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PRESIDENT'S LETTER
Dear Mambers,
Summer is here and drilling activity
has picked up in our state. I want to get this
letter out before I go to the field again. Af-
ter the last two wells I have watched it is
amazing to me how quickly geologic
changes can occur in a short lateral distance
an how that new piece of information can
change your perspective or interpretation of
what is going on geologically. On my way
to the AAPG convention in Salt Lake City
in May, I drove through Southern Utah and
was able to see evidence of geologic
events folds, faults, anticlines, and ero-
sional processes that I normally only per-
ceive happening in the subsurface of Kan-
sas. It was a nice refresher course in geo-
logic processes, and I tried to envision what
each circumstance would look like in the
subsurface if I only had electric log infor-
mation to interpret.
At the convention I met a lot of new
people with vastly differing backgrounds
and geologic experiences. The wealth of
knowledge that was represented at the con-
vention was very impressive. Equally im-
pressive were the exhibitors and the tech-
nology that is being used to evaluate data
for exploration and development. It is ap-
parent that data management is going to be
crucial for future exploration. Our KGS Li-
brary has a wealth of information and we
are working toward ways to preserve this
data as well as expose it to a larger group of
explorationists in a manner which it can be
accessed and used from remote locations.
By doing this we will have a better chance
to continue to grow and keep our library op-
erational.
Since our last issue we have com-
pleted a number of social and technical ac-
tivities of the Society. Our technical talk
spring session concluded at the end of May,
including a field trip to Hays, KS to visit the
Sternberg Museum of Natural History with
a trip to the field to hunt fossils. I want to
thank Bob Cowdery for all his hard work
finding and scheduling speakers for techni-
cal talks this past spring, as well as organiz-
ing and leading the field trip to Hays. He is
a tremendous asset to our society. He has
agreed to work on the fall schedule of
speakers as well so if you have any desire to
present work you have done, I am sure he
would appreciate hearing from you, or get
in touch with Rebecca at the KGS library
and let her know. The fishing and golf tour-
naments have been completed, our next so-
cial event will be the annual picnic the first
of August look for details in this issue of
the bulletin. Hope to see you there!
Have a great summer,
Timothy G. Pierce