The AESE board is pleased to announce the following nominees for the Board of Directors for 2009. Margaret L (Meg) Smath of the Kentucky Geological Survey will be the candidate for vice president, and Beverly Molyneux of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) will be the candidate for the 2009-2012 director seat. More information will appear in the Spring Blueline, due out shortly. Election ballots will be mailed out later this summer.