As PASH President this year, I look forward to working with each of you in continuing over fifty-seven years of tradition representing our companies and serving the petroleum industry. With your involvement, we can continue to be one of the most involved societies within COPAS. Working together we can continue to provide definitive guidance to the industry on accounting related issues and provide industry personnel with outstanding educational opportunities.

At the close of the 2008 - 2009 year the PASH Board voted to move our monthly committee and dinner meetings from “The Houston City Club” in Greenway Plaza to “The Houston Club” in downtown Houston beginning September 17, 2009. Committee meetings will be held from 1:30 pm – 4:15 pm; Tech Session from 4:30 pm – 5:30 pm; Social Hour from 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm and Dinner from 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm. Parking at the “The Houston Club” is strictly valet and PASH will only cover the cost of parking for all members who park at The Houston Club. You must have your parking ticket validated by a PASH Board Member before you pick up your car. The Houston Club is located at 811 Rusk. Committee Meetings will be held in the Travis, Milam and Rusk Rooms with the Tech Session in the Gulf Coast Suite all on the 10th floor. The Social Hour will be in the Members Lounge on the 9th floor with Dinner in the Grill Room, also on the 9th floor. A detailed map overview and parking options will be provided in the September 2009 newsletter.

The Board will continue to look for better ways to provide benefits to our members. If you have any recommendations for improving our organization, please contact me or any other member of your Board of Directors.

Those elected this year to the Board were:

Marjorie Saibara - Oxy Inc.
Tom Longmire - BP America Production Co.
John Draemer - Citation Oil & Gas

The new officers for 2008-2009 are:

John Draemer, President
David Joe, Vice President
Wade Hopper, Treasurer
Henry Glover, Assistant Treasurer
Janice Edmiston, Secretary

A heartfelt THANK YOU goes to all our Committee Chairs who have stepped forward and are ready to provide leadership and direction in developing industry documents, to provide speakers on topics that offer education, and to provide mentoring to the future leaders of our organization.
As members of PASH, you are encouraged to participate in these activities and to shape the future of the petroleum industry.

This is your opportunity to have an impact on the documents needing to be developed or revised in COPAS. It is also the arena to receive the most current information and education on what is happening in the oil and gas industry. If you have an interest in one or more of these committees, please contact the Committee Chair.

To view the list of committe chairs and their contact information, click here.

WWW.PASHCOPAS.ORG Please take the opportunity to view the PASH website at www.pashcopas.org.

• Reservations for the monthly general dinner meetings can be made on-line by using our website.
• You can keep up-to-date on planned events and key contacts for the various activities.
• Membership information is available to help with your recruitment for PASH. Membership application forms may be printed from this site.
• Check out the job line section for posted job opportunities.
• Review the announcements for current PASH activities or other news such as COPAS meeting registration information.
• Click on the Links for access to other COPAS Societies and industry organizations.

Contact Tom Longmire (713.366.4179), David Edwards (281.582.9549) or Jessica Stanley (713.265.6084) if you have any suggestions. The PASH phone hotline, (713.526.6070), will continue to be available for those not having access to the internet.

WWW.COPAS.ORG

For COPAS Membership information, you can visit the COPAS website at www.copas.org. To access the membership directory you will need to utilize the username (usually your email address) and the password provided by the COPAS office. If you have not received this information, please contact COPAS at 877-992-6727. Access to this membership area and all related directory listings contain private data and therefore should not be disclosed to any solicitors or non-members. Please safeguard your personal password information.

Mark your calendars. Following PASH tradition, we will hold our General Meeting on the third Thursday of each month. Please also note our special event dates.

September 17, 2009 - General Dinner Meeting
October 15, 2009- General Dinner Meeting
November 19, 2009 - General Luncheon Meeting
January 21, 2010- General Dinner Meeting
February 18, 2010- General Dinner Meeting
March 18, 2010- General Dinner Meeting
April 15, 2010- General Dinner Meeting & Awards Ceremony
May 10, 2010- Picnic & Board Elections, Monday (No rain out day)
May 26, 2010- Education Day, Hilton Americas - Houston



The dues will remain $275 for regular members and $140 for retirees. Guest fees will be $45 for general meetings and $50 for the Picnic.

Please remit your dues before the September 17, 2009 meeting. PLEASE INDICATE THE INVOICE NUMBER ON THE CHECK.

If someone other than the member is paying the invoice, please list the member’s name on the check. This will be of great assistance to the Treasurer and Assistant Treasurer to make sure the monies are properly credited to the correct member’s account.

Dues received more than thirty (30) days after invoice date will be assessed a $25 late fee. The invoice will also list your preference in receiving meeting notices and announcements. If you are able to receive this information via e-mail, our administrative and mailing costs will be greatly reduced. We are currently in the process of updating the committee listings. Please indicate your committee preferences to insure that you receive all the committee notifications and documents.

COPAS SPRING 2011 NATIONAL MEETING

PASH will be hosting the COPAS Spring 2011 National Meeting (COPAS' 50th anniversary) at “The Woodlands Resort & Conference Center”, April 25 -30, 2011. Planning has already started and we will require a lot of volunteer help to make that conference an overwhelming success.

I am happy to announce our Co-Chair team: Ilene Grygar and Marcie Huckabee. If you recall…..this duo master-minded the COPAS Spring 2002 event with great success. If you are interested in serving in any capacity (leaders AND followers are welcome!) please contact either Ilene (713.236.8303) or Marcie (713.203.9285).

It is a privilege and honor to serve as your president for the 2009 – 2010 year and I thank everyone for the confidence you have in me and allowing me 3 additional years on the PASH Board. Sincerely,

John Draemer
2009-2010 PASH President