Barriers Facing International Geoscientists to AAPG Membership

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Barriers Facing International Geoscientists to
AAPG Membership

• (1977-2002)

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1977

• Member I think that we should go
  international.
• Official There are no geologists outside
  America.

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32 Recommendations made in 1997/8 Report

• Issues Actions to date
• Languages (1) None
• Advertising (1) Minor
• Competition (3) None
• Disincentive to join (3) None
• Communications (3) Some effort
• Bulletin content (4) Improved

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32 Recommendations made in 1997/8 Report

• Issues where actions were taken
• Services (6)
• Bylaws and Administration (5)
• Dues and funding (3)
• Access to AAPG-Sponsors etc (3)

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Sponsoring

• Actions taken
• None possible to date due to objections
• from current members.

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Sponsoring

• Potential solutions
• 1. Add other classes of sponsors.
• 2. Corresponding Members.
• 3. Life Memberships.
• 4. Corporate Memberships.
• 5. Explorer only subscriptions.
• 6. Abstracts only subscriptions.

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Dues and Funding

• Actions taken
• 1. No new special rates introduced.
• 2. GEMs 1st Ladies Initiative.
• 3. Members mentoring, paying dues etc.
• 4. More funds in Grants-in-Aid program.
• 5. None on Group Memberships.

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Dues and Funding

• Potential Solutions
• 1. Expansion of existing initiatives.
• 2. Encourage employer support.
• 3. Corporate sponsors for Grants-in-Aid.
• 4. New membership formats.
• 5. Include dues etc as education in EP
• contracts.

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Bylaws and Administration

• Actions taken
• 1. Regions started.
• 2. Bylaws changed.
• 3. Regions now have reps. on AAPG
• Exec. and other admin. committees.
• 4. Have International rep. in Tulsa.

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Bylaws and Administration

• Potential Solutions
• 1. Allow delegates, unable to get to
• meetings, access to HOD voting and
• decision-making activities.
• 2. E-mail voting.
• 3. Address emerging issues.

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Progress and results

• Increased international membership.
• More Affiliated Societies in place.
• More Student Chapters established.
• More Distinguished Lecturers in place.
• More overseas courses distributed.
• More overseas visits made.
• More international meetings.

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Some Outstanding Issues

• Slow approval process.
• Poor mail delivery.
• Uneven Tulsa International links.
• Only 25/230 countries have enough
• members to grow internally.
• AAPG weak in Arab world some producing
  nations.
• Need- Mentors,VGP,EDM, Env.Geos.