The Whitehall

1700 Smith Street 

Houston, TX 77002

LUNCH: 

11:00 - 1:00 PM

Why should you never iron a four-leaf clover?



You don’t want to press your luck!



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Mark Gibennus - President

Lisa Collins - Vice President

Ruth Strange - Treasurer

Kathy Johnston - Assistant Treasurer

Jennifer Holt-McKellar - Secretary 

Mark Robertson - Director

Michelle Caruso - Director, Membership

Fay Lascelle - Director, Hotel Liaison

Karla Zawodny - Past President

Education Committee

The Education committee will hold its next meeting via Zoom on Tuesday, March 21, 2023. Thank you to all that joined us so far this year.

Ethics course – The Ethics course was held at the Hilcorp office on Monday, February 27, 2023. THANK YOU HILCORP for hosting it for us this year.

Scholarship – The committee will discuss the Scholarship program for April 2023.

Education – Education Day is set for Tuesday & Thursday, May 23 & 25, 2023. This meeting will be held via Zoom. Look for registration to be available in early April. If there is a speaker you heard at a conference you attended and think others would enjoy the topic, please send the topic and the speaker contact information to Jacque at pasheducation@gmail.com. Jacque will review the topic/speaker with the committee and contact them if a slot is available. 

Join Zoom Meeting (Tuesday, March 21, 2023)

Time: 7:00PM – 8:30PM

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84318066501?pwd=ckNKUmRkaVZUemFqdWI1ZEN5Q2plUT09

Meeting ID: 843 1806 6501

Passcode: 756353

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Joint Interest Committee

JI will be hosting a virtual meeting via Zoom at the below link on March 23 @ 3:00 p.m. 

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82069630551?pwd=ZE4rYmFuYjdDUzV4MTBZbXhkOUJ2dz09 

We will be discussing the following MFI drafts:

• MFI-40 – 24-Month Adjustment Period – Comments due March 1, 2023 (although passed the deadline, we will still discuss as a committee)
• MFI-57 Addendum #1 – Remote Technology Centers – Comments due March 24, 2023 

Lunch Speaker/Topic 

PASH is pleased to welcome back Roger Gann. He will be speaking on the topic of Payouts.

Roger is currently the CEO / President of Martindale Consultants, Inc. He graduated from the University of Oklahoma in 1995 and started working for Martindale. While at Martindale, he has performed or overseen hundreds of contract compliance audits, covering both onshore and offshore drilling, completion and LOE expenditures as well as revenue and related deductions, on thousands of properties. Martindale, itself, provides domestic and international contract compliance audits; joint venture, revenue, and regulatory accounting; and litigation support services to the oil and gas industry.

Since 1995, Roger has been a member of COPAS, participating both at the local and national level on various committees. He has served as President of COPAS Oklahoma City, Audit Committee Chair of COPAS Oklahoma City, Emerging Issues Chair and CEPS Control Panel Chair at the national level, and he has served on several COPAS drafting committees, the latest being co-chair on the new 2022 COPAS Accounting Procedure.

Delivery Method: Group Live

CPE Credits: 1

Field of Study: Specialized Knowledge/Accounting

Program Level: Basic

Prerequisites: None

Advance Preparation: None needed

Registration Cost: $0 for PASH Members

Please respond with dinner reservations by Thursday, March 16th at 12:00 PM Noon, otherwise you will be placed on the dinner wait list. 

Please inform us if you have special dietary requests, such as gluten free or vegetarian. 

Member Benefits & Resources

Leadership Opportunities

Looking for a chance to be more involved and expand your leadership skills? Reach out to Karla at karlaz.pash@gmail.com to learn more.

PASH Website

Visit us at www.pashcopas.org today to learn more about the society.

• View the latest job postings for oil and gas accounting opportunities
• Find contact information for PASH leadership and access the membership directory (login required)
• Access membership information and applications to share with colleagues
• Access historical monthly PASH Newsletters

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COPAS Membership Discounts

Did you know that as a COPAS member you are entitled to reduced rates from several rental car companies? Use the following IDs to get discounts with:

• Avis:      AWD - L039224
• Hertz:     CDP - 1970958
• National:   Contract ID - ESHB51C (includes Loss Damage Waiver)
• Enterprise: Customer Number - SB00001, Pin - ENT

For more savings opportunities, log in to COPAS and visit http://www.copas.org/memberbenefits

COPAS Website 

For COPAS information, you can visit the website at www.copas.org or call 877-992-6727.

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