Opportunities
with the GSH
PLEASE
VISIT THE NEW GSH WEBSITE AT:
http://www.GSHTX.org
Speaker Venues - Corporate Sponsorship
- Employment Referral
Speaker Venues: Those wishing to publicize and present papers to
the society members thru breakfast, luncheon or Special Interest
Group Meetings should review these venues. Be sure to check the
Education link for symposium and conference events and call for
papers.
Technical Breakfasts: Meetings start at 7:00 am for breakfast, 7:30 am presentation, 8:15 am Q&A. Generally the meetings end by 8:45 am. The venue is usually the speaker's own location or another host location as arranged by the committee. Host locations provide roomspace, continental breakfast and a/v materials as needed. Speakers need to provide abstract and short biography to chair at least 2 months in advance of the presentation to ensure publication in the newsletter and on the web. Interested persons should email Technical Breakfast Chairperson Karl Seibert at kseibert@corelab.com
Technical Lunches: Meetings start at 11:30 am The venue is usually at HESS, 5430 Westheimer. Speakers need to provide abstract and short biography to chair at least 2 months in advance of the presentation to ensure publication in the newsletter and on the web. Interested persons should email Technical Luncheon Chairperson Seth Berman at seth_quake@yahoo.com
Special Interest Groups:
The various SIGs invite speakers
to address their groups in monthly afternoon or evening dinner
meetings.
DATA PROCESSING SIG
Karl Seibert kseibert@corelab.com
This special interest group provides a forum for the discussion of seismic data processing topics such as seismic velocity, AVO, migration, etc. Three or more experts normally speak to the group and respond to questions at a late afternoon meeting. The meeting format is expanded to a half day for the Mini-Geo. Here contractors can show their wares as poster paper with each having equal space.
POTENTIAL FIELDS GROUP SIG
Afif Saad AfifHSaad@netscape.net and
Bob Van Nieuwenhuise Bob.VanNieuwenhuise@pgs.com
The objective of the Potential Fields Group is to provide a medium for education, communication and idea exchange for the Potential Field Group members along with any interested parties in the GSH. We create this medium by selecting speakers who have case history studies of interest or have developed new and innovatiove techniques in either data acquisition, processing or interpretation.
Meetings are generally at HESS, 5430 Westheimer monthly from September to June. Social hour at 5:30 pm, Dinner at 6:30 pm and presentations at 7:30 pm.
ROCK PHYSICS SIG
Keith Katahara keith@spinexp.com and Tad Smith tsmith@newfld.com
This new Special Interest Group was formed in October of 2002. Meetings are held at different local venues, with one or more speakers in an afternoon meeting.
Sponsorship Venues: The GSH depends upon the generous donations from industry sponsors for many of its events and meetings. Opportunities include hosting the various breakfasts, dinners and sporting events or through corporate membership in the GSH.
Technical Breakfasts: Host companies provide roomspace, a continental breakfast and any needed audio/visual materials for breakfast meetings of about 50 people. Contact chairperson is Karl Seibert , email kseibert@corelab.com
Sporting Events: Sponsors are needed to donate prizes and supplies for sporting events. Contact the following chairpersons for more information:
- Golf Tournament: George Lauhoff glauhoff@fairfield.com
- Salt Water/Bass Tournament: Bobby Perez r_perez@jdkseis.com
- Shrimp Peel: Lee Shelton LShelton@scacompanies.com
- Sporting Clays: Steve Bircher sbircher@hrs-us.com
- Tennis Tournament: Joe Jones 281-438-5626
- Salt Water/Bass Tournament: Bobby Perez r_perez@jdkseis.com
Annual Awards Banquet: Sponsors are needed to donate prizes. Contact Joan Myskowski at jmyskowski@hotmail.net
Corporate Membership: Companies are acknowledged in the monthly newsletter and can contribute as partners, sponsors, benefactors or underwriters. For information on how to become a corporate member or to endow a scholarship with an organization's name, please contact Pat Starich at 281-654-5036 or call the GSH office at 713-463-9477.
Employment Referrals: The GSH Employment Referral committee serves as a liaison between employers and potential employees in the geophysical industry. Free to both employers and employees - the only restriction for potential employees is that they be members in good standing in the GSH. The service acts as a clearing house where employers can request individuals with specific skills and receive a confidential service in the form of resumes of all qualified personnel. Links to other GeoScience job resources are at http://members.aol.com/earthview/Resource.html
Employers: Just fax or email your requirements, and receive back the resumes of qualified GSH members. Contact Sam LeRoy in Houston at (281) 556-9766, fax (281) 556-9778 or by email: earthview@aol.com
GSH members seeking employment or consulting work need to mail resumes to: GSH Employment Referral Committee, 12000 Westheimer, Suite 320, Houston, TX 77077 or by email: earthview@aol.com
The Houston Geological Society Jobs Hotline website provides employment opportunities and information to interested members of the Houston Geological Society, Geophysical Society of Houston, and the geological/geophysical community at large. It is one of the leading sources of oil industry opportunities. The website offers a current jobs listing, information on how to reply to an ad, how to submit an ad, jobs & energy statistics, an archived ads listing and other GeoJob links.For more information you may contact W. Michael "Mike" Cline, of T/X Resources and Chairman of the HGS Personnel Placement Committee.
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