Minutes of a meeting of the British National Committee for Geology: ad hoc Working Group on Relations with Spain Present: Mr F W Dunning, Chairman; Dr H W Ball; Dr A T Huntingdon; Dr R T Moody; Dr F Moseley; Dr J Platt By invitation; Professor P Allen; Dr P E Friend In attendance: Dr P T Warren, Deputy Executive Secretary; Mr C R Argent Unable to attend: Professor D L Dinely 1. Minutes The minutes [NGL/36 (83)] of the meeting on 26 May 1983 were confirmed. 2. Develoopments 3. Brief for UK Members of Working Party Noting that the protocol listed twelve points for discussion by the joint Working Party (these being essentially the same items for discussion adopted by the joint Hispano-French and Hispano-German working parties, the Working Group proceeded to examine the issues covered by each item: 1. Information exchange on future plans 2. Elaboration of joint programme 3. Formulation of teams f9or regional and thematic studies: As 2 above: 4. Promotion of cooperatin... 5. Exchange of specialists 6. Selection of research areas 7. Training of specialists 8. Promotion of seminars and meetings 9. Exchange of informatin and documents 10. Encouragement of joint publication 11. Mutual assistance 12. Visiting lectureres 4. Seat of responsibility 5. Distribution of Information 6. Cooperatin with French and German Contacts 7. Date of meeting of Joint Working Party 8. Future of Ad Hoc Group Agreed that the ad hoc Working Group be kept in being until after the initial meeting of the Joint Working Party whose report should be discussed at a meeting in May 1984 and the desirability of terminating the Working Group be then assessed. 19 December 1983