NLA COMMUNIQUÉ

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PROFESSIONAL LANDMEN

AAPL's Board of Directors has instructed the Executive Committee to immediately begin the process of finding a new AAPL executive Vice President to be based in Fort Worth.  A search committee, co-chaired by President Eric Hanson and First Vice President Mike Conley has been formed with a goal of naming the new EVP by December 1, 2000.

AAPL has issued an official request for suggestions and/or resumes of qualified individuals.  Candidates should have an impressive professional background, extensive land experience, management and communications skills as well as a history of involvement in AAPL and/or a local association.

Resumes or suggestions should be sent to Eric K. Hanson at Hanley Petroleum, Inc., 415 W. Wall Street, Suite 1500, Midland, TX 79701-4455.

Rob Berry, RPL, with Land Management Services, is NLA's representative with AAPL.  Please let Rob know if you have issues or suggestions concerning AAPL.  You can reach Rob at 775-825-6488 or via e-mail at rberry@lmsgis.com.

3809 Regulation Rewrite - Latest word is that the 3809 FEIS went to EPA for review and the printer on or about October 10, 2000.  A rider attached to fiscal year 2001 appropriations bill (HR 4578), signed into law on October 11th by the President, contains language that says the regulations are to be "not inconsistent with" the NRC recommendations.  The rider also takes exception to an Interior Department solicitor's decision (12/8/99) asserting that BLM's regulations must be consistent only with the tenor of the NRC report, not just with the seven NRC recommendations.

Susie Mason, CPL, of Pittston Nevada Gold Company, is NLA's legislative chairman.  If you have issues for Susie to track or report on for NLA, please contact her at 775-824-4000 or smason@pngc-usa.com.

Corrections and Updates:

1. Michael L. Geary - Address:  151-1/2 Wonder Street, Reno, NV 89502; Work Phone: 775-348-2769.
2. Douglas C. Hirschman -  Address:  10680 North Sundust Court, Tucson, AZ 85737; Work Phone: 520-219-7964; Work Fax: Same.
3. Steven H. Humphreys - Title: Senior Staff Landman; E-Mail: steve.h.humphreys@exxon.sprint.com.
4. W. Kirk Williams - Work Phone: 303-486-6375.
5. Margaret Winsel Boorda - Address:  Homestake Mining Company, 1600 Riveria Avenue, Suite #200, Walnut Creek, CA 94596; Work Phone: 925817-1392; Work Fax: 925-746-0548.

Edd Jackson, CPL,  Landman, Franco-Nevada Mining Corporation, Inc., is the 2001 Chairman for MALRI.  As of the second committee meeting, 9 speakers and topics are confirmed, with 4 more to go. 

Please contact Edd at 775-825-8890 or ejackson@fnen.com or Fax: 775-825-4994. The next committee meeting will be at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, November 7th at the offices of Franco-Nevada. 

NLA CAREER/COUNSELING CORNER

There was a tremendous response to the career-counseling speaker from Truckee Meadows Community College at the NLA May 2000 meeting.  When information is available, the Communiqué will contain information about current openings and career counseling resources.  If you would like to contribute to this column, please send any information to Susie Mason at smason@nvlandman.org or fax it to Susie at 775-824-4019.

1.    Counseling Opportunities:

1. Truckee Meadows Community College - Contact John Coles or William Carlin (775-824-8657).  Also visit the TMCC web site t http://www.tmcc.edu/careercenter/.
2. Meg Price, WorkLife, 3785 Baker Lane, Suite 103, Reno, NV 89509-5412, Tel: 775-828-9600; Fax: 775-828-9688; E-Mail: megprice1@aol.com.

2.    Employment Opportunities:

1. AAPL - See AAPL Column above re opening for Executive Vice President.
2. AAPL is also seeking a Director of Education.  To obtain further information, contact AAPL at 817-847-7700 or fax a resume to 817-847-7704.

E-Mail Problem - NLA online members experienced problems with a series of unwanted e-mails during the month of October.  The problem was traced to a single source at an e-mail screening/security service company server.   Although thoroughly annoying, the service company was able to remedy the glitch with their server fairly quickly, without any continuing issues.  For a more detailed explanation of what happened, please refer to the "What's New" page of our web site.

NLA  regrets the inconvenience to our members but wants to reassure you that this problem was not the result of our membership list being posted on the web.  Our password system is working.  This problem also was not a virus.

At Mike Hamilton's suggestion, however, Susie Mason has divided the mail list into 10-person increments so that someone receiving an e-mail from NLA does not receive all the e-mail addresses.  This posting method will be used for the October and subsequent newsletters.

It is believed that this problem was a unique one and it should not occur again.

On a much brighter note:  LR2000 can now be accessed via the net.  Go to this address and follow instructions:  http://www.blm.gov.lr2000/.  There are also  links to this site on the NLA "What's New" and "Useful Links" pages.

Bill Houston, RLP,  LandInfo Services, continues to serve as NLA’s Webmaster.   Please be sure to pass along any comments, suggestions, web links, etc. to Bill at 775-746-2434 or wghouston@juno.com.

SUGGESTIONS TO IMPROVE YOUR NLA WEB SITE ARE ALWAYS WELCOME.
Bill H

Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation publishes a biannual journal, the Public Land and Resources Law Digest, which reprints law review articles of current importance to the natural resources professionals which might not otherwise come to your attention.  As a new service to RMMLF members, Mark Holland is sending out an E-Mail twice a year listing the articles.  If you are a RMMLF member and want to be notified of this publication, please contact Mark at mholland@rmmlf.org.

Upcoming Special Institutes:  "Ethics and Professional Responsibility in the New Millennium", December 8, 2000, Denver, Colorado.

Lois Hall, CPL, of Hallwood Petroleum Inc., is the NLA’s RMMLF Trustee.  If you have issues for Lois to bring up with RMMLF, please contact her at 303-850-6391 or lois.hall@haenco.com.