Hull Geological Society

 Secretary's Annual Report for 2012-2013

During the year 13 individuals and two families have been elected to membership of the Society. The membership currently stands at a total of 107 individual, family, institutional and honorary members.

 Over the year we have held several meetings:- 4 field meetings, 3 Quaternary research field trips; 3 roadshows, 9 microscopy evenings, 6 lecture meetings, one three day conference, one conservation visit to Rifle Butts and a New Year’s picnic. Two events had to be cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances or bad weather.

 The conference was jointly held with the Yorkshire Geological Society and the Department of Geography and attracted professional and academic sedimentologists from the USA and Europe as well as the UK, producing a nice mix with amateurs from the HGS and YGS. It also gave the HGS the opportunity to showcase some of our recent research.

 I find it pleasing to see such a variety of events and am looking forward to the new Club Nights. The one thing that forever impresses me is the way members are always keen to share their knowledge with others – that is the true spirit of amateur science.

 On behalf of the Society I wish to thank – the Officers and Committee, our guest speakers, the field trip leaders, our Publicity Officer and Web-site Editor, members who displayed specimens at the conference and helped with the catering, members who displayed specimens at the Roadshows and were our “experts” who identified specimens for the public, and the Geography Dept for hosting our meetings.

 In particular we thank Paul Hildreth who is retiring from our Committee after taking on the role of YGS Secretary. Paul has joined the Committee in 1999 and was Vice President from 2003 and then President until 2009.

 Looking ahead we have our 125^th Anniversary year. Our first ever meeting was on June 1^st 1888 and the first field trip was to Kelsey Hill. So 125 years to the day we will hold a celebratory meeting and two weeks later a visit to Kelsey Hill. It will give us the opportunity to remember members from the past and their contributions to the Society and our science, as well as reviewing our current understanding of local geology.

 The YGS are not coming to Hull this year for a joint meeting, but we do hope that YGS members will come to our Anniversary meeting. We have made a proposal for an interesting and unusual joint meeting for 2014.

 Mike Horne 19^th March 2013.

 p.s. May I make a request on behalf of the Treasurer for members to pay their annual subscriptions promptly next year using the subscription form we send out? It would make things run much more smoothly. Like all the Committee members, the Treasurer is a volunteer so please do help. Members can also pay your subscription to the Assistant Treasurer.

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