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Furthermore By-Law (3) was amended thus: 'The
World Directory of Palaeontologists and the Fossil
Collections of the World: an International Guide. Both the
World Directory of Palaeontologists and the Fossil
Collections of the World: an International Guide should
be revised and a new edition published every eight years.
Every member may be provided with free copies of these
volumes, but this will depend on the current financial
circumstances of the Association. For archiving of the
IPA records, agreement of transfer between the
Smithsonian Institution and the IPA was formally
approved and President Hallam signed the document on
behalf of the IPA. Full text of the agreement is to be
found in the IPA Annual Report for 1991, p. 20.
The report of the Nominating Committee, consisting
of Drs. F. Debrenne, R. Grant, J. Jell, Z. Kielan-
Jaworowska, M. Zhou and M. Kato (chairman ex officio),
was distributed, an as no additional nominations had been
received, the following officers were elected unanimously.
President, Prof. Chang, Mee-mann, China; Vice-
Presidents, Prof. D.L. Kaljo, Estonia, Dr. R.A. Cooper,
New Zealand, Prof. A.C. Riccardi, Argentina, Prof. P.
Taquet, France; Secretary-General, Prof. D.L. Bruton,
Norway; Treasurer, Prof. R.L. Kaesler, USA; Membersat-Large,
Dr. S. Bengtson, Sweden, Prof. B. Runnegar,
USA; Past President, Prof. A. Hallam, UK; and Past
Secretary-General, Prof. M. Kato, Japan.
For future activity, it was generally agreed that the
IPA should continue to support organizing international
palaeontological symposia, colloquia, etc. The IPA
should take every measure to promote palaeontology, in
protesting about, for instance, cutbacks and job losses,
and promoting a higher visibility of our discipline, or in
drawing public attention to the need for conservation of
famous sites for fossil collection, or the need for
improved curation of museum specimens.
Prof. P. Sartenaer raised the question of
palaeontological collections in danger. Private collections
and institutional collections having no person to look
after them are both inaccessible and susceptible to damage
and eventual loss. We need information on those
collections that should be moved to a public museum.
IPA action along these lines was felt to be appropriate and
the point will be conveyed to the next IPA office holders.
There being no other business, President Hallam
thanked all the attending members of the assembly for cooperation,
his fellow officers and committee members for
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their efforts, and the International Research Group officers
and Symposium organizers for their efforts. He then
declared the General Assembly adjourned. The Assembly
expressed thanks to all retiring officers for their services.
Makoto Kato (Past Secretary General, IPA),
Department of Geology and Mineralogy, Faculty of
Science, Hokkaido University, N10, W8, Sap-poro
060, Japan; 30th November, 1992.
International Palaeontological Association
records to be archieved
Ellis L. Yochelson
The International Paleontological Union, founded in
1933, was reorganized as the International
Palaeontological Association in 1968. Since its founding,
there have been 13 sets of officers. In keeping with the
International aspect of the group, officers have resided in
many countries, on three continents. Thus the records of
IPA/IPU are widely scattered.
Arrangements have now been made with the
Smithsonian Institution Archives in Washington, D.C.,
to deposit the papers of the Association. From the
inception of IPA in 1968, three treasurers and one
secretary-general of the organization have been affiliated
with the National Museum of Natural History,
Smithsonian Institution. For those who are familiar with
Washington, the Smithsonian Institution Archives is
located in the 'Arts & Industries' Building, a red brick
structure to the east of the Smithsonian 'Castle'. The
Archives is open, five days a week, to all qualified
investigators.
Anyone who has material concerning IPA or its IPU
predecessor (including photographs of officers and of
meetings) is asked to send items to Ellis L. Yochelson
(address below) or to David L. Bruton, Secretary-General
IPA, Paleontologisk Museum, Sars Gate I, N-0562 Oslo,
Norway. An historical summary, 'The International
Palaeontological Association: Historical Perspective' was
published by Curt Teichert and Ellis Yochelson in
Episodes 8:4, 252-255, 1985.
Ellis L. Yochelson, Department of Paleobiology,
National Museum of Natural History, Washington,
DC 20560, USA.
Internet: joi@iris.edu; to request copies of the JOIDES
Journal.
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an ODP cruise, send a letter of request and a resume to the
Manager of Science Operations, Ocean Drilling Program,
Texas A&M University Research Park, College Station,