| Description | Compiled by Miss N P Morris from observations made by members of the Organizing Committee
The following notes are based on a congress with an attendance of 450 participants. The Organizing Committee (a subcommittee of the British National Committee for Geology) met at approximately 3/4 monthly intervals from February 1965 to August 1967, with two meetings after the congress.
1. Secretariat and Organizing Committee
2. Congress Centre
3. Dates of Congress
4. Theme
5. Funds
6. Budget
7. Working Groups
8. Circulars (it might be helpful to issue a preliminary leaflet before the 1st Circular)
1st Circular
2nd Circular
3rd Circular
9. Programme
10. Conduct of meetings
11. Ladies Programme
12. Accommodation
12 (a) Congress
12 (b) Participants
13. Transport
14. Travel Agent
15. Insurance
16. Translation
17. Preprints / Proceedings / Excursion Guide
18. Printing
19. Timetable of pre-Congress period
20. Receptions
21. Exhibits
(a) For scientific exhibits by participants
(b) For non-scientific exhibits or those put out by non-members
22. Eastern Europeans
23 Interpreters
24. Lapel Badges
25. Registrants - Dossier or card system?
26. Registration Desk
27. Banking facilities
28. Satchels
29. Public Relations
30. Flexibility of arrangements |