Dear PASO Member, 

Another year has come and gone.  It’s time again to renew your membership in PASO.  Last year we added around 40 new members to our organization.  By renewing your membership, you can help us increase our membership numbers this year.  Please help by telling others in your company about PASO and COPAS.  If you know of other individuals who could benefit from membership and involvement in PASO, please let a board member know so we can send them an introduction packet. 

The Petroleum Club will again be the location of our general membership meetings.  The majority of the meetings will be during lunch with an 11:30 a.m. social period followed by lunch and a guest speaker.  The attire is business casual.  We are also planning one evening dinner meeting in April, 2009 to honor the past PASO presidents.  Remember, spouses are invited to the April dinner meeting free of charge.  We are striving to secure quality speakers again this year that will provide CPE credits for our members.  We know that this is an important benefit for many of you and we will do our best to achieve that goal. 

Attached you will find an application for membership renewal.  Please complete the application, including your committee preferences.  Committee involvement is the best way for you and your company to stay abreast of industry issues and changes to current practices.  You’ll notice a line on the form requesting your shirt size.  The reason for that is that we plan on distributing PASO shirts this year (a Polo-type shirt). 

Our $200 annual membership fee includes membership in PASO and COPAS, as well as the cost of the meals at our eight monthly meetings during the 2008-2009 term.  Again, we hold our general membership meetings at the Petroleum Club in downtown Tulsa and the attire is business casual.  Seven of our eight meetings are lunch meetings, and our April meeting is held in the evening.  General membership meeting times and committee meeting times will be included in our monthly newsletter.  More information about meetings and committees are included in the enclosed brochure. 

Please return your completed application by August 29^th, 2008.  Your timely response is greatly appreciated as it will allow adequate time to prepare for the first meeting on September 16, 2008.  Should you have any questions regarding membership or other PASO issues, feel free to contact me at (918) 573-5638, or rick.jones@williams.com.  Additional information is also available at www.paso-tulsa.org. 

Sincerely, 

Rick Jones

PASO-Tulsa President 2008-2009