Earth Sciences History Group (A Specialist Group of the Geological Society of Australia Inc.) Email Bulletin No. 46 February 9 2015
ESHG Committee News A belated Happy New Year to ESHG members. The committee met last week and accepted an invitation from the Commission on the History of Geological Sciences (INHIGEO) for ESHG to apply formally to become an affiliate The primary objective of INHIGEO is the promotion of studies into the history of the geological disciplines in an international context. INHIGEO also specifically aims to encourage national and regional groups as well as other international organisations having complementary objectives. In order to better encourage organisations having similar objectives, INHIGEO has recently established the category of “INHIGEO Affiliated Association” defined as an organisation, with similar objectives to INHIGEO. National and regional history of geology groups are encouraged, in particular, to affiliate. The Secretary of an INHIGEO Affiliated Association will receive all routine communications from INHIGEO with the expectation that similar information will be provided in exchange to either the INHIGEO Secretary General or INHIGEO Editor or both. Affiliates are encouraged to report on INHIGEO activities as well as to advertise and promote INHIGEO, its conferences and publications, via their communication channels. Affiliated Associations will be permitted to state formally in their publications and official correspondence that they are :“Affiliated with the International Commission on the History of Geological Sciences (INHIGEO)”. The status of “INHIGEO Affiliation Association” is ongoing unless terminated by the INHIGEO Board on recommendation from the Secretary General or by the Affiliate itself. Accepting the invitation was really a ‘no-brainer’ as we believe that such affiliation will promote greater linkage between organisations with similar objectives. Consequently a formal application form has been submitted to INHIGEO and Barry Cooper, the Secretary General, advises that it will be considered in April/May.
Call for contributions for the ESHG Newsletter The committee discussed various ideas for the next newsletter, and we are now calling on members to submit suitable articles. Please submit your articles to the Newsletter Editor, Mr John Draper at jdraper@hn.ozemail.com.au by 30 June. As mentioned in the previous Email Bulletin, the committee is considering a change of name from Newsletter to a more suitable term. It has been pointed out that the name is confusing (considering that this emailed Bulletin could more appropriately be referred to as a ‘newsletter’, and that ‘Bulletin’ might have been a more appropriate term for the ESHG Newsletter. Therefore the committee continues to be open to suggestions for a suitable name.
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