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Saturday, April 19, 2008

Grand Hyatt Hotel

Crockett A & B

San Antonio, Texas

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  1. Introductions/Announcements, Determination of Quorum (Valary Schulz, Chair)
  2. Approval of Minutes, November 10-11, 2007, San Antonio, TX (Debra Rutan, Secretary)
  3. Chair, Councilors & Vice President (Valary Schulz)
    1. Committees & their charges
    2. Councilor’s responsibilities
  4. President’s Report (Thomas E. Ewing)
  5. President-Elect (Rick Ericksen)
  6. Treasurer’s Report (Michael Canich)
    1. DPA Balance Statement FY 2008
    2. Income Statement FY 2008
    3. DPA Investment Portfolio
    4. FY 2009 Proposed Budget
  7. Past President’s Report (Rich Green)
  8. Council Reports
    1. Eastern Section (Peter MacKenzie)
    2. Gulf Coast (Britt, Chuber, Fogarty, Hart, Lund, Nagy)
    3. Mid-Continent (Mark Gallagher, Dan Reynolds)
    4. Pacific (Jim Hill)
    5. Southwest Section (Jeff Jones, Paul Pause)
    6. Rocky Mountain Section (Bill Goff, Robert A. Schalla)
    7. International Section (Timothy Allen)
  9. Committee Reports
    1. Board of Certification (Royce Carr)
    2. Continuing Education Committee (Dan Reynolds)
      1. Web based Ethics courses (Rick Ericksen)
    3. Governmental Affairs Committee (Carl Smith)
      1. Government Education SubCommittee-
      2. 2008 NCSL, (Rick Ericksen)
      3. Washington Advocacy Committee (Deborah Sacrey)
      4. GEO-DC – status report
    4. Membership Committee (George Bole)
      1. Membership Statement (3-yr comparison)
      2. “Why did you join DPA?”
      3. Recruitment tools:
        • DPA Website
        • PDH reporting form
        • Potential web-based courses
        • Model Geological Contracts (to be placed in Member’s only section of website?-discussion)
    5. Publications Committee (Robert Shoup)
      1. GCC Survey
    6. State Registration and Licensing Committee (Rick Ericksen)
    7. Committee on Conventions
      1. 2008 San Antonio April 20-23, 2008 (Martha Guethle and Mark Norville, Co-Chairs)
      2. 2009 AAPG Annual - Denver June 7-10 (Clifford Clark)
      3. 2010 AAPG Annual Convention April 18-21, New Orleans, LA – Need to appoint Vice Chair
      4. 2011 AAPG Annual Convention – Houston (Date TBD) – Need to appoint Vice Chair
    8. Ad hoc, Long Range Planning Committee: DPA Procedures Manual (George Bole)
  10. Executive Session
  11. Approval to Adjourn
  12. Date of Next Meeting: October 4, 2008, Houston, Texas (Prior to the GCAGS meeting starting on Sunday in Houston.)