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PRESIDENT'S LETTER
Dear Members,
Labor day weekend is upon us and hopefully
a little cooler weather! We as a society have
had a couple of events that enabled us to social-
ize and discuss business since our last bulletin.
The annual picnic was held August 1
st
at All
Star Sports Complex and was well attended by
members. We also convened at the Annual
KIOGA convention at the Airport Hilton Au-
gust 17-20. This event was attended by over
600 industry professionals where there were nu-
merous discussions concerning technology, ex-
ploration, and politics. It is always interesting
to hear different perspectives about where the
oil industry is headed especially from venders
and exploration companies working different
basins around the mid-continent. The general
theme I gathered from my discussions is that
everyone is excited about the state of the busi-
ness presently and most have optimistic views
about the business staying strong for some time
in the future.
The Society will have one more social gath-
ering this fall at Lynbrooke Sporting Clays fa-
cility. Larry Richardson has done a great job of
putting this event on in the past and I am sure
this year will be better than ever.
Bob Cowdery has scheduled eleven dates for
the fall session of technical talks. There a few
dates he does not have filled at this time so if
anyone has a topic of interest they would like to
present, I am sure Bob would love to hear from
you. Our first technical talk is scheduled for
September 18. One of our local geologists, Paul
Ramondetta, will explain development of the El
Dorado Field in Butler County.
Things have been busy at the KGS
Library this summer. As many of you know the
Library has extended its hours on Thursday
nights until 9:00 PM. Those of you coming
from out of town can take advantage of this
time to get that extra township of logs picked
and spotted on your maps. There have been
many volunteer hours worked during this time
also. You may notice the file cabinets are not as
full as they were at the beginning of the sum-
mer. A volunteer force expanded the existing
log files into an additional 24 file cabinets. This
was no small undertaking and my thanks goes to
all those volunteers who physically moved all
the logs and distributed them evenly throughout
the file cabinets. We have several projects com-
ing up which will depend on a volunteer force
to accomplish, so if you have some time to
spare on a Thursday evening or any other time,
let Rebecca know, I am sure she can find a pro-
ject that will fit your expertise.
Best Regards,
Timothy G. Pierce