Tuesday May 7, 1996 17:00
Room 250, Max Bell Auditorium
Banff Conference Centre
Banff, Alberta

Attendance List:

Julian Lowman, Gary Jarvis, Roy Hyndmanm, David Eaton,
Hugh Miller,Rod Blais, Jim Merriam, Colin Thomson,
Brian Martin, Gerry Ross, Jim Craven, Keith Lowden,
Olivia Jenson, Jafar, Terry Prowse, Phil Marsh,
Dan Moore, Garth Vandercamp, Matt Yedlin, Ed Krebes,
Hans Mueller, Tony Andrews

1. The meeting was called to order at 17:10 by Roy Hyndman. The first item was the approval of the agenda. It was decided that the election of the BOD, appointment of auditors and acceptance of the financial statement would be done first, after which the agenda for themeeting would be followed as originally listed. No business arising from the minutes.

2. Dave Eaton reviewed the requirement for 4 directors of the CGU as stipulated in the bylaws of the union. Ed Krebes and Tony Andrews both moved that Roy Hyndman, Larry Meyer, Ron Kurtz and David Eaton be considered for the CGU Directors. Seconded by Matt Yedlin, and carried unanimously.

Dave Eaton posted the tentative CGU Executive, pending approval by the Board of Directors:

President: Roy Hyndman
Vice President: Larry Meyer
Treasurer: Ron Kurtz
Secretary: David Eaton
Past President: Gary Clarke
Awards: Ted Glenn
Hydrology: Terry Prowse
Meetings: Rod Blais
Newsletter: Gary Jarvis

3. Dan Moore moved that the firm of McIntyre and Mclarty be appointed as auditors for theCGU. Seconded by Terry Prowse. Motion carried.

4. David Eaton presented the treasurer's report (attached) on behalf of Ron Kurtz. Most of thedifference between income and expenditures for 1995 was due to minting of 10 copies of the Tuzo Wilson award. Dues income is subdivided into 3 categories: direct, GAC and CAP indirect memberships. Terry Prowse requested that the income and expenses from the annual meeting be reported separately, instead of reporting only the net income in the financial statement. Jim Craven moved that the financial statement be accepted. Seconded by Jafar. Motion carried.

5. Hugh Miller gave a presentation on professional registration of geoscientists in Canada (attached). By Fall 1996, most provinces plan to legislate some form of professionalregistration for geoscientists. The details for each province were reviewed. The CanadianCouncil of Professional Geoscientists (CCPG) has been established by the Canadiand Geoscience Council (CGC) in order to coordinate processes and standards of professionalregistration for the various provincial bodies. Part of the CCPG mandate is to develop a syllabus for the geosciences. Olivia Jenson expressed the view that the development of such a syllabus would impact on the independence of universities to determine their owncurriculum.

6. Terry Prowse summarized the main items discussed at the Hydrology business meeting:

• oral papers and 36 posters were presented during the 1996 annual meeting
• workshops were added
• the hydrology section has continued to grow
• a new committe on Remote Sensing and GIS has been added to the two existing committees.
• papers from last year's CGU meeting have been submitted to the Journal ofHydrological Processes
• email contact with the Hydrology Secretariat is cgu_hs@nhrisv.nhrc.sk.doe.ca.

• thank you to the organizers of the 1996 CGU meeting (Blais, Wu and Krebes)
• next year's meeting: May 5, 1997 in Banff (convenors needed)
• proposals are being solicited for a site for the 1998 CGU meeting. Two sites beingconsidered are Quebec City and Kingston
• the CGU awards committee is chaired by Ted Glenn. Nominations for the Wilson Medal should go to Ted Glenn, or one of the CGU executive. Names are sought even if theindividual proposing a name for nomination does not wish to write the citation.
• the CGU newsletter editor is Garry Jarvis. The CGU is seeking short, popularscientific contributions (no peer review).
• the CGU Distinguished Lecturer for 1995 was Rosemary Knight, who recentlycompleted her tour of 13 institutions
• the next Distinguished Lecturer tour is scheduled to begin in the Fall of 1996. TheHydrology Section has been asked to nominate a suitable candidate.
• Richard Langley (UNB) gave a summary report of geophysics in Canada at the 1995IUGG meeting in Boulder, CO.