Hull Geological Society
The 1998-9
season has been another good year for the Society.
At the AGM we created a new
Conservation Fund with the profits from selling our Building Society ‘windfall’
shares. There is just a little tidying up to do so that this conforms to our
charitable status.
The Summer Programme went
well with trips to South Ferriby, Speeton, Flamborough, Gransmoor and a special
110th anniversary meeting to Keyingham and Withernsea. We even got
our trip underground at Boulby Potash mine, an experience well worth waiting
for. Unfortunately two trips were cancelled and there was not enough interest in
the weekend trip to the Cotswolds.
The Winter Programme seemed
to be more successful than usual. Two members of the Society presented lectures
on their research. There were over 100 people at the special public lecture at
the Ferens Art Gallery to hear Simon Conway Morris talk about the Burgess Shale.
The talks about the Windypits attracted members of local caving clubs, swelling
that attendance to about 50.
Mick Stanley and I attended
the first UK RIGS conference in Worcester and I hope that the ideas that we
picked up there will help to revitalise our own East Yorkshire RIGS Group.
Richard Myerscough is representing our Society on the North Yorkshire RIGS
group.
We also had an excellent 110th
anniversary meal at the West Bulls, with a lovely cake baked by Janet Binns, who
also baked a cake for the Yorkshire Geological Society meeting in Hull in
November, when members for the Society displayed rocks and fossils from their
collections.
I would like to thank all our
guest speakers, leaders of the field meetings, members of the Committee for
their help during the year. In particular: Jim Darmody has helped by printing
our programmes and mailings, David Hill has edited our journal
Humberside Geologist no. 12 and Felix Whitham has kept a close eye
on our finances. The Society is also grateful for the continued support of the
Geography Department of the University of Hull and Hull Museums for their
continued support and hospitality.
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