IUCr 1994 Report - Meetings

The IUCr sponsored the following Meetings held during 1994:

1. Gordon Research Conference on Structural Phase Transitions in Non-Metallic Solids, Volterra, Italy, 8-13 May 1994.

2. Symposium on Computational Methods in Chemical Design, Molecular Modeling - Theory and Experiment, Kloster Irsee near Kaufbeuren, Germany, 16-20 May 1994.

3. 21st Crystallographic Course `Crystallography of Molecular Biology', Erice, Italy, 27 May-5 June 1994.

4. 1994 American Crystallographic Association Annual Meeting, Atlanta, USA, 26 June-1 July 1994.

5. Symposium on New Trends in Small Moiety Crystallography, Atlanta, USA, 26 June -1 July 1994.

6. Summer School on Electron Crystallography - Theory and Practice, Bristol and Bath, England, 11-15 July 1994.

7. Third ACA Summer Course on Crystallography, Pittsburgh, USA, 1-12 August 1994.

8. Sagamore XI Conference, Brest, France, 7-12 August 1994.

9. Pre-ECM-15 Symposium on Organic Crystal Chemistry, Poznan-Rydzyna, Poland, 23-27 August 1994.

10. Fifteenth European Crystallographic Meeting (ECM-15), Dresden, Germany, 28 August-2 September 1994.

11. International Summer School on Growth and Characterization of Materials, Cracow, Poland, 4-14 September 1994.

12. Second European Symposium on X-ray Topography and High Resolution Diffraction, Berlin, Germany, 5-7 September 1994.

13. International Conference on Aperiodic Crystals, Lausanne/Les Diablerets, Switzerland, 18-22 September 1994.

14. Meeting on Neutrons in Biology, Santa Fe/Los Alamos, USA, 24-28 October 1994.

15. Southern Africa Powder Diffraction Workshop, Pretoria, South Africa, 24-27 October 1994.

16. XIII Iberoamerican Congress of Crystallography and III Iberoamerican School of Crystallography, Montevideo, Uruguay, 4-9 December and 12-16 December 1994.

The Executive Committee met in Chester, England, in June. The Finance Committee met in Chester, England, in March, to prepare its advice and recommendations on finances, establishment and staff matters. The most important items dealt with by the Executive Committee at its Meeting, and in postal ballots, were:

(1) editorial policy, pricing policy and subscription rates, approval of appointments of Co-editors, separate editorial boards for Acta Crystallographica and other matters concerning the IUCr journals;

(2) publication of the new Journal of Synchrotron Radiation;

(3) staffing requirements in the IUCr office in Chester;

(4) upgrading of office technology in the IUCr office in Chester;

(5) cooperation with databases, including relations between the IUCr and the Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre and between the IUCr and Fachinformationszentrum Karlsruhe;

(6) the implementation of the Crystallographic Information File (CIF) for Acta Crystallographica papers and other uses of CIF, patent application and adoption of the STAR file and CIF by other bodies;

(7) progress with Volumes A, B, C, D and E of International Tables for Crystallography and consideration of possible further volumes;

(8) the IUCr Newsletter;

(9) the Ninth Edition of the World Directory of Crystallographers;

(10) approval of publications, jointly with the Oxford University Press, in the IUCr/OUP Book Series;

(11) approval of the audited accounts for the previous year;

(12) the General Fund estimates and the level of the unit contribution;

(13) investment policy;

(14) funding and uses of the Publications and Journals Development Fund and the Research and Education Fund;

(15) appointment of the Selection Committee for the fourth Ewald Prize;

(16) report of the Sub-committee on Statutes and By-Laws;

(17) applications for membership of the IUCr;

(18) free circulation of scientists;

(19) discussion of the arrangements for the Seattle General Assembly and Congress;

(20) sponsorship and financial support for Meetings, including young scientists' support;

(21) review of the activities of the Commissions.

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