Hull Geological Society
Well looking back at
the last year I think we had a pretty successful season.
I was pleased that
the Chalk Symposium in September went well after two years of planning; about 45
delegates attended, more than I expected when Paul Hildreth and I first floated
the idea. Hopefully there will be some papers published by the speakers; but
unfortunately the planned Field Guide never got finished. I thank the Yorkshire
Geological Society for funding the Symposium.
We held five lecture
meetings, a special public lecture and a Member’s Evening. We have had six Club
Nights which continue to be well attended and fun. We introduced Quiz Nights and
have held two so far – these were also fun, even if we did not know what we were
doing initially. Unfortunately the attendance at the Microscopy Evenings seems
to be declining; we will try running a Workshop to encourage interest in this
aspect of our science. On behalf of the Society I thank the Geography Department
at the University for continuing to host and support our meetings.
There were three
Roadshows, one at a new venue – the RSPB visitor centre at Bempton. There were
three picnics during the year if you include the barbecue that followed our
conservation visit to Rifle Butts SSSI. There were two field meetings and an
urban geology walk. Graham Kings organised several meetings of the Bisat
Research Group and the photographic recording of the Holderness Coast is
progressing well. The Quaternary of Flamborough continues to produce interesting
results for our other research group.
On behalf of the members I would like to thank Ian
Heppenstall for his help as Publicity Officer; he is standing down from the
Committee this year. Ian has also led several field meetings over the years to
his own research area around Grassington and also helped to organise the
research into the Quaternary of Flamborough.
On behalf of the
Society I also thank the Officers, Committee and event leaders for their help
during the last 12 months.
Looking ahead, we are starting to plan the Summer
Programme. It does seem that we are a bit short of traditional Field Meetings: I
would encourage members to volunteer to lead a trip to their favourite local
site.
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