as President. Betty’s answer was that during her time she was getting things up to date as far as the Website, using Wild apricot, and starting to do webinars, something we still do to this day. Lisa first stated she did not remember, but then rebutted that by stating with the large membership base, she was more focused on getting members involved with NADOA and not just the Board, something that is still an issue today. Cheryl’s answer is something most of us can relate to. During Cheryl’s year, NADOA was able to get rid of the storage room in Oklahoma. Yep, NADOA digitized themselves and came into the new age. Also, Cheryl saw a lot of the seasoned board members starting to leave making way for the younger board members. I then asked what type of major issues they saw in NADOA, the industry, etc., which they had some very interesting responses. For instance, Betty stated that the industry started seeing a lot of new areas, new shales come into play. There was an upswing in work and there were about 1700 members in NADOA. Lisa said during her
time, it was hard to get company support. It was a downturn during her presidency, but it wasn’t as bad as what it would get so companies were more cautious. Cheryl said that during her time she felt like things were on the rise again. I asked about if during their time as a Division Order Analyst, if they have seen a lot of changes. Boy was I shocked to hear about some of the stuff that affected them and other analysts during that time. For instance, everything had to be typed on a typewriter. Division Orders? Yep, hand typed, and they had to put every owner on the exhibit. The torture this would cause now. You don’t fully appreciate the computer until hearing that. And brace yourself, there was no excel. No formulas or pivot tables to help you. Nope, but they did have a 10-key calculator. Also, horizontal wells, the wells that we have all come to love, didn’t exist until the 90’s. Email? Nope, didn’t exist. You write that letter or pick up the phone. Also back then, you felt like you were a family and now you feel like just a number in the company. To hear the stories these ladies told was amazing and makes me wonder how my answers in the future will amaze some young Division Order Analyst. I asked them how NADOA has changed and one thing they said was how formal Institute used to be. The men would dress up in suits and the woman dressed in dresses; it was a professional environment. There’s more networking now. They do see similarities in classes and education. They do remember a time when if you ran for the board, you had competition. Now, it is sometimes hard to find people to run for the NADOA Board. Also voting is down from previous years. This brought up a very interesting subject, why are these big companies not supporting NADOA as much as in the past. Land Administration, in my eyes, has become expendable to many companies or the red-haired stepchild. Why is that? Lisa believes that a lot of people don’t understand what we do. Also, somewhere along the road, Land Administration has fallen under accounting, but accounting is just a small function of what we do. Betty believes that many people think all the DOA does is data entry. All three ladies believe the way to change this view of Land Administration is to educate
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