Happy New Year to everyone!
I hope you enjoyed your holiday and escaped the “Blizzard of 2009” without too many problems. Isn’t it funny how the television stations have to name everything these days? We just can’t have a blizzard or a storm…they seem to attach a label to everything.
I am honored to serve as President of the OCAPL this year and would like to make it a point to meet as many members as I can so please, if we don’t know each other, come introduce yourself to me and I’ll work to do the same.
First, a little about me personally, my wonderful wife Carmen and I celebrated 20 years of marriage this past September and we have two children. Our daughter Eryn is 17 years old and our son Grayson is 13 years old. I have been a landman for 21 years and for the past 12 years I have been primarily a Title and Leasing Project Coordinator and Prospect Manager. I have been employed with Continental Land Resources, LLC in Edmond, Oklahoma for the past two and a half years.
I am excited about our Association and the plans that are already in place for what I hope to be a wonderful and productive year. We have set dates for the following events and I wanted to make you aware of the particular events so far and encourage your participation:
1) NAPE is set for February 10-12 and should be a huge success
2) Girls Night Out will offer an event some time in April
3) The Fishing Tournament is set for April 30 and May 1
4) The Golf Tournament is set for May 24 at Oaktree and Fairfax
5) There will be a Field Landman Seminar in OKC this summer
6) The Sporting Clays Tournament is tentatively set for August 27
7) The Weekend Take Off is tentatively set for September 24-26
February 1st is our next Monday Night OCAPL Monthly Meeting, Mike Terry, President of the Oklahoma Independent Petroleum Association is our guest speaker and his topic will be on the State Legislative Agenda and the challenges we are facing in D.C.. In light of our most recent turn of events in the state of Massachusetts, the latter part of Mr. Terry’s topic should be an interesting one!
Thank you and I look forward to seeing you there.
Bill Irvin, CPL
2010 OCAPL President
bill.irvin@continentalland.com
