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AAPG Convention
 Mission: The AAPG Convention Committee is the "home team" responsible for coordinating the AAPG Convention when it is held in Houston.

AAPG Delegate Foreman
 URL: http://www.aapg.org/business/hod/index.cfm
 Mission: The AAPG House of Delegates (HOD) is not a committee of the HGS. It is the legislative body of AAPG and consists of one delegate per 70 active AAPG members. The Houston area has 61 representatives in the HOD and is the largest local delegation to AAPG. Each Houston delegate is elected by the local AAPG membership for a three-year

Academic Liaison
 URL: http://www.hgs.org
 Mission: The purpose of the Academic Liaison Committee will be to work with teachers, schools, and other groups to promote interest in, and appreciation of the geosciences. The Academic Liaison Committee made more than 100 presentations to junior and senior high school students. The committee provided speakers with slides, rocks, minerals, fossils, maps, and cross sections. In addition, this committee judges science fairs sponsored by the schools and other organizations. We are always looking for more

Advertising
 URL: http://www.hgs.org
 Mission: The Advertising Committee solicits, coordinates and manages the business card and commercial advertisements in the monthly HGS Bulletin, the annual Membership Directory, and the HSG Website. This committee makes annual budget estimates and reports on prior year income. The Committee endeavors to obtain income in order to offset Bulletin publishing costs.

Advisory
 URL: http://www.hgs.org
 Mission: The HGS Advisory Committee is charged with considering the long-range future of the HGS. Last year the Advisory Committee prepared a review of membership trends and evaluated the future of the organization and its members. Their report, prepared in the spring of 1999 by Committee Chairman Dave Fontaine with committee members Paul Britt, Dan Smith, and Ann Martin, is on-line here, as is an

Arrangements
 URL: http://www.hgs.org
 Mission: The purpose of the Arrangements Committee is to contract facilities for dinner and luncheon meetings, secure necessary audio-visual equipment for speakers, and coordinate advance reservations and actual meeting attendance with catering managers.

Awards
 URL: http://www.hgs.org
 Mission: The Awards Committee recommends candidates and chooses recipients for all awards established by the Executive Board. These HGS awards are Honorary Life Membership, Distinguished Service and President's Awards, Earth Science Teacher Award, Outstanding Student Awards, Best Paper Award, and Student Poster Awards. The Awards Committee is also responsible for nominating qualified candidates to the Executive Board for various GCAGS and MPG awards. The Awards Committee chairman is a member of the HGS F

Ballot
 URL: http://www.hgs.org
 Mission: The Ballot Committee is responsible for getting the ballots printed, collated, and mailed to the entire membership by April 20 and returned by May 10. This committee counts the ballots and reports the results to the HGS president as soon as possible.

Calvert Scholarship Fund
 URL: http://www.hgs.org/scholarships/calvert.html
 Mission: The Calvert Memorial Fund provides scholarship support to graduate students in the earth sciences who are U. S. citizens. It seeks contributions from HGS members and from corporate sponsors. It is managed by a board of five HGS members. Contributions to the fund should be sent to the HGS Office. Make your check out to the Calvert Memorial Fund.

Community Outreach
 URL: http://hgs.org/en/cms/?1
 Mission: The goal of the Community Involvement Committee is to generate and communicate ideas that may lead to increased involvement of HGS members in their organization and in their community.

Continuing Education
 URL: http://www.hgs.org
 Description:    

Successful HGS Continuing Ed past programs have included:

2008 : Assessment of Undiscovered Oil and Gas Resources

http://hgs2.schipul.net/en/cev/?894

USGS has identified petroleum systems in the Tertiary and Cretaceous-Tertiary of the Gulf Coast.  This symposium will present the yet unpublished update to the series, and provides excellent information for anyone working in the onshore Gulf of Mexico and state waters.

 

2005: HGS Continuing Education Committee Courses on Petroleum Reserves Write-Downs

http://www.hgs.org/en/articles/printview.asp?348

2006: Coastal Subsidence, Sea Level and the Future of the Gulf Coast

 Mission: The Continuing Education Committee evaluates the education needs of the membership and organizes programs to meet those needs. Emphasis is placed on presenting low cost, high quality state of the art programs on timely topics. This committee manages the organization and presentation of the courses including course announcements in the Bulletin. Normally the committee presents 6 to 8 short courses per year. Most of these are 1/2 to 1 day long.

Directory
 URL: http://www.hgs.org
 Mission: The purpose of the Directory Committee is to prepare and distribute the Society Membership Directory. This Committee coordinates with the HGS Executive Board, GSH and committee chairmen as necessary to publish the joint society directory.

Earth Science Week
 URL: http://www.agiweb.org/geoeducation.html
 Description:
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For information on the 2008 Earth Science Week, click here.
 

Earth Science Week Toolkit

http://www.earthsciweek.org/materials/index.html

Still Available: 2007 Highlights Toolkit!

 
 Mission: Earth Science Week, observed annually in the United States, Canada and, increasingly, in other countries, is an opportunity to understand the impact of the earth sciences in our daily lives. The Houston Geological Society is honored to join in the celebration each year. As geologists, we hope to Give people, particularly students, special opportunities to learn about the Earth sciences Increase awareness

Engineering Council Liaison
 URL: http://www.hgs.org

Environmental and Engineering Geology
 URL: http://www.hgs.org
 Mission: The Environmental & Engineering Geology Committee provides educational opportunities for HGS and public by promoting better understanding of the environmental industry. This committee arranges field trips, speakers at monthly dinner meetings, short courses and seminars. The committee also publishes technical papers on environmental subjects in the HGS Bulletin, as well as field guidebooks.

Exhibits
 URL: http://www.hgs.org
 Mission: The Exhibits Committee publicizes the HGS and represents the Society at conventions and other appropriate meetings. The committee is responsible for transporting and manning the HGS exhibits booth at the AAPG, GCAGS and local conventions.

Field Trips
 URL: http://www.hgs.org
 Mission: The Field Trip Committee provides opportunities to see and learn more about field examples of geologic processes of interest to geologists in the Houston area. The committee organizes society field trips, maintains the virtual field trip section of the society's web page, and provides information on field trips by other related groups. Sites for field trips are selected to recognize new discoveries or new interpretations of previously visited localities, and to provide classic field examples of

Finance
 URL: http://www.hgs.org
 Mission: The Finance Committee writes the annual budget. The budget is developed from estimates of revenue and expenses for the various HGS committees and the Executive Board. By request of the Executive Board, the Finance Committee also undertakes research and makes recommendations concerning the disposition of HGS funds.

Fishing Tournament
 URL: http://www.hgs.org
 Mission: There is not one chairman for an "Entertainment Committee". Instead, this is a group of individual committees, each responsible for different social events for the members. The group is quite large and their basic function is to organize and publicize each event including: Shrimp Peel , BBQ, Tennis Tournament , Golf Tournament , Skeet Shoot, and the Bass tournament . More than 2000 people attended these events each year.

Foundation Fund
 Mission: The HGS Foundation provides scholarships to undergraduates enrolled in a course of geology in Texas colleges and universities. Each school nominates one candidate and one scholarship goes to each nominee. Contribution should be sent to the HGS Office. Make your check out to the HGS Foundation. A short history of the HGS Foundation.