Minutes of a meeting of the British National Committee for Geology Present; Sir Peter Kent, Chairman; Professor D R Bowes; Mr A M Clarke; Mr J B W Day; Professor W R Dearman; Sir Kingsley Dunham; Professor C H Holland; Mr J E T Horne; Mr D C Ion; Professor J L Knill; Dr W H C Ramsbottom; Mr W I Rolfe; Dr P A Sabine; Professor F W Shotton; Professor F J Vine; Dr W H Ziegler By invittion; Dr J K Turner (vice Dr R C Selley) 1. Minutes The minutes [NGL/4 (79)] of the meeting on 25 June 1979 were confirmed, subject to amendmentsd (listed) 2. Membership [No item 3 listed] 4. Mineralogical Association 5. IUGS statutes 6. IUGS Secretary - General 7. IUGS Publications 8. Survey of geologists 9. Nomenclature of igneous rocks 10. Silurian stratigraphy 11. Geological Correlation Programme 12. Pa;ynology Conference 13. Co-operation with Spain 14. Geological conservation 15. Geochemistry and cosmochemistry 16. Engineering geology 17. Hydrogeology 18. Quaternary research 19. History of geological sciences 20. Coal study 21. North Atlantic borderlands atlas 22. Next meeting It was agreed to hold the next meeting on 29 October 1980, at 2 pm, subject to need. 20 February 1980