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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Summary
• 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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