| Description | At a meeting of the British National Committee for the International Biological Programme held on 2 March 1964, present: Professor A A Miles, Chairman; Professor J N Black; Dr G Bond; Professor A R Clapham; Professor F Dickens; Mr R S Glover; Dr D Lacl; Dr J W G Lund; Dr A E Mourant; Dr J D Ovington; Professor C F A Pantin; Sir Rudolph Peters; Professor P W Richards; Professor A Robertson; PRofessor J? E Smith; Professor C H Waddington; Dr J S Weiner
Observers: Dr W L Francis [DSIR]; Sir Charles Harington [MRC]; Mr R Radford; [DTC]; Dr F S Russell [Development Commission]; Dr E S Worthington [Nature Conservancy]; Mr E D T Jourdain [ARC for Professor Helen Porter];
Dr H W Thompson [President of ICSU] - by invitation
1. Terms of reference and rules for membership and retirement.
It was noted that Council on 16 January 1964 had laid down the following;
Terms of Reference;
To correspond with the ICSU Special Committee for the INternational Biological Programme
To co-ordinate the scientific content of the United Kingdom contribution to the Programme, and
To report to Council
Rules for membership and retirement
The committee shal be governed by the rulews for membership and retirement for those National Committees established for special purposes (see page 93 of the Year Book for 1964),
2. Membershiop
Membership of the Committee was noted as follows; Professor A A Miles, FRS, Chairman;
Ex officio The Biological Secretary, Professor A A Miles, FRS; Chairman of the BNC/Biology, Professor J E Smith FRS; Chairman of the BNC/Biochemistry, Professor F Dickens FRS; Chairman of the BNC/Physiology, Professor A L Hodgkin, FRS
Members of SCIBP; Mr E M Nicholson; Dr J S Weiner; MR R S Glover
Professor J N Black; Professor G E Blackman, FRS; Dr G Bond; Ssir Lindor Brown, FRS; Professor D G CATCheside, FRS; Professor A R Clapham, FRS; Dr D Lack, FRS; Dr J W G Lund, FRS; Dr A E Mourant; Dr J D Ovington; Professor C F A Pantin, FRS; Sir Rudolph Peters, FRS; Mr N W Pirie, FRS; Professor P W Richards; Professor A Robertsonh; Professor C H Waddintong, FRS
Observers; Dr W L Francis [DSIR]; Sir Charles Harington, FRS [MRC]; Professor Helen K Porter, FRS [ARC]; Mr R RAdford [DTC]; Dr F S Russell, FRS [Development Commission]; Dr E B Worthington [Nature Conservancy]
The chairman reported that he had recommended to Council that the chairman of the British Natinal Committee for Geography should be added to the committee as an ex-officio member. He also reported that Council appreciated that as the IBP developed it might prove necessary to co-opt other members as required.
3. Provisional UK Committee for IBP
4. Letter from convener of SCIBP
5. Finance for the UK participation in the ibp.
6. Finance for SCIBP
7. UNESCO draft programme for 1965 and 1966
8. Subcommittees
9. Action by the subcommittees
10. UK delegation to the General Meeting of ibp, 23 - 26 Julyl 1964
11. human Adaptability
12. Participation by Colombia, Panama and Costa Rica.
13. Next Meeting
The next meeting of the committee was fixed for 11 May 1964 at 2.30 pm.
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