History of the PBGS: 1986-87
OFFICERS:
PRESIDENT: Jay A. Carman (Dawson Geophysical Co.)
FIRST VP: Thomas P. O’Neal (Exploration Geophysics)
SECOND VP: James Burnett (Hunt Oil Co.)
SECRETARY: Colleen Lynch (J. W. Humbard & Assoc.)
TREASURER: Alfred Berroteran (Enserch Exploration Inc.)
Shortly after installation, Colleen moved from Midland and Jim Flis was appointed Secretary.
A new membership Directory finally arrived – albeit a little thinner than in years past. Advertising revenues did not cover the cost of publishing so some corners were cut to keep costs as low as possible. It was a welcome relief to know where many of our members were these days.
Two Continuing Education courses were scheduled for the year. “Velocity as an Interpretation Tool”, by Melvin Carter (Oct. 1-3) and “Seismic Data Acquisition”, by Marvin Hewitt (Feb. 12-13). John Daniels has been guiding this program for several years and the participants have received many hours of useful instruction.
The Society voted to honor the memory of C. Newton (Newt) Page by designating one of the PBGS Scholarships in his name.
A contribution was received from Bill “Shudy” Harvey (Harvey Seismic Services, Inc., Denver) to help defray dues costs for unemployed PBGS members. “Shudy” was a PBGS Doodlebugger for many years.
The IRS elected to audit the Society and required a copy of everything from the Constitution and By-Laws to meeting minutes, records, checks, correspondence, prior year returns, etc. A real nuisance for an already busy President and staff. We did come out OK.
The various SEG committee chairmen apparently took their jobs quite seriously this year and President Carman was virtually inundated with SEG mail – along with his other correspondence. It was a busy year.
The 30th Annual Exploration Meeting was held on May 7-8, 1987, at the Holiday Inn, Country Villa Convention Center. No theme was selected, although several were proposed, as none seemed appropriate for the times – so the meeting was conducted with the intent to “Expand Our Knowledge and Understanding of our Profession”. Robert Graebner, SEG President, was keynote speaker, and nine technical papers were presented. Mayor Carroll Thomas again welcomed guests.
Membership on May 30, 1986, was 591 (261 Active SEG, 122 Associate, 1 Student and 208 non-member) and on May 31, 1987, was 481 (249 Active SEG, 95 Associate, 4 Student and 133 non-member).
