WorldWide Drilling Resource

6 NOVEMBER 2016 WorldWide Drilling Resource ® ! Proudly ade i t U ited St t of me i a er M n he n a es A r c - deliv ed WorldWide ! WorldWide Drilling Resource ® The complete magazine for the drilling industry worldwide owned by drilling industry associates dedicated to bringing the most up-to-date technology and information to subscribers Covering construction-geotechnical directional environmental exploration-blasthole shallow gas & oil, geothermal, mining water well irrigation wastewater from bits to pumps to rigs to tanks through wire and more - whatever it takes to get the drilling job completed Managing Publisher/CEO/President Veronica “Ronnie” Jones Vice President Troy Cunningham Office Administrator Michele Stevens Editor Bonnie Love General Sales Manager Brenda Helms Sales Representative Jan Allen Production/Webmaster Marcel Schimpf Representative Marie Cunningham Editorial Contributors for this month: Mark Battersby Art Beatty John Christ Tim Connor Bill Corey Jim Kuebelbeck Thomas Kwader Tim Rasmussen Kyle Rehme “Billy Bob Smith” Britt Storkson Harold White Robert Evans Wilson Jr Harry Short (In Memory Of) Hyd/Eng Consultant Thomas Kwader Ph D PG Consultant Mary Ann Pelletier * Editorial contributions & advertisements include statements of fact and opinions that are the sole responsibility of the author and/or companies and do not necessarily imply any opinion of the owners management or staff of e D i g s r WorldWid r llin Re ou ce ® . mages may have been altered for clarity Complete advertising information may be found at www.worldwidedrillingresource.com or by calling 850-547-0102 ld d D lli R s r Wor Wi e ri ng e ou ce ® makes every effort not to place advertisements for “like” products on the same page in our publication this may occur however due to size and space within the publication We regret any inconvenience this may cause our advertisers e D i r WorldWid r lling Resou ce ® s published monthly by WorldWide Drilling Resource nc a Florida Corporation PO Box 660 (3089 Northride Lane) Bonifay FL 32425-0660 Telephone 850-547-0102 Fax 850-547-0329 E-mail wwdr@worldwidedrillingresource.com Website www.worldwidedrillingresource.com Copyright 2016, WorldWide Drilling Resource, Inc. Seen by countless WorldWide Publication Agreement No 40892520 Back issues may be requested Cost per issue $10 00 USD No part of this publication may be reproduced in any manner without the strict written consent of the publishers Advertising rates furnished upon request Editorial contributions are welcome subject to editorial review * Wo ldWi D i l i g sou e r de r l n Re rc ® reserves the right to refuse any advertisement . We Recycle As I sat here wondering what to write on this page for November, I was speaking with a dear friend from Vermont, and suddenly it came to me. What he was telling me is on everyone’s mind these days. What? You ask. Quite simple; What is the answer? How do we get more people to come to the meetings and conventions each year? When times are slow, it is ironic indeed, but it does seem less people take the time to come to the events. It’s the best time to attend. Your work is slow, so take the time to “learn some- thing new”. Come to the conventions, listen in on those seminars, look at the technology that is developing. No, don’t tell me “same ole, same ole”. Every day a new product, service, or piece of equipment is created by people just like you. Yes, I said “just like you”. The drilling contractor, the supplier, the distributor, and even the manufacturer all learn by sim- ply “doing”. As you sit in your chair at night, can’t you think of a million and one ways to make that chair just a little more comfortable? How and why do you think the television remote was created? By a person sitting in a chair watching TV and not wanting to waste another second getting up to mess with it. And that same person probably was speaking with others (speaking with others!) a novel idea to get information and improve your day-to-day operation. A suggestion may be made to change things up, including the location. Might work, might not. Think long and hard about “relocating the family reunion”. Once you take the leap, MAKE IT WORK. Go out of your way to ensure success. How? What makes it work? What makes it fail? Effort, effort, and more effort makes for success. Use the phone and don’t just use e-mail, snail mail, texting, pigeon, or what have you. Get over lazy, and start using those old-fashioned methods. TALK ! You will be amazed at what gets done by communication. Oh yeah, re-read that How to Kill a Good Association article I wrote several years ago. That will tell you, it does work! (Note: Can’t find it? Call 850-547-0102 for a copy.) See you on the trail! W l es th th sm l A Po i ” A tu o n l w e’l be the on wi e i es! nd “ s tive tti des! No fr w ers al o ed! Ronnie, Managing Publisher ronnie@worldwidedrillingresource.com With pen (computer) in hand...