President's Letter, May, 2009.
~ King Munson, President LGS

Greetings from the middle of the Pacific. You can check out the the progress of our Integrated Ocean Drilling Program - United States Implementing Organization (IODP-USIO) expedition at http://iodp.tamu.edu/scienceops/gallery.html.
~ Carl Richter, President Elect, LGS

LGS Officers, 2009 - 2010:
     •President Elect: Tim Duex
     •Vice President: Dean Gresham
     •Secretary: Dan Ruberg
     •Treasurer: William Hagen
     •Director: Tim Bennett
Continuing their Valued Service 2009 -2010 will be:
     •President – Carl Richter (President-Elect 2008-2009)
     •Past President – King Munson
     •Second Year Serving Director – Mike Quinn

I am taking a survey to see who if any of you would like to get involved in helping the PETROLEUM HISTORY INSTITUTE host their 2010 SYMPOSIUM here in Lafayette next spring. If so please contact me and we can set up a planning meeting with Jeff Spencer [see email from Jeff Spencer] sometime in June. This is something that should be very interesting to our members and can happen in Lafayette with a little bit of help from the LGS membership. Thanks!
~ King Munson, Past President, LGS
LGS Office: 337.456.5700, Direct: 337.456.5730, Fax: 337.456.5731, Cell: 337.519.0500, kmunson@prizepetroleumllc.com

June 21 - 24, 2009 - The 50th annual SPWLA Symposium will be held at the Woodlands Waterway Hotel and Conference Center in The Woodlands, TX.

September 9, 2009 - 59th Annual GCAGS Convention , Shreveport, Louisiana. CALL FOR PAPERS, Abstract Submissions, Instructions for Authors.
~ Gary Hanson – Program Chairman GCAGS 2009 – gary.hanson@lsus.edu - 318-458-6753
~ David Hart – Oral Session Chairman GCAGS 2009 – wdhart@bluebirdwireless.com - 318-703-3658

November 12, 2009 - Southeastern Geophysical Society's Technical Symposium. Also, Information, Call for Papers, Call for Sponsors.
~ Eric Zimmermann, First VP of the Southeastern Geophysical Society in New Orleans

APPLICATION FOR LAFAYETTE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY FACULTY RESEARCH GRANT.

APPLICATION FOR THE JACK SHIRLEY MEMORIAL SIPES SCHOLARSHIP, LAFAYETTE CHAPTER.  Notice that the deadline is fast approaching. (Give the .doc a few moments to open.)
~ James D. Gamble, SIPES

MAPS TO SCHOOLS Project
• - Corpus Christi Geological Society - "GoogleEarth map with all of the Maps in Schools listed in a spreadsheet and on GoogleEarth"
~ Owen Hopkins, Corpus Christi Geological Society
• - have maps, need teachers - contact Tim Bennett at lgsmaps@yahoo.com.

Complete Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies TRANSACTIONS since 1951 are now available on a single DVD - .
~ Brian Lock, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, GCAGS Publicity Chairman

LGS Publications can now be ordered from the AAPG (complete set on CD-ROM) and from the Bureau of Economic Geology, University of Texas at Austin!

LGS 2008-2009 Bulletin and Website Advertising. -
~ Jill Willis, Advertisements