CHEVRON Opportunity

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SEG Global Member Questionnaire Provisional
Results Tallied by Pamela Terekhova SEG
GAC Discussed at the ExCom meeting, May 4, 2007
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main conclusions

• Global membership
• online access to geophysical
• knowledge
• advancing to active or associate
• members is not high priority

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questionnaire respondents

• 135 members from 26 countries
• 75 from China, India, Indonesia,
• and Nigeria
• job classification
• education 25
• oil gas companies 24
• service companies 17

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global membership benefits

• TLE/Geophysics 71
• Networking 40
• Conferences and workshops 40
• SEG books 36
• Continuing education 36

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additional aspirations .

• Buy SEG publications at discounted prices
• Online continuous education
• Hard copy of TLE and Geophysics
• Sponsorship to attend conferences
• Hold meetings in 3rd world countries
• Provide intl job opportunities

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perceive global membership as 2nd class or
lesser status membership

• No 64 (86)
• Yes 16 (22)
• No idea 3 (4)
• It is the best society in the world
• I have ever trusted and enjoyed.

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plan to renew global membership next year, if the
5 renewal fee is not covered by a sponsor

• YES 50 (80)
• Dont know how to do it
• Rather have SEG pay for it
• This would be inconvenient
• May be 14 (19)
• NO 4 (6)
• Cant afford it
• Inconvenient
• How can I send money?

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transferring your membership status to associate
or active

• Yes 15 (20)
• If I can send money to SEG
• If my company will pay
• With very small fees
• May be 16 (22)
• No 17 (23)
• Cant afford it
• Cant get money to SEG
• Cost of sending money is too high
• Just want online access

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visiting SEG website

• Daily 16 (21)
• Every week 32 (43)
• Every month 35 (47)

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attending DISC or RL

• Yes 19 (26)
• No 72 (97)
• Never happens in Thailand
• SEG will not come to Nigeria
• Due to logistics, cost, and locations
• Make it available online
• Too expensive to travel

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conclusions

• Global Membership is still needed for
• supporting members in underdeveloped countries
• facilitating the payments where no credit cards
  or cheap bank transfers are available
• The voting right is perceived as a Nice-to-Have,
  but not as the main priority
• The POLLING of membership should be a key
  priority at present, being perceived as a more
  effective way to actively participate to the SEG
  life.