Quarterly Board Meeting Report – Girdwood, AK – September 14, 2008
The September 14 AAPL Board
Meeting was called to Order at 8:00 a.m. by President Marshall Lochausen. The following AAPL business was discussed
during the meeting:
PRESIDENT’S REPORT: shared
highlights of his travel plans to Billings, Montana. (Note: Marshall will be visiting Tulsa and
speaking to TAPL at our 2/9/09 mtg)
STAFF REPORT: Robin Forte reported the
following:
Summer NAPE 2008: Over 690 booths were sold for Summer
NAPE which was August 27-28. The event was a success with over
6700 in attendance. Keynote
speaker for the Industry luncheon was Texas Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson. AAPL raised $75,000 to benefit wounded soldiers this year
bringing the cumulative total up to about $500,000.
NAPE 2009: Over 1200 booths have already been sold
for NAPE 2009 which will be February
5-6, 2009. A
listing of hotels with discounted rates available is on the website www.napeexpo.com. Attendee registration is expected to begin in
mid-October.
Education: AAPL has recently hired Sarah Tinsley
as Assistant Director to help Richard Rosprim with the Education
responsibilities. Since 7/2008,
AAPL has processed 3 CPL applications, 9 RPL application and 2 RL
applications.
Membership: Membership as of 8/7/2008 is
9,651. Approximately 1,577 members
have not yet renewed their application.
Publications: AAPL is currently working on the 2009
Landmen’s Directory & Guidebook in both printed and electronic format. For advertising opportunities, contact Kelly
Davis at AAPL headquarters at (817) 231-4555 or via email at kdavis@landman.org.
FINANCIAL
REPORT: Bryan Hennigan reported that as of June 30, Total Assets for
AAPL is $11,830,990. Revenue was $5,432,012,
with the majority attributable to NAPE and membership dues. Expenses reported were $3,171,804, with
Salaries, benefits and G&A being the largest expenses. As of June 30, AAPL had $777,856 in
short term investments and $7,591,324 in long term investments.
BUSINESS
ITEMS: The following topics were included on the agenda for this
Quarterly Board Meeting.
Below is a summary of the discussion and/or action that was taken at the
meeting.
Licensing Task Force: The Executive Board provided each Board
Member with the following items:
1) the Dec 1991 report and
recommendation of the Licensing Study Committee; 2) the Aug 2008 report and
recommendation of the Licensing Task Force; and 3) a two page summary of the
benefits and detriments of enacting a recommendation to seek licensing of
landmen. After review of
these items, Craig Clark made a motion to allow AAPL proceed with licensing of
landmen in Texas. The original
motion as proposed by Craig brought about much discussion among the Board
members present. Each Director had
ample opportunity to voice concerns of the association they were representing
and/or make suggested modifications
to the original motion. After
significant discussion, the group came up with a modified motion (a copy of which is attached to this report)
which was approved by 30 of the 32 directors present. One Director
voted no, and one Director elected to abstain. I want to be clear
that the Directors did not vote on whether we were “in favor of” or “against”
licensing – that will come in December and your input will be so very
important. We did vote to see what
a proposed bill would look like if we decided to pursue licensing of landmen in
Texas. AAPL will work with the
Hillco firm in Austin, TX to prepare a proposed bill which will be provided to
each of the Director’s no later
than November 5th. Upon
receipt, I will send the information to each active TAPL member for your
review. It is likely that we will
vote “for” or “against” licensing at the December Board Meeting. In the event the “for” vote prevails, your
feedback, comments and recommendations for the proposed bill will be important
to ensure that I properly represent TAPL’s position in December.
Active to Senior Membership Requests: The Board approved Senior
Membership status on Michael J. Cavender, S. Bobo McKenzie, Bruce M. Noonan and
Susan E. Treece.
New Application/Membership Data Request: Minor modifications have been made to
the revised Membership Application form.
Specifically, the changes include 1) clearly stating that the $100
application fee is a “non-refundable” charge; 2) inserting the words “if
approved” regarding the time period for which dues are being paid; 3) including
the applicant’s name at the top of pages 2 & 3 of the application; and 4)
requiring the complete work history for both Active & Associate membership
status.
COMMITTEE
REPORTS: A summary of the written Committee
Reports provided are as follows:
The American Oil & Gas Historical
Society (AOGHS): AOGHS
is planning its 3rd annual Energy Education Conference and Field
Trip November 12 – 14 in Houston, Texas.
Ethics Committee: Committee is currently reviewing five
(5) cases.
Legislative/Regulatory: The committee has been very active
watching legislative issues in Kansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, New York, Pennsylvania,
Texas and Utah.
Awards: Nominations for 2009 Awards will be sent via email to the
Board and association Presidents in early November and must be submitted by Jan
30, 2009.
Publications Committee: Richard Ryan is looking for new committee members if
anyone is interested. They are
looking for new articles to be published in The Landman.
Field Landman Committee: Randy
Nichols has been surveying field landmen for input into their needs in the
field. In response to the survey,
the Committee will be offering more web based workshops, seminars etc to maintain
certifications.
Certification:
David Miller said the Committee is currently reviewing over 200
applications for certification.
Education:
The Winter Land Institute will make comparisons among major shale
plays. The Committee is working on
an additional educational institute as well.
The
next AAPL Board Meeting will be held December
7th. Please feel free to provide me with your
feedback on the licensing issue at any time as I intend to organize our
responses and get a summary posted on the website for review by the
membership.
If there
are additional issues for me to bring forward on behalf of TAPL please let me
know. Should you have any questions
regarding the information included in this report or if you would like to get
copies of any individual committee reports, please feel free to drop me an
email @ mables@samson.com or call @ 918-591-1819 (off) or
918-645-8154 (cell). Thanks!
Mona
D. Ables
AAPL
Director
