Benefits of Membership

• Information and input on legislative activities that affect professional geologists
• Membership certificate suitable for framing
• Field trips and seminars
• Professional contacts

Membership Requirements

Full (voting) Membership is open to any individual who is employed as a geologist or geoscientist; or has a degree in geology or the geosciences; or has retired from a career as a geologist or geoscientist; or is an Indiana Licensed Professional Geologist. Non-licensed geologists must petition the board of directors for membership and must obtain two sponsors who are members of PGI.

Associate Membership is open to anyone with an interest in the profession of geology, or in the geological sciences, but who does not satisfy the requirements for full membership.

Student Membership is open to any student currently enrolled in a geoscience program.

Dues

• Full Membership --------------- $30 per year
• Associate Membership -------- $30 per year
• Student Membership ---------- $10 per year

Membership Statistics

Membership info as of 7-15-08:

• 121 members
• 5 corporate sponsors
• Our membership occupations by category are as follows:
  • 43% environmental consulting
  • 28% resource consulting (coal, oil & gas, aggregates)
  • 16% government agencies
  • 7% education
  • 6% industrial representatives
• Lowest LPG member William Judd (# 2), Highest LPG member -Margaret Gilliland (# 2221).

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