The membership quickly showed the oil and gas industry an ability to produce superior geological publications.
Dinner meetings in the fifties through seventies generally featured topics of interest to the oil and gas community.
The emphasis on oil and gas has changed to a broad range of geologically related subjects including environmental, geo-technical, and coal/mineral resources.
They include: oil and gas personnel, university professors, State Survey geologists, consultants, Army engineers, representatives from coal, refractory and steel companies, and interested others.
The editors present a brief abstract of the next meeting, along with a calendar of coming events and timely notes of general interest.