Saturday, March 27, 2010:

Subject: Software Updates & MiniTours
Speaker: Bob Bigrigg

Bob will cover the latest screens and tools in Stock Investor Pro; New Bells & Whistles in BetterInvestings Toolkit 6; and will take you an a mini Tour of both Stock Central and Manifest Investing.

Bob will make reference to these sites:

• www.manifestinvesting.com
• www.stockcentral.com

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Saturday, April 24, 2010:

Subject: To be announced
Speaker: To be announced
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Saturday, May 22, 2010:

Subject: Part 1: Domestic Gas Resource Plays, Exploration Boom or Folly?
               Part 2: Utilizing Quantifying Risk Analysis When Investing In Oil & Gas
               Projects -OR- How to Be the Casino Rather than the Gambler
Speaker: Dr. Matthew Carr, P.G. AAPG Certified Geophysicist #107; Texas State Geophysicist #6689; Member: AAPG, SPWLA, SEG, HGS

Dr. Carr is the Chief Technical Officer of Black Hawk Energy, LLC. Dr. Carr received his M.Sc. and Ph.D. with distinction in Petrophysics from the Department of Geological Sciences, University of South Carolina. He has over 20 years experience in the application of quantified risk analysis for exploration and production projects. His experience in seismic rock properties has him positioned as a industry leader in petrophysical and geophysical interpretation, advising major global oil and gas companies, as well as smaller independent companies for risk mitigation.

Dr. Carr's work experience: initially he joined Amoco Production Company. During his career with Amoco, and BP, he worked almost exclusively in the seismic rock properties Strategic Technology Applications Team. After leaving BP he joined a start-up company, Rock Solid Images, to build the petrophysical services group. While at Rock Solid Images, Dr. Carr directed their world wide effort of petrophysical integration with geophysical data for seismic reservoir characterization. Dr. Carr has expertise in the integration of Petrophysics and Seismic Rock Properties, Rock Physics, Sandstone and Carbonate Petrology and its relation to Petrophysics, Petrographic Image Analysis, Interpretation of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Data in Natural Porous Media, as well as Multivariate Statistical Analysis of Geologic Systems.

Dr. Carr has pioneered several techniques and applications for the integration of well data and seismic data. He jointly holds a patent for the use Neural Networks on well logs and seismic data for reservoir characterization. He has taught industry courses in Rock Physics, and the application of Rock Physics for Well Log Analysis for integration with Geophysical data. In the course of his over 20 years in the industry, he has worked in most of the major basins. As the director of Black Hawk’s Exploration Effort Dr. Carr brings all his experience and leading edge analysis to bear on each project, ensuring the highest technical objective assessment. For more information please visit Black Hawk Energy.

Note: The MD SIG generally meets the 3rd Wednesday of each month except for August and December. Occasionally the meeting day changes because of library staff meetings. To join the mailing list, send e-mail to Sondra Katz

Scheduled meeting dates for the first half of 2010:
January 13 (2nd Wednesday)
February 17
March 10 (2nd Wednesday)
April 21
May 19
June 16

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Next Meeting

Wednesday March 10, 2010:

Subject: What's Happening in the Energy Sector?
Speaker: Elliot Gue

Elliott will share his research on energy-related concerns which typically range from coal, oil, gas, solar and wind alternative energy sources. He also monitors take-over possibilities among energy companies. Elliot is a prolific financial writer, speaker and editor of Personal Finance, The Energy Strategist and The Energy Letter.