MBGS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MINUTES

September 13, 2006

Officers in Attendance:          Bob Reynolds             President

                                                Tom Hoane                 Treasurer

                                                Leonard Espinosa       Co-Field Trip Director

                                                Robb Gillespie            Past President

Tom Godbold             Business Manager

Absent Officers:                     Mark Nida                   Vice President

Ken Petrie                   Secretary                                             Mark Wollensak          Co-Field Trip Director

                                                Tom Wellman              Newsletter Editor

Location: Coyote Creek Grille

Meeting called to order by President Bob Reynolds at 4:45 PM.

President Bob –

The Mentor’s meeting has been moved to November 8, 2006.

An updated Officers Directory was distributed.

Bob would like to print a new Membership Directory – will need to check with Mark W.

Bob would like to know if Mark N is planning on attending the ES AAPG meeting in Oct. Bob will give Mark a call.

VP Mark N– Absent

The Oct. & Nov. meetings will be run by SPE at Coyote Creek.

Secretary Ken- Absent

Minutes from July 27, 2006, as corrected, were submitted by Tom H and approved.

Treasurer Tom H-

Tom discussed the financial sheets. Checkbook = $2,948.09 Money Market = $5,552.51

Requested final approval of approx. $300.00 to purchase 144 coffee mugs. (Minimum Order). Approved. He will contact Dan to order.

Requested that a set of Historical CDs be donated to the WMU Core Lab and the State Library. Approved.

Circulated a letter of thanks from Linda Harrison, WMU Core Lab for our $500 donation.

Has been having trouble contacting Greg for website updates. Bob’s son Rob will try to contact Greg for us.

Has ordered $300 worth of rock & mineral kits to be given out when MBGS members give talks. It was recommended that we purchase clear address labels with “Compliments of the Michigan Basin Geological Society” to be applied to the kits. Tom will order and apply.

Business Manager Tom G-

Nothing to report.

Will contact Dr. Taggart about setting up a meeting at MSU in Jan, Feb or March of 2007

Co-Fieldtrip Director Leonard-

Upcoming fieldtrips – Oil Springs /Petrolia Trip – Sept. 16, 2006 with 8 signups so far.

Salt mine trip – spring 2007, probably April

Yellowstone – 2008? We will need to check with Mark W.

Insurance policy should be renewed. The bill has not been received. Mark W. will need to check with our Insurance carrier. Tom H will give Mark a call.

Past President Robb-

Turned over AAPG materials he received over the summer to Bob.

Was asked if he would organize a fieldtrip to Baraboo WI – Late summer/fall 2007

Robb indicated that he had taken a group to Pennsylvania to the Drake well site and that we might consider a MBGS trip there in the future.

Electronic Pubs Mark – absent. 

Newsletter Tom W- absent

Tom W will be retiring from this position in June 2007 and we need to find a replacement.

Website – Tom H was helping someone with an order and discovered that CD#3 is listed as #3 & #4. He will get Greg to correct and to add the new officer’s names to the site.

New Business –

Does the Executive Committee want to go to Schuler’s again? Robb will try to set up the first Saturday of December for dinner.

We will look into doing a pig roast at WMU for our April meeting.

We discussed the possibility of putting the Money Market money into Bonds or Stock Market. It was decided to leave in the money market account.

We discussed the email from a student at CMU requesting financial assistance and will continue with our scholarship program in the spring of the year using funds from the sales of publications.

We asked Robb if the WMU Geo Club was selling travel mugs that we could buy for door prizes. He will check.

Old Business – None

Meeting was adjourned at 5:40 PM.

                                                                                    Respectfully Submitted

                                                                                    Tom Hoane