The Federal Executive of the ASEG (FedEx) is the governing body of the ASEG. It meets once a month, via teleconference, to see to the administration of the Society. This brief reports on these monthly meetings. We hope you find these short updates valuable. If there is more that you would like to read about on a regular basis, please contact Asmita on [email protected].
Finances
The financial report presented to the November FedEx meeting reported to 31 October 2023. The October 2023 operating income was $31 263, which included “Meeting/Events” (Wine Sales) of $21 045 and MAG 23 conference registration of $8596. The October 2023 operating expenses were $28 380, which included CAGE 23 expenses of $5579, MAG 23 expenses of $6273 and the monthly TAS Management Fee of $9135. For the month of October 2023, the ASEG was running at a profit of $2883, and the YTD loss was $7468.
Membership
On 3 November 2023 the ASEG had 844 Members, compared with 828 at the start of last month and 794 at this time last year. We welcomed seven new members in October and seventeen new Members in November. Our Corporate Plus Members are Velseis and Total Seismic. Our Corporate Members are HiSeis, Transparent Earth Geophysics, Santos, Southern Geoscience Consultants, SkyTEM Australia, DUG Technology and Seismic Asia Pacific Pty Ltd. We would like to ask Corporate Members, who are yet to renew their membership, to please consider renewal, as your support is appreciated. Welcome to all our new Members, and thanks to all our renewed Members, Corporate Plus and Corporate Members, and local sponsors of our local Branches for their continued support in 2023.
Events
All upcoming events are listed in Preview and the ASEG Newsletter, and on the ASEG website. Please keep an eye on the notifications via emails regarding events held by local state branches. There are also some excellent webinars coming up, and links to the past webinars are available in the ASEG website on our YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/@ASEGVideos/videos.
Great feedback was received on CAGE 2023 from participants, and our heartiest thanks go to the organisers, who put in a lot of effort to make the event successful. We also extend our thanks to the CAGE 2023 sponsors BHP, AuScope, Rio, CSIRO, Teck and GBG Group and to others who provided in-kind sponsorship. MAG 23 took place on 15 November and a big thanks go to the WA Branch for organising that event.
Communications
There are many avenues to stay connected with ASEG including Preview magazine, the ASEG Newsletter, the ASEG website, and via various social media such as LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook. There have been continuously increasing Facebook and LinkedIn views in the recent months. Top posts have been ASEG’s announcement on the inaugural DISCOVER conference on Facebook, and the CAGE 2023 update on LinkedIn. Great to see that people are watching ASEG YouTube videos. “Interpretating aeromagnetic data to aid mapping undercover and structural analysis of the Tanami” was the most watched YouTube video in October. Please consider using social media to promote ASEG events and publications.
Wish you all a Merry Christmas and a very happy and prosperous new year.
Please contact me for more information about any of the above.
Asmita Mahanta
ASEG Secretary