Committee Chairs

EDUCATION

• Provide speakers for groups of all ages.

• Maintain an educational fossil collection. Collection is available upon request.

FIELD TRIP

• Make contacts with land owners.
• Arrange for regular field trips.
• Provide release, hold harmless, papers when necessary.
• Provide directions (and maps, when possible) on how to get to sites.
• Provide directions and reservation information for campsites on overnight trips.
• Provide pertinent hand-outs. 
• Document appropriate findings.
• Write follow up article for newsletter.

HISTORIAN

• Maintain file of all society publications (newsletter, newspaper, important correspondence, etc.)
• Maintain historical books with:
  • Pictures from society activities.
  • Other scrap-book material.
• Make books available to members at the General meetings.

HOSPITALITY

• Arrange for snacks and beverages at monthly General meetings.
• Coordinate food and beverages for Charles Finsley lectures, picnics and other Society functions.

MEMBERSHIP

• Collect membership dues and forms and maintain database.
• Forward membership dues to the Treasurer.
• Provide mailing labels for newsletter and other mailings.
• Produce the Membership Directory in March. Ensure printing and delivery to members.
• Pick up sign-in sheet after meetings and send one free newsletter to visitors.
• Make name tags available at monthly meetings.
• Outgoing membership chair should plan to assist the new chair until the membership directory is published.

PROGRAMS

• Arrange for monthly speakers.
• Make overnight stay arrangements for out of town speakers.
• Provide program title to Editor.
• Provide calendar to Museum of Science and Nature (MNS) newsletter editor.
• Make hotel and airline reservations when needed.
• Make arrangements for airport pickup, local transportation and return to airport.
• Ensure speaker is paid appropriate honorarium. 
• Provide program title and write-up to editor and person maintaining the Paleo Hotline.
• Introduce speaker at monthly meeting.

PROMOTIONS

• Make DPS merchandise, T-shirts, mugs, hats, bumper stickers, etc., available for purchase at general meetings, and special events like Fossilmania, DG&MS and AG&MS.
• Set up table at general meetings and provide both promotional and membership materials.

PUBLICATIONS

• Solicit and edit articles and other material for the Occasional Papers, monographs and other publications.
• Heads committee that edits, and proofreads articles.
• Coordinate with printer to produce final copies.

SCHOLARSHIPS

The Frank Crane Scholarship is given annually to a student engaged in paleo studies in 7 schools, SMU, UTD, UTA, TCU, Tarleton State U, Baylor, and North Texas Univ.  One candidate may be nominated by each school.  Exec Committee determines number of awardees and award amounts.

• Send notices and request for nominations to schools by Nov 30

• Send reminders in following January

• Receive nominations and submit them to the Executive Committee by the February Exec Meeting

• Exec Comm to decide on number and $ amount of scholarships. 

• Students and nominators to be notified in following week.

• Awards given in mutually convenient DPS meeting

WEBMASTER

• Maintains the Society's web presence.

• Responsible for the design and content of all material on every page.
• Acts as editor for all material submitted for publication on web site.
• Ensure all hyperlinks and graphics are operational on all pages.
• Make up-to-date changes to the Home page, and other pertinent pages.
• Reviews incoming e-mail pertaining to general inquiries then answers or forwards to appropriate officer or committee persons.