Good morning everyone,
What a turn out last night! Nearly 65 members attended our meeting held at Texas Land & Cattle in Arlington, TX to hear Sharon Clute from Eland Energy speak on the exciting topic of Gas Balancing. Sharon’s presentation was packed with numbers and was both entertaining and educational.
I would like to take a moment to recognize our first timers, Victoria Molina and Miranda Littlefield, both with XTO Energy, Inc. Welcome and thank you for coming! Remember that if it is your first time, your meal is on US! So, please encourage your fellow members to attend.
Before sitting down to dinner, I had the wonderful opportunity of presenting our two scholarship winners with a small gift and a check for $500 each. Unfortunately, David Granado, one of our recipients, was ill. But, his mother, Laura Granado was on hand to accept on his behalf. Chase Hasson was the second recipient and was accompanied by his mother Marsha Hasson. David Granado was sponsored by acting member Leticia Giron-Garza and Chase Hasson was sponsored by Donna Bell. For more information on our winners, please refer to the article in our most recent newsletter!
Prior to the wonderful dinner, myself and eleven other Board members met to discuss the behind the scenes issues that keep our organization running. Here are a few notes:
· Deadline for articles for our next Newsletter is October 20th
§ Angela Korthauer will write an article on the behind the scenes of Institute
§ Joyce Andrews will continue with another "Who’s Who" member
§ Vickie Coles will write an article over the Unclaimed Property Class at Institute
§ Jeremy Black will write an article about a first timer’s experience at Institute
§ Kelsi White will look for bullet points to include in a new section called "Did you know…"
**Please feel free to submit legislation and other fun State specific facts on Oil & Gas to Krista Fletcher for this section! We would love our members to contribute! Email Krista_fletcher@xtoenergy.com **
· We are currently sitting at 155 Total members. Since our last meeting we have had 22 new members join!
§ Karen Albritton will be cross-referencing the membership list that was used to mail directories with the newer members to determine who still needs a directory. These newer members will be the first to receive our welcome packet consisting of a welcome letter from me, a directory, and a DALWORTH lapel pin.
· The Directories are complete and Cameron (who volunteered to design our cover) was given a monetary gift for his services
· The website is hopping with Job Postings; A lot of updates so check it out! www.dalworth.org
· Chuck Keller presented three choices for a new sound system for the meeting but they were all from Amazon.com; a suggestion was made to check out buy.com to compare prices; an official vote will be made at the November 2nd Conference call **If you have suggestions on a small, portable sound system please let Chuck now at ckeller@compassroyaltymanagement.com **
· Vickie Coles and Hanna Webster were selected to be sponsored by DALWORTH to attend Institute
· A $500 donation was sent to NADOA for Institute and thanks to Angela Korthauer, our organization will be mentioned in the magazine as a donator monetarily and for goody bags
· Whistle, key light, compasses were ordered as good bag favors
· Our next meeting was rescheduled from September 8th to the 22nd and will be held over lunch at Compass Royalty in Addison, TX
· The Holiday Party will be December 1st at Texas Rangers Baseball Stadium in the Hall of Fame Suite
§ $40 to attend and will include: Free tours of the ball park and Autographed items for the raffle and dinner
· Carol Pearson will be discussing next year’s Board positions with each current member to determine who wishes to stay on the Board and who would like to step off
§ Regardless of whether or not a person chooses to stay, only Director positions are automatically held for a second term (all were elected last year to serve two years); all other positions may be open
§ Ballots must be out by the end of October
**If you are interested in participating on the Board, please contact Carol Pearson at cp9@ntrs.com
Lastly, we are attempting to set a schedule of meetings for next year that will be the most appealing to our membership. Thus far we have held meetings in Grapevine, Arlington, Fort Worth, and the next meeting will be in Addison. At the December meeting we will be passing out ballots for you to choose your favorite location. If you’d like to be heard, plan to attend!!
Thank you for taking the time to read through this email and become more involved in our organization. I look forward to seeing you all next month! As always, please feel free to send me any comments, questions, or concerns. Have a wonderful day!
Kelsi White
President 2010
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