| INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL FOR APPLIED
MINERALOGY
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MINUTES OF THE THIRD MEETING OF THE COUNCIL,
HEUD IN THE AMETHYST ROOM, CSIR CONFERENCE CENTRE,
PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA,
AT 17h00 ON 3rd SEPTEMBER, 1991.
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PRESENT: |
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| President (Chairman) | |
| Secretary General | |
| Australia | |
| USA | |
| South Africa | |
| Spain | |
| Poland | |
| South Africa | |
| Canada | |
| Poland | |
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APOLOGIES: |
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| Germany | |
| Spain | |
| Portugal | |
| France | |
| USA |
Dr Dc Waal welcomed the delegates and mutually introduced them. The meeting agreed to adopt the agenda with the addition of item 12.1. Closing address.
The minutes were adopted by the meeting, and it was agreed that, at a later date, the President could sign the file copy.
Mr Haughton pointed out that a change in the constitution was needed, in that ,Federal Republic of Germany' must be replaced by ,Germany'. The meeting agreed that this change must be made according to the constitution.
The President suggested that another change that was needed was that, in view of the difficulty of getting full attendance at a meeting, the constitution should allow the members attending to coopt members from the delegates at ICAM coming from the same countries as the absent members.
Dr Graham questioned the decision that the Secretariat should remain at Mintek. The President stated that the decision was only a temporary one and could change in the future; but Mr Haughton pointed out that Mintek had a large number of files on ICAM and the Council and it would be difficult to move or copy those. The matter was not pursued further.
The minutes were adopted and would be signed at a later date.
It was noted that Professor Hagni was the official representative of IMA-CAM on the Council.
Dr Petruk reported on his attempts to start up a joint journal on applied mineralogy. Elsevier had agreed to devote a section of its International Journal on Mineral Processing as an experiment; if that were successful, thought would be given to expanding the concept.
The President said that CAM and the Council ought to collaborate, but raised the question of whether there was enough scope for the two organizations to coexist. He stressed that the important entity was ICAM, the series of congresses specifically for applied mineralogists, and that it hardly mattered at all what body was responsible for ensuring that they continued in the way originally envisaged. That body could be the Council, or CAM, or an amalgamation of the two, or even a new body, as long as the people involved were devoted to the ICAM idea. He put forward a proposal that the Executive Committee should investigate the orderly creation of the new controlling body by negotiation with any other organization it deemed relevant and that, until such a decision had been taken by the Council and the constitution altered accordingly, the Council should continue to liaise closely with CAM to ensure the optimum development and promotion of ICAM.
After lengthy discussion, which included both the necessity of attracting non mineralogists to ICAM and doubts about CAM's ability to manage ICAM satisfactorily, it was agreed that ICAM must continue, but an amendment to the motion was proposed. This amendment was that the existing position should continue (that is, the Council should continue to be responsible for ICAM and must collaborate closely with CAM to further the interests of applied rnineralogists). Moreover, the Executive Committee was instructed, in terms of the constitution, to investigate the question of what body should be responsible for the continuation of ICAM.
Dr Hofmeyr reported that, although only 138 delegates were attending the congress and a further 30 were attending the special symposia, the congress had turned out to be financially viable. The President said that he was greatly impressed with the bound volumes of papers and asked that his appreciation should be conveyed by Dr Hofmeyr to those responsible.
Mr Haughton reported that two offers to host future congresses had been received: Australia in 1993, just after the International Mineral Processing Congress, but in a different City, and Poland in 1994. There were no other firm offers.
After discussion, it was agreed that the next ICAM would be held in Australia in 1993, as proposed, and Dr Graham undertook to get the organizing started immediately on his return. It was also agreed that the congress after that would be in Poland in 1996. Thereafter, ICAM would be held every four years midwav between the International Mineralogical Congresses, as was agreed to at the Council meetings in Los Angeles.
Election of President
Dr De Waal was proposed, seconded, and elected unanimously.
Mr Haughton was proposed, seconded, and elected unanimously.
A Suggestion was adopted that a Vice-President should be appointed and that he should be the chairman of IMA-CAM. Thus Professor Hagni was elected unanimously as Vice-President.
Although the question of membership fees was approached tentatively, the meeting felt it unnecessary at this stage to elect a Treasurer.
Mr Haughton pointed out that, in terms of the constitution, membership of the Executive Committee was virtually automatic.
APPOINTMENT OF THE COUNCIL's REPRESENTATIVE ON CAM
This being the duty of the President, after discussion he duly appointed Dr Oosthuyzen to this position.
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