Notes on the Summer View from the Chair………
Report from the Chair
July and August are quiet months for LASPE. The next official event and meeting will not be until September 14 – the regular monthly Petroleum Technology Forum at the LB PetClub. Until then, this newsletter will serve to bridge the gap. Here is an update of your Section’s summer and upcoming activities.
Chairperson and Board nominations: LASPE’s program year runs from October through September. Starting with the new program year, the office of Chairperson, Vice Chairperson and three board positions will be open. The nominating chair, Sam Sarem, offered candidates for these positions. The board approved the following nominees at the June meeting:
Chairperson: Raj Upadhyay, current board member and secretary
Director (2004-2005): Pat Shuler, CalTech Power, Environmental and
Energy Research Center, Covina CA.
Director (2004 – 2007): Scott McGurk, Plains Exploration, Inglewood CA
Director (2004 – 2007): Alan Spivak, Plains Exploration, Inglewood CAIn accordance with our by-laws, official notification will be made to LASPE’s membership before August 15, 2004 complete with pertinent biographical details for each nominee.
Golf Tournament: The Annual Charity Golf Tournament Fundraiser held at Los Serranos CC on June 18th was an incredible success thanks to Mark Shemaria and his hardworking crew. The net proceeds were over $26,000. These funds will be use to expand our scholarship program, our community outreach program, the support of student chapters at USC and CSULB, etc. Please take a look at our website at www.laspe.org for photos of the golf tournament and other LASPE activities.
Participate in next year’s plans: All members are welcome to attend board meetings and contribute to the discussion. These meeting last about an hour and are convened before the monthly Forum. The next meeting will be held on September 14, 2004 at 10:00 AM at the LB PetClub. Discussion items will include future Forum topics, the WRM 2005 to be held at the end of March, 2005 in Irvine, CA, etc.
Scholarship awards: The Forum on September 14 will also see the awarding of undergraduate and graduate scholarships to ten deserving students at CSULB and at USC.
Website: Larry Gilpin is our webmaster and has put in a lot of effort to improve and keep www.laspe.org up to date and fresh. Take a look. There is new information including two job postings, reports on this year’s COMET program, scholarship winners, the golf tournament and community outreach activities.
Have a great summer and see you in September.
Rick Finken, 2003-04 Chairperson
Richard_finken@longbeach.gov