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Sorry these are coming out so late. You should be receiving soon the
minutes from the meeting that succeeded this one, which was today.
Rich Lane
hrlane@amoco.com
NOTES ON THE IBC MEETING OF JUNE 17, 1996
Hosted by BP Exploration-Houston
Attendees: Tony Gary, John Packard, Eileen Williams, and Dave Vork of
Unocal, Brian O'Neill of Shell Offshore (SOI), Lori Glassgold of Shell
Western (SWEPI), Pete McLaughlin of Exxon, Rich Lane and Dick White of
Amoco, Sally Zellers of Texaco, Bob Young of Phillips, Ron Waszczak of
Conoco, Ron Morin of Mobil, and James Newell and Sheila Barnett of
BPX. Guests were Hilary Olson of UT-Austin and Glen Johnson of the
University of Utah.
The agenda included:
. a status report on the IPS System and the proposed consortium
presented by Tony Gary.
. a summary of the accomplishments of the IBC Group over the past year
and a half (report to follow)
. a planning session for goals and objectives for the remainder of
1996 and 1997 (report to follow)
. a report back from the NAPC in Washington by the attendees including
a recap of Rich Lane's presentation on the state of paleo
collections in the industry
. a brief review of the status of the taxonomic equivalency project
The next meeting will be held at Texaco - Houston on August 13, 1996.
1995 / 96 Accomplishments
1. organized 2 technical sessions at NAPC and solicited funding from
several of the companies
2. organized 2 oral and 2 poster sessions at the 1995 AAPG
3. sponsored a meeting with representatives of government, industry
and academia at the AAPG 1995
4. jump started the taxonomic equivalency project
5. began a vendor directory of services
6. began planning the Paleontology in the 21st Century Conference to
be held in Frankfurt
7. began sending out the IBC meeting notes on PaleoNet and in the AASP
newsletter
8. made 3 presentations to the Paleo Lunch Bunch in Houston
9. sharing of paleo charts between companies
10.3 biostrat positions filled at least partly through assistance of
IBC
11. agreement reached to share non-proprietary sample inventory
information to facilitate trades
12. addressed the issue of sample processing quality
13. continued to raise biostratigraphy's profile within industry
14. field trip and lunchtime IBC session at 1996 AAPG
1996 / 1996 GOALS
1. inventory and summarize the recent new hires and summer hires in
industry and what their background is
2. canvass graduate programs in stratigraphy / paleo and provide
results to hiring groups in the companies
3. provide the universities information on what the industry is
looking for; also recruiting guidelines
4. take a look at other applications of paleo outside the oil industry
such as environmental or econolgical studies
5. develop ideas to influence management to retain / acquire analysts
(and taxonomists) so as not to lose this important capability
6. go through a SWOT analysis on "paleo in industry circa 1996"
7. complete the vendor directory, getting input from as many as want
to contribute information
8. get several biostrat application papers submitted to the general
sessions for AAPG 1997
9. begin planning for 1998 AAPG in Salt Lake City
10. do a presentation for the Paleo Lunch Bunch on Aug 13th and 2
presentations in 1997
11. Brian O'Neill to present at teachers' workshop at GSA in No. 1996
12. continue with sample collections inventory
13. 1997 GCAGS in New Orleans - Brian O'Neill is overseeing efforts
14. participate in Forams 98 in Monterrey, Mexico
Respectfulluy submitted,
Sheila Barnette, BP Exploration
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