INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL FOR APPLIED MINERALOGY

MINUTES OF THE FOURTH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL

HELD AT THE FREMANTLE ESPLANADE HOTEL, AUSTRALIA,

AT 17H00 ON THE 31STMAY, 1993

PRESENT:	President (Chairman), SA
	Secretary General, SA
	USA
	Australia
	Canada
	South Africa
OBSERVERS:	Canada
	Brazil
APOLOGIES:	Spain
	New Zealand
	France
	Poland

• AGENDA

  The proposed agenda was adopted for the meeting without any alterations or additions.

• MINUTES OF THE THIRD MEETING

  The minutes of the Third Meeting were adopted by the Council and it was agreed that the President would sign the file copy at a later date.

• MATTERS ARISING FROM THE MINUTES OF THE THIRD MEETING

  Dr Petruk wished to place on record that the project concerning the International Journal on Mineral Processing devoting a section to Applied Mineralogy had not been successful. He stated that 21 papers will be published as Process Mineralogy XII of AIME-TMS.

• COLLABORATION BETWEEN IMA-CAM AND lCAM

  The issue of the degree of collaboration between IMA-CAM and ICAM was discussed. After a short discussion it was decided to continue in the current manner whereby ICAM would participate in IMA-CAM meetings and vice versa. The emphasis would always be to promote the interests of applied rnineralogists.

• DISCUSSION ON CHANGES TO THE CONSTITUTION

  Alterations to the Constitution can only be made by a majority comprising at least two-thirds of the members present at a normal meeting of the Council or by mail ballot and must be agreed to by the members from all the founding countries of ICAM Proposed alterations to the Constitution should be received by the Secretary General at least 90 days before the normal meeting of the Council so it can be circulated to all Council members for discussion and voting at that meeting.

  As these criteria had not been met for this meeting the items debated could not be voted on. Items discussed and the feelings of the Council on these matters were as follows:

  • No provision has been made in the current Constitution for proxies to attend Council meetings on behalf of members who are unable to attend. It was unanimously agreed that a formal proposal to amend the Constitution accordingly should be prepared for the next meeting. The proxy should be chosen by the member but should be ratified by the constituent body for that country.
    

  • It was unanimously agreed that the name Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) be updated to Germany in the light of recent political events.
    
  • There was much discussion on the subject of the President and the Secretariat. Dr Graham suggested that as there was little continuity from one ICAN Congress to the next, the Vice President's office should automatically go to the convenor of the next ICAM Congress. After that Congress he should then become President and be in a position to offer the benefit of his experiences to the convenor of the next Congress. The Council agreed in principle to this idea although it could cause difficulties in communication between the President and Secretary General if they lived in different countries. A formal proposal to amend the Constitution accordingly should be prepared for the next meeting.

   

• DATE AND HOST COUNTRY FOR NEXT CONGRESS

  As agreed at the 1991 Congress in South Africa, ICAM V96 will be held in Poland. Although not able to be present at ICAM’93 in Australia, Professor A Szymanski communicated by fax a repeat of his proposal to hold the next ICAM in Poland in 1996. It would be held in Warsaw and the organisation would be undertaken jointly by the Faculty of Chemistry of the Warsaw Technical University and the Faculty of Geology of Warsaw University. Professor de Waal is to extend a formal invitation to Professor Szymanski to host ICAM ,96 and is to try to get some form of guarantee from him that the Congress will take place.

• HOST COUNTRIES FOR FUTURE CONGRESSES

  Professor Hagni suggested holding IOAN 2000 in the U S A and that Dr Hausen should be approached to organise it in Utah. It could also be a fallback position in case the Congress in Poland fell through. An alternative fallback position would be to link an ICAM Congress to the IMPC meeting in Aachen in Germany in September 1997.

• ELECTION OF OFFICE BEARERS

  1. Election of President
     Professor de Waal was proposed, seconded and elected unanimously.
     

  2. Election of Secretary General
     Dr Hofmeyr was proposed, seconded and elected unanimously.
     
  3. Election of Other Qffice Bearers
     In line with earlier discussions it was unanimously decided to appoint Dr Graham as Vice President as he was the convenor of the current ICAM Gongress.
     
  4. Appointment of Executive Cominittee
     Dr Hofmeyr pointed out that in terms of the Constitution membership of the Executive Committee was virtually automatic. The Executive Committee consists of the Office Bearers and one member from each of the founding countries. In the past it had not been necessary to specifically convene the Executive Committee. In fact, at the Council meetings of 1984, 1991 and 1993 all members (except one) were members of founding countries.
     
  5. Appointment of ICAM Representative on IMA-CAN
     At the suggestion of Professor de Waal it was decided to appoint Professor Hagni as the ICAM representative on IMA-CAM.

• GENERAL

  Dr Graham gave a short report on ICAM ,93. He said that they had budgeted on attendance figures of 200 but that the actual attendance was about 150.This would entail a small loss which be covered by being underwritten by the CSIRO. He stated that it should be made policy that a circulation list or set of addressed mailing labels should be provided by a Congress convenor to the next Congress convenor. This would simplify the task of the incoming convenor. This was agreed to by the meeting.

• CLOSING ADDRESS

  In a short dosing address, Professor de Waal thanked all the members for attending the Council meeting and, in particular, Dr Jim Graham for hosting the Congress at such short notice and making such a success of it.

  There being no further business, the meeting closed at 19h30.