MGLS NEWS
THE MINERALS AND GEOTECHNICAL LOGGING SOCIETY
A CHAPTER AT LARGE OF THE SPWLA
Volume 17 Number 1 - JANUARY 2000
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| Volume 17 Number 1 - JANUARY 2000 |
Late Edition Special Announcement! The second edition of "Well Logging for Physical Properties", by Joe Hearst, Phil Nelson, and Fred Paillet has been published by John Wiley and Sons. It contains major revisions of the chapters in the first edition, a section on geochemical logging, and new chapters on nuclear magnetic logging, flow measurement, and borehole imaging. It should be available soon through online stores like Amazon.com.
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Election Chairman's Report
Fred Paillet
As MGLS Past President it was my official duty to collect and count the recent ballots for MGLS offices for the 1999-2001 period. Here are the results of the election:
| Office | Candidate | NUMBER OF VOTES | Write-in |
| President | Carol La Delfe | 45 | 0 |
| First VP | Donald Hill | 45 | 0 |
| Second VP | John Lane | 44 | 0 |
| Secretary/Treasurer | Fred Paillet | 45 | 0 |
MGLS President's Message
This is my chance to thank you, the members of the Minerals and Geotechnical Logging Society, for giving me the opportunity to preside as President for the coming term. I also wish to welcome other members to the board, including Don Hill as First Vice President, a brand new board member, John Lane as Second VP, and Secretary Treasurer, Fred Paillet, who has previously held all of the board positions at least once and has volunteered to multiply his personal contribution of time and effort by also being symposium chairman.
We have a new executive board, amended Bylaws, and best of all, a Seventh International Symposium on Borehole Geophysics scheduled for this coming October! I hope all of you have gotten the "Call For Papers" by either email or regular mail. I got a few "addressee unknown" returns both from my emailing and also from the regular mail. Please keep us informed of your current address, both email and regular mailing address. We are using the internet as much as we can to deliver news and announcements, both to speed the information to you and to save on postage and unnecessary use of paper products. Our web site can be our Hub, available for not only the executive board but all members to publish news, announcements, and links to company sites. Just email the webmaster. Thanks for a great voter turnout.
It is my hope that together we can stir up some of the enthusiasm once held by our founders as we move into the year 2000; a Y2K celebration, not a Y2K crisis. As you see below, we will have the "Seventh International Symposium on Logging for Minerals and Geotechnical Applications" in Golden, Colorado, in October! I hope you feel as excited about this as I do. I have really missed having the opportunity to attend an exclusively MGLS symposium since our most recent meeting in 1995. Please consider submitting a paper or at least joining us in Colorado this coming Fall.
In my capacity of Bylaws Chair (1997-1999 term) I'm also announcing the results of our Bylaws election (see announcement later in this issue).
Carol La Delfe
The Minerals and Geotechnical Logging Society Chapter of the SPWLA, and the U. S. Geological Survey announce plans for an MGLS Symposium to be held in Golden, Colorado, October 24-26, 2000. The symposium will consist of two full days of sessions on all aspects of geophysical logging applied to ground-water, mining, engineering and other non-petroleum geotechnical studies. Depending upon the actual submission of abstracts, sessions are planned for (but not limited to) the following topics:
Aquifer characterization and geological exploration
Applications in mining and mine construction
Geophysical characterization of minerals and lithology
Geotechnical applications in engineering and construction
New logging equipment and data analysis techniques
Contaminant migration studies at Superfund sites
Integration of data from surface, cross-borehole, and conventional geophysical logs
Symposium proceedings will be published so as to be available at the time of the meeting. Brief abstracts are requested by either regular mail or email to allow the Symposium Committee to identify sessions and publish a preliminary agenda. Presentation at the meeting requires submission of both abstract and final camera-ready manuscript for the Proceedings volume. Papers can be presented in either oral or poster form. There will be a 10-page limit for camera-ready manuscripts. Special arrangements are being made to accommodate U. S. Geological Survey authors to expedite the manuscript approval process.
MGLS Symposium Deadlines
Announcement of meeting
December 15, 1999
Submission of abstracts
April 1, 2000
Notification of abstract acceptance
May 1, 2000
Submission of USGS papers
June 15, 2000
Return to author with review
June 25, 2000
Submission to Reports Specialist
July 15, 2000
Early registration
July 15, 2000
Submission of camera-ready manuscript
August 15, 2000
Symposium
October 24-26, 2000
SEND ABSTRACTS TO:
F. L. Paillet, U. S. Geological Survey, MS 403
Box 25046, Federal Center, Lakewood, CO 80225
fpaillet@usgs.gov
Announcement of Bylaws election results
As Bylaws chairman for the recent amendments referendum it was my official duty to collect and count the recent ballots on the amendments. Here are the results:
A total of 42 sealed ballots with valid signatures from current MGLS (and SPWLA) members were received, with the following votes:
Amendments | YES | NO |
Article I, Membership - section 2, Classification | 41 | 1 |
Article III, Section 1, Qualifications | 42 | 0 |
Article VII, Amendments | 42 | 0 |
Article III, Section 2, Term of Office | 42 | 0 |
Article III, Section 3, Elections | 42 | 0 |
Article IV, Section 1, Business and Technical Meetings | 42 | 0 |
Article VI, Section 4, Nominating Committee | 42 | 0 |
Article V, Dues and Fees | 42 | 0 |
Since the terms of the ballot were that those ballots which were not returned would constitute affirmative votes, only dissenting votes were solicited and the amendments were approved. This must now be reported to the SPWLA, with full description of amendments, for SPWLA's approval.
Carol M.La Delfe
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