The Journal of the Siam Society Vol. LXXI, Part 1-2, 1983 - Khamkoo

Annual Reports
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The following were elected Ordinary Members of Council:
Dr. Richard Engelhardt
Mrs. Hillary Feddersen
Mr. Saido Ikeya
Mr. Wilhelm Mayer
H.E. Mr. William F.M. Schmidt
Mr. Rolf E. Von Bueren
7. Any other business.
a. Mr. Francis W.C. Martin read the Council's recommended change to
Rule 9. "9. The Annual Subscription for Ordinary Members shall be
800 baht".
There was a discussion during which Dr. Tej Bunnag pointed out that the
financial position of the Society had been far from satisfactory in 1981 and had in fact
been in difficulties for a number of years. A revisio~ was made in 1981 to retain the
Baht 500 fee for Ordinary Members while Ordinary Members who would like to
subscribe to the Journal and the Natural HistOry Bulletin would pay 300 baht and 100
baht extra respectively. However, it was difficult to make distinctions between nonsubscribing
an4 .subscribing members and the costs of printing and postage had been
increasing rapidly. The Society hoped that members would support the change back
to one subscription rate. The ame~dment to the Rules of the Siam· Society was adopted
as recommended by the outgoing Council.
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After the formal business of the Annual General Meeting, Dr. Prawes Wasi,
Magsaysay Award winner for Public Service for 1981, gave a lecture on "Bare-Headed
Doctors".
The President adjourned the Meeting at 10.45 p.m.