TSOP - Beijing 2012 Meeting

Please plan now to attend TSOP's 29th Annual Meeting, to be held in conjunction with ICCP's 64th meeting in Beijing, China, September 15-24, 2012. ICCP will meet for five days and TSOP will meet for two days, with a field trip between.

TSOP - Halifax 2011 Meeting

Our 28th annual meeting was packed with activities and was widely complimented as a complete success. A short course, reception with presentation of the local heritage of Scottish dancing, two full days of technical sessions (the second day having two parallel sessions), keynote addresses, posters, lunches, banquet, and overnight field trip filled five days. Many also toured Nova Scotia on their own before and after the meeting. See the thank-you note on the meeting site, and the image galleries.

TSOP on Facebook

A Facebook page for TSOP has been created by Secretary Jackie Holt. All are invited to "like" the page and participate. (Link corrected 31 August)

December Newsletter Now Available

The Newsletter page now includes the December 2011 issue which contains news from the President, call for nominations for the John Castaño Honorary Membership Award, invitation to participate in a round-robin analysis for ASTM Standard D7708, Society news and other valuable information. The March issue will soon be in preparation. Please provide any materials for publication in the Newsletter to Editor Rachel Walker by March 10, 2012.

Literature References Updated

The Reference lists were updated in December, 2011, and Coal Chemistry and Coal Geology categories were added. Conversion of the references added in 2010 and 2011 to EndNote format is planned.

Inaugural Ralph Gray Award

The inaugural Ralph Gray Awards, presented by TSOP for the best refereed paper in coal and organic petrology, were given at the 2009 meeting for publications from 2008. See the awardees and download a full paper on the new web page, read more about this new award on pages 4-6 of the September 2009 TSOP Newsletter, and see our memorial page.

TSOP is...

a Society for scientists and engineers involved with coal petrology, kerogen petrology, organic geochemistry and related disciplines. We have over 200 members in 30 countries. If you are part of the organic petrology community, we invite you to join TSOP.

Website includes Members-Only section

TSOP Members! Set up your account in our members-only section (with the user ID which you received in e-mail) to check your membership data, use the new Membership Directory, and more. Members don't need an account to pay dues online.

Help develop this new TSOP web site

Volunteers are wanted, for example to work with image galleries, administer sections on links, the calendar, and others. Please contact the webmaster.

Ask An Organic Petrologist

Have a question about organic petrology? See this new feature to ask a TSOP expert for the answer to your question.

TSOP receives 501(c)(3) status

We incorporated as a non-profit in the state of Virginia, USA, in 2008. Following application in June, 2009, the US Internal Revenue Service granted recognition of 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status on February 9, 2010. See the article on page 6 of the March Newsletter.

Other organizations of organic petrologists include ICCP and CSCOP.

Elsevier's International Journal of Coal Geology publishes the proceedings of TSOP Annual Meetings.

TSOP is a Member Society of AGI (publishers of Earth, formerly Geotimes; see evolution statement), and an AAPG Associated Society.

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