Minutes of a meeting of the British National Committee for Geology Present: Sir Peter Kent, Chairman; Professor D V Ager; Dr D A Bassett; Professor S H U Bowie; Mr J B W Day; Professor W R Dearman; Sir Kingsley Dunham; Mr R A Eden; Dr G Hibberd; Professor C H Holland; Mr J E T Horne; Mr J W Pallister; Mr W D I Rolfe; Dr P A sabine; Professor F W Shotton; Professor F J Vine; Dr A W Woodland; Dr W H Ziegler Matters discussed; 1. Minutes 2. Membership 3. XXVI International Geological Cogress 1980 [No item number 4 listed] 5. Palynology Conference 1980 6. Post-Geodynamic Project reserch programme 7. Geological Correlation Programme 8. IUGS Executive Committee membershiop 9. IUGS Executive Committee meeting 10. Episodes 11. Engineering Geology 12. Geochemistry and Cosmochemistry 13. History of Geological Sciences 14. Hydrogeology 15. Quaternary Research 16. Geological Map of the World 17. Geological atlas of the North Atlantic borderlands 18. Eiropean Geological Association 19. Deep geology of the United Kingdom 20. Solid Earth Sciences Education Committee 21. Next meeting It was agreed to hold the next meeting in June 1979 Summary of Recommendations Minute 6 - That Professor J Sutton be appoionted the UK delegate to the IUGS Conference on Geodynamic Problems (outlook to the 80s) in Zurich on 5 and 6 February 1979, and that provision be made for his expences from the Parliamentary Grant-in-aid for International Relations (Delegates) 1978-79. Minute 12 - That 19 December 1978