members to
DGS
the science of geophysics
promote
encourage fellowship and
and
among persons
cooperation
benefits include
Membership
with active members,
networking
on technical luncheons,
discounts
events and continuing
networking
courses, and free job and
education
posting on the website.
resume
your membership, here,
Renew
today!
DGS is looking for donations and raffle items
The
the Summer Happy Hour Social!
for
from the event will go towards
Proceeds
the Denver Geophysical Society.
supporting
benefits include a display of
Sponsorship
logo in all event announcements and a
company
interested, please contact Kyrie Encinas at
If
office@denvergeo.org
event is scheduled for June. The exact date
The
location are TBD.
and
the Emerging Professionals International
EPIC,
is SEG's resource for young
Committee,
with less than 8 years industry
professionals
experience.
sponsors the gatherings of emerging
EPIC
to encourage discussion and
geoscientists
EPIC Denver Chapter meets the last Thursday
The
every month for a happy hour. To learn more
of
the EPIC young professionals group and
about
next meeting location, click the links below or
the
CALL FOR HAPPY HOUR SPONSORS
printed banner at the venue.
SEG EMERGING PROFESSIONALS
HAVE YOU RENEWED
YOUR DGS
MEMBERSHIP?
interested in geophysical problems.
understanding of their respective disciplines.
email Kelsey Kidd at kkidd@flatgathers.com

SAVE THE DATE!
The 25th Annual 3D Seismic
Symposium will be coming to
Denver at the end of February
2019. More details to follow.

Morgan Brown (MB), Damon Parker (DP), Kyrie Encinas, Nick Grenfell (NG), Jamey
Present:
(JT), Mathew Romero (MR), Cam Coleman (CC), Kelsey Kidd (KK)
Turner
Report – Matt Romero
Treasurer
December financials under review as well as 2018 budget
-
some profit losses not on the Jan spreadsheet, will hit in Feb
-
Advertising mistake fixed, $6600.00
-
Report
Office
Membership – Renewed memberships YTD; 368, 5 this month
-
Last year: 800 by the end of the year 2017
-
Advertising – 2 business card ads, 0 display ads, 0 website ads
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Analytics: website views 20,023
-
Logins: 96
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Budget
Symposium
-
sponsor dollars-deadline 2/16
•$3300.00
ppl registered, last year only 52 by this time
•129
paid exhibitors, last year only 15
•18
sponsorship by getting Exhibitors names out
•Additional
from just platinum, gold, silver: FFN wants to pay to be in the full page
•Changing
in the abstract book
add
back and ask other exhibitors to see if they want full page add, 3000 page, 1500
•Go
page-take list of sponsors and exhibitors-split up between board members to
half
out
reach
2/16 sponsors will be shown on website and email
•Starting
the day before- board members help 2-4
•Pre-registration
right now, event paid for, 20000 more coming in!!
•57000
registration adds $50
•Late
DISK -
out talk, decide if this is something that is interesting enough-Cam
•Figure
spearhead
Kurt M
•March-June-
General -
help-someone to maintain the website-
•Website
Internship benefits-come to all of the events
•
Ray our accountant might retire, start looking for a replacement
•
Golf Tournament
-
10000 golf sponsorship at least
•
Double shotgun-(am-pm) approved
•
Someone sponsor a bus to-from Denver
•
5000-marketing
•
MINUTES OF THE DGS EXECUTIVE MEETING
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2018
The meeting came to order at ~ 1:30 P.M.
- Membership renewals at the 3DSS
• Matt-Jamie spearhead

Holiday Lunch
-
Ellie Caulkins-save money, less expensive then brown palace
•
$32/person~ at Ellie Caulkins
•
$52/person~ at brown palace
•
Best proposal-what you get out of it
•
Morgan and Kelsey spearhead (cam on board as well)
•
Turn it into a gala or sorts
•
Portion of proceeds going to ….what?
•
Gala -
NOGO •
Monthly luncheon
-
Buying projector? Save some money
•
Happy Hour
-
Item list for sponsorship
•
July 12th •
April 1st deadline- EVERY BOARD MEMBER COME UP WITH 3 RAFFEL
•
300-700 $
•
Baseball Game
-
Food drink @ tavern two years ago- charged $45 per person
•
Cost us100$ a person, we need sponsorship to make money-80 max people
•
Include buffet, and a drink ticket
•
Scott- Matt and Kelsey go talk to him
•
Hockey Game?/ idea
-
Maybe •
Student Challenge Bowl
-
April 5th •
College sponsors?
•
Free venue or a lot of sponsors
•
Talks
Jamie
7 talks -
Discounted membership to academia?
-
Kelsey talk to Kristen about talks from CU
-
Help
Kyrie
Admin help
-
Website help
-
Temp services?
-
Nov-Feb the board focused on the luncheons this year?
-
Jamie do announcements
-
MINUTES CONTINUED
• Kelsey spearhead
- Create SharePoint for budgets/sponsorship reach out/ calendar
- Come up with a list of things that the board can help with