Hull Geological Society

 Secretary's Annual Report for 2004-2005

It has been a busy year for the Society.

 We ran nine field trips in the summer, one of which was held jointly with the Yorkshire Geological Society. These included the worst attended meeting (only the leader) and 2nd best attended (about 200 people) that I can remember. There were also a joint field meeting with the East Yorkshire RIGS Group, two research field meetings to Flamborough, and a microscopy day-school.

 We also started to hold monthly microscopy evenings, which have attracted an average of 4 members to each meeting, with 8 attending the December one. These are really friendly and relaxing meetings, which offer the opportunity to do a bit of research and share our finds and experiences with others.

 We have held six winter evening lecture meetings, unfortunately one of the speakers cancelled because she had lost her voice, but hopes to rearrange another date for the next winter programme.  We also held an afternoon meeting on 'Glacial Landforms' jointly with the Yorkshire Geological Society, with our members displaying specimens for our visitors.

 I would like to thank the Society for supporting Yorkshire Geology Month in May this year. So far 65 individuals and organisations have agreed to support YGM2005 and we have details of 39 events - with events for the York and Scarborough areas still to be finalised. There are ten events planned for East Yorkshire. We have not been able to raise the grants that we had hoped for towards the costs, but things seem to be running well.

I wish to thank Barrie Heaton, Derek Gobbett, Nigel Whittington and Stuart Jones for leading events. And I hope that members will lend a hand at the Roadshows at Hull and Hornsea Museums.

 During the year we have received a donation of a set of UK seabed maps from the late E G Smith of the BGS, as an addition to out Library. If members wish to borrow these or any other publications please contact our Librarian Stuart Jones.

 We have received more articles for Humberside Geologist and I am grateful to the editors for their work proof-reading and editing submissions. We are a bit behind with our plans to put number 15 into print. I did notice three citations for Humb. Geol. when looking up some local geologists in the new Dictionary of National Biography, which made me feel rather proud of our journal!

 This year seven individuals and one family joined the Society. Lynden Emery and Matt Stephens have resigned from the Committee and I thank them for their contributions to the running of the Society.

On behalf of the Society I thank the Geography Department for their continued support and hospitality; our guest speakers for the lectures; our field trip leaders for the field trips; Janet Binns for the cakes for the October afternoon meeting; Paul Richards for his work on the computerisation of out past publications; Stuart for his Library skills; Nigel for continuing to maintain our website; Barrie for looking after the funds and helping me keep track of membership records; retiring President David Hill; and the Committee for their hard work during the year. The next year looks like it will be even busier - let us hope that it is equally as successful as this one!

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