British National Committee for Geology: Minutes of a Meeting of the Subcommittee to organize the 7th International Sedimentological Congress, Reading / Edinburgh 1967 Present: Professor P Allen, (Chairman); Dr R G C Bathurst; Mr A M Clarke; Mr E V Corps; Mr P McL D Duff; A Lees; Mr D Shearman; Dr A J Smith; Dr E K Walton Apologies for absence were received from Professor Hemingway, Dr Nicholls and Dr Owen. Matters discussed: 1. Reason for Special Meeting The Chairman explained the reason for the Special Meeting and introduced the memorandum (previously circulated). He emphasized that the proposal was to lower the base-line of Congress REgistration numbers to a level of certainty, recalculating the budget using these figures, and make reductions in Working Groups budgets to conform. The action proposed did nto preculde a rolling programme taking account of later changes. 2. Treasurer's Statement 3. Effect on Programme 3(a) Programme Group Reasction 3(b) Further suggestions for economy 3(c) Printing fo Abstracts 3(d) Copies of pre-prints 4. Effect on Excursions 4(a) Excursion Group Reaction 4(b) Effect of cancellations on MEmbers 4(c) Russian delegation 4(d) IAS - Sponsored students 5. Student registration 6. Approval of budget. 7. Registration 16 November 1966