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To: PODS Interested Parties TWO NEW MEMBERS - Welcome!Marathon Ashland Petroleum www.mapllc.com <http://www.mapllc.com> 2004 Membership Breakdown Total membership - 47 Member Type Pipeline Operators - 13 Members by Country/Region USA - 38 ESRI Petroleum User Group - Houston, March 7 - 9The PODS Association will be sharing a booth with the PPDM Association and APDM at the upcoming ESRI Petroleum User Group (PUG) in Houston, Monday - Wednesday March 7-9th. A representative of the PODS Technical Committee will be present at the booth to answer your questions and share the latest developments on PODS version 3.3 as well as other developments. For more information visit, http://www.esri.com/events/pug/index.html. PODS Advanced Workshop – Houston, March 10 (following ESRI PUG)ChevronTexaco, will be hosting a PODS Workshop in Houston on Thursday March 10th, 2005. This full-day workshop will provide a technical foundation for understanding the PODS model, business tables, how the model may be extended and integrated with GIS. Attendees are asked to bring a laptop with Microsoft Access 2000 for the hands-on portion of the workshop. Register for the workshop at http://www.pods.org/1_home_meetingreg.shtml. Seating is limited and advanced registration is required. The workshop will be led by Mr. Rod Burden, a member of the PODS Technical committee. This workshop is free to PODS members and US$200 per person for non-members, paid in advance. Thank you to ChevronTexaco in advance for hosting this workshop. PPDM and PODS Standards Conference - Houston, April 18-19The PPDM Association and the PODS Association cordially invite you to attend an oil and gas data standards conference sponsored by PPDM and PODS at the JW Marriott Hotel in Houston on Monday and Tuesday April 18-19. Together the PPDM Association and the PODS Association provide comprehensive data models and associated standards for the E&P and Pipeline industries. If you are interested in becoming a corporate sponsor of this conference or in speaking opportunities, please contact Trudy Curtis or Ron Brush. For additional information please visit http://www.ppdm.org/events/spring_conf/index.html. PODS External Corrosion Direct Assessment (ECDA) SubmodelIf you are interested in participating on a new subcommittee to help develop an ECDA Internet Data Exchange (IDX) standard and corresponding ECDA submodel for PODS, please contact Ron Brush ronb@newcenturysoftware.com. Your commitment will include monthly web conference calls and one or two face-to-face meetings. PODS Committee ContactsPODS Technical Committee - Scott Hills sjhills@chevrontexaco.com About PODSPODS is the Pipeline Open Data Standard, initiated by and supported by gas and liquid pipeline operators and service providers. The PODS Association was initially formed in 1998 with the idea of developing pipeline industry data standards, specifically related to spatial attribute and operational data, for the benefit of pipeline operators developing facility databases or GIS systems. Building upon best practices, the goal of the association is to help develop industry data standards that can be used by pipeline operators and vendors to reduce new development risk, speed-up development and implementation, and provide a basis upon which better systems can be developed. How to Become a MemberThe PODS Association, Inc. is currently accepting new members. Membership fees cover the cost of committee conference calls, web site, promotion and literature publication and advertisements. The membership application can be downloaded at Membership Form. If you prefer to be invoiced, please contact myself or one of the other officers. If you are currently using the PODS data model or plan to, we encourage you to join the association and contribute your time, suggestions and ideas. PODS Association membership is not required to use the PODS data model, but it is encouraged. If you have questions about the PODS Association, Inc. or the PODS data model, please visit the PODS web site or contact myself or one of the contacts listed above. Best regards, Ron Brush |