President’s Report to AGM April 2016 · 2018-04-27 · President’s Report to AGM April 2016 Summary 1. Summary •Society is in a comfortable financial position •Total equity

President’s Report to AGMApril 2016

Summary

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Summary

• Society is in a comfortable financial position

• Total equity currently $1.39M

• Future sesquiannual meeting with PESA to become Australasian Exploration Geoscience Conference

• AGC to run conferences with ASEG, GSA etc. every 4th year out of sync with IGC

• Newly established Near Surface Specialist group next conference Cairns 2017

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Summary

• Exploration Geophysics began 2015 with a special issue from 6th International Conference on Airborne EM

• ~120 papers submitted in 2015 (44 published)

• Preview has received widespread acclaim from luminaries such as Roger Henderson and Don Emerson

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Summary

• Membership database now reflects reality

• Membership numbers appear remarkably steady

• 920 paid-up Members at end of March compared to 890 at same time last year

• 3 x SEG HLs and 3 x EAGE Education Days 2 day courses

• 3 x OzSTEP lecturers plus one ASEG DL

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• Website migrating to a larger system

• Conferences being uploaded

• History of ASEG being uploaded

• $100k to RF for 5 PhD projects (3 mineral + 2 petroleum)

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