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 December FedEx meeting reported to 31 December 2023. The December 2023 operating income was $7945, which was mainly derived from AEM 2023. The December 2023 operating expenses were $29 434, which included meeting expenses of $13 528 and the monthly TAS Management Fee of $8865. For the month of December 2023, the ASEG was running at a loss of $21 489, and the YTD profit was $77 878.
Membership
The annual membership renewal process is in progress. If you have not already done so, please renew your membership at your earliest convenience. 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 our 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 2024.
Events
FedEx is delighted to announce that the ASEG’s DISCOVER conference will be held at the Wrest Point Hotel, Hobart, Tasmania, commencing on Tuesday the 15th of October and wrapping up on the afternoon of Friday the 18th of October 2024. Please save these dates! We have an Organising Committee in place, and they are working on developing the technical programme. An invitation to submit a paper and other details will be sent out early this year. We hope to see you in Hobart!
Communications
There are many avenues for you to stay connected with ASEG including Preview magazine, the ASEG Newsletter, the ASEG website, and via various social media sites such as LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook. The top posts on all three social media sites have been related to the December 2023 issue of Preview. There has been a steady increase in followers on LinkedIn and Twitter, but a decrease in followers on Facebook. Please consider using social media to promote all ASEG events and publications.
Please contact me for more information about any of the above.
Asmita Mahanta ASEG Secretary