May_2010

DGS EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING
MINUTES
05 May 2010
 
 
 
 
The board of directors for the Dallas Geological Society for the term 2009-2010 met at Desperado’s. 
 
ATTENDANCE
 
DGS BOARD OF DIRECTORS:
Sirman Hollabaugh (President) = SH
Patrick Lowry (President-Elect) = PL
Patty Abney (First Vice President) = PA
Ta Li (Second Vice President) = TL
Matt Wilson (Treasurer) = MW
Deanna Combs (Replacement Secretary - Vince Smith Replacement)= DC
Charlotte Klenk (Scholarships) -- CK
 
 
 
  1. CALL TO ORDER:
  2. CONSIDERATION OF LAST MEETING’S MINUTES:
  3. DC must resend April minutes to BOD. 
  4. CONSIDERATION OF MEMBERSHIP APPLICATIONS:
  5. Jose Ortega
  6. Houston Welch, Jr.
  7. Donald Moore
  8. James Edwards
  9. All approved unanimously.
  10. SCHOLARSHIP: CHARLOTTE KLENK DISCUSSION:
  11. DC arrives late (5:45pm) due to traffic/construction.
  12. CK leads discussion of scholarship review for students
  13. Must be fulltime in fall of school year
  14. Undergrad to grad
  15. Must be a local student or a local resident of area going elsewhere
  16. Must be enrolled in geology with declared geo major. 
  17. Last several years have been dominated by UT-D.  Breakdown of last 10 years. 
  18. TCU – 2
  19. A&M – 3
  20. Trinity – 2
  21. TX Tech – 2
  22. Boston College – 2
  23. UT-D – 23
  24. Mines – 1
  25. SMU – 3
  26. UT-A – 3
  27. Kansas – 1
  28. UNT – 1
  29. LSU – 1
  30. $250-$1000/yr.  Amount based on net earnings of endowment.  Therefore, only 1-$1000 scholarship or 2-$500 scholarships this year.
  31. If CK is allowed to receive DGS $1000 directly without going thru endowment, DGS will supply this $.  TL moves to approve this.  All are in favor.  Motion passes.  CK will check with Community Foundation. 
  32. SH will get clarification of residency requirements from CK.
  33. SH suggests to email heads of all local geo depts in order to better inform them of the scholarship.  This may help to spread the recipients out a bit more by encouraging increased application from the other schools; noting that SMU and UTA are very active and responsive to any SWS request, while usually getting little response from UT-D.  TL suggests finding a student contact at UT-D in order to improve their SWS response.  
  34. Current DGS endowment = $97,773.
  35. TREASURER’S REPORT:
  36. Crawfish Boil reported by TL.
  37. ~450 ppl attended.
  38. ~$5000 profit
  39. Must still do final accounting
  40. Last yr made ~$7500.
  41. TL will get accounting on holiday party squared away (potential costs, bids, etc.)
  42. TL and CK leave
  43. Golf Tournament reported by MW:
  44. $4770.36 profit
  45. ½ goes to the Geophysical Society
  46. Website Transactions reported by MW:
  47. $773/yr profit for international luncheons.
  48. LUNCHEON:
  49. Addressed in Treasurer’s Report above. 
  50. SWS:
  51. Expenses reviewed by MW.
  52. INTERNATIONAL:
  53. SH suggests to place speaker lineup on the DGS website.
  54. WEBSITE RELATED ISSUES:
  55. Only suggestion is in INTERNATIONAL, above.
  56. NEW BUSINESS:
  57. Officers:
  58. PA suggests no position should be uncontested.
  59. All should be “Active Members”. 
  60. DC running as 2010-2011 Secretary after replacing Vince Smith in Feb 2010.
  61. Awards:
  62. Will be June 8th
  63. Recipients include, in part:
  64. Barbara Kearney – SWS Chair
  65. Vince Smith – Past Secretary
  66. David McDonald – International Committee
  67. Mark Wilson – Past President
  68. All SWS Committee Chairs if have the resources to do this.  SH will speak with B. Kearney about this. 
  69. Lee Higgins – Service Award
  70. SH motions to approve above awards.  All in favor.  Motion passes.
  71. Board Party / Past President Party Preliminary Discussion.
  72. Discussion to combine them.  ~$6000 at Dallas Petroleum Club.  Sometime in October.
  73. ADJOURN:
  74. SH moves to Adjourn.  MW/PL Second.  Meeting Adjourned 6:55pm.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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