September is right around the corner and soon we can anticipate the first cool front and a relief from the summer heat. It will also be the start of our ETGS luncheons with the first one being held at The Cascades Country Club on September 16 at 11:30 AM. To read a description of the talk (Ian Norton of the Bureau of Economic Geology presenting “Formation of the Gulf of Mexico Salt Basin”) and find an RSVP link, click here to visit the ETGS website's calendar page. 

The 2014 – 2015 season of the East Texas Geological Society will be drawing to a close with our monthly luncheon at the Cascades Country Club on Wednesday, May 20th.  I’d like to thank all of those who have attended throughout my term as President and hope to see you again next year when I will serve another term, unless somebody would like to impeach, supersede, overthrow, or otherwise replace me.  It has been an honor to serve as President and a lot of fun too!

In my President’s letter of March 2015, I discussed the downsizing that is currently taking place in our industry as a response to lower product prices.  I discussed that one of the ways to deal with this condition is to expand your professional network and to make yourself more valuable to your current or future employer by also expanding your professional skills.