Volume 2 - July 12, 2017 - In This Issue:


NEW PODS Member Portal Up and Running!
We are excited to announce our new PODS Member Portal. This new area allows all Active PODS Members to access and change personal information, download Data Models as well as explore new Member features like joining, creating and reading through community forums, searching through our members database, and if you are a volunteer of the PODS Association, accessing areas for Committee meeting calendars, forums and other pertinent information.

You may have noticed that the Login area of our website has disappeared, and that you can no longer access the old "Members Only" areas. Don't worry, all of those features and more are now available via our Member Portal. 

To setup your account,  click here and enter your email address, then look for an email that will allow you to set your password (NOTE: this may take a few minutes, and it might arrive in your SPAM folder).

Bookmark this url for future access: https://pods.memberclicks.net/login, or simply click the "Member Portal" menu choice from www.pods.org.

While you are logged in, please complete your profile, as there is some information we don't have the answers to - like which events you have attended or which version of the PODS Data Model you are using.

These are some of the features that are currently available: 
  1. My Profile: You may add a profile photo and edit any of the information associated with your account here.
  2. Member Directory: Take a look at the currently active PODS Association Member organizations who have asked to be listed on the website.
  3. Community Forums: This is a new feature that allows you to begin communicating with other PODS Association members through your own discussion threads in a familiar dicussion-thread format.
  4. PODS Data Model Downloads: This is why you join, to have access to all of the PODS Data Models.
  5. Events List: PODS Events like pipeline week and online webinars will be detailed here. If you are a member of any PODS Association Committees or Workgroups, you will also see meeting calendar listings here.
Please do not hesitate to contact Jen Gordon, Communications Specialist, at 907-240-0206 or [email protected] if you have any questions about your membership or accessing the PODS Online Member Portal. 


Pipeline Week October 3-5 
Registration FREE for PODS Members

Active PODS Association Members receive FREE registration to the Pipeline Week 2017 conference.  To receive your PROMOTIONAL DISCOUNT CODE and register, open THIS PDF with instructions.  If you have questions about your membership status, please email Jen Gordon at  

Please note that the standard registration fee will appear until the promotional code is entered at the time of checkout.  The promotional code will make the balance due $0.   CLICK HERE  to start the registration process.

For more information about the conference and exhibition,   CLICK HERE.

For questions regarding registration, please contact Pennwell at:
Registration Department (8:00 AM - 5:00 PM CST)
Phone:  +1-918-831-9160
Toll Free:  +1-888-299-8016 (U.S. Only)
International:  +44 1992 656 717 OR from the United Kingdom, dial  0192656717


About the Event

In 2016, the third annual event hosted 765 attendees from 15 countries and 35 U.S. States. In 2017, the global event will continue to deliver an invaluable forum for oil and gas pipeline industry professionals as it brings the GITA 26th Annual Oil & Gas Pipeline Conference and the 13th Annual PODS Association User Conference.  The joint conferences and exhibition provide an unrivaled opportunity to interact on a personal basis.  There's no better place than  Pipeline Week  to exchange ideas, propelling the industry forward. 
 
This year, a ttendees will benefit from a robust program of operator presentations, dynamic panel discussions, informational technical sessions, and numerous networking functions. As always, the program will target key areas of regulatory compliance, implementation and use of new technologies, asset integrity, and industry best-practices.

The conference will be buoyed by an exhibition space full of leading technology companies and service providers within the oil and gas pipeline community.
40th Anniversary of the Trans Alaska Pipeline (TAPS)
Kathy Mayo, Executive Director PODS Association; Tom Barrett, President Alyeska Pipeline; Heidi Drygas Commissioner of Labor (Alaska)



Volunteer Call-Out 
Technical Committee For Data Modeling

The TCDM committee is recruiting for 2-3 industry experts to become part of this important group. The primary responsibility for this committee is modeling changes to PODS, in both relational and spatial formats. PODS is moving into use of Enterprise Architect for data modeling and ShapeChange to support data exchange. PODS Volunteers commit to completing EA and ShapeChange training, attending regular meetings and providing data modeling service as part of the TCDM team.

For additional information please download this PDF Volunteer Job Description.

If you would like to participate on the TCDM, please submit a resume and email expressing your interest to  [email protected].

PODS Member Company ExxonMobil Pipelines President 
at TAPS Celebration

Kathy Mayo, Executive Director PODS Association and Mr. Jerry Frey, President ExxonMobil Pipelines a ttending 40th Anniversary celebration of TAPS


Kathy Mayo, Executive Director
PODS Association
 907-347-3279
www.pods.org

PODS Next Generation: 
A Commitment to PODS as a Standard and a Transformed Data Model

Download PODS Lite.zip