Earth Sciences History Group (A Specialist Group of the Geological Society of Australia Inc.) Email Bulletin No. 48 July 19 2015
Affiliation with International Commission on the History of Geological Sciences (INHIGEO) The INHIGEO Board has now considered the application of the Earth Sciences History Group for INHIGEO Affiliated Association status and has approved it unanimously. Our successful nomination was to be announced in the INHIGEO Circular for June 2015 and finalised at the INHIGEO Business Meeting to be held in Beijing later in the month. Following the Business Meeting (assume date of 1 July), the following conditions of affiliation apply.
The Secretary or nominee of Affiliated Associations shall 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. A summary annual report of an Affiliate shall, where possible, be published in the INHIGEO Annual Record together with a list of all INHIGEO Affiliated Associations. Your first report will be due on 31 March 2016 Affiliates are encouraged to report on INHIGEO activities as well as to advertise and promote INHIGEO, its conferences and publications, via their communication channels. Individual members of Affiliates shall receive no additional privileges from INHIGEO. 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.
Items of Interest INHIGEO Annual Record The International Commission on the History of Geological Sciences (INHIGEO) Annual Record No. 47 covering activities generally in 2014 was issued in June 2015. The annual record includes information on the commission’s activities, national reports, book reviews, interviews and occasional historical articles. The latest edition was compiled and edited by Wolf Mayer (INHIGEO Editor) and can be downloaded from the INHIGEO website at http://www.inhigeo.org/newsletters
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