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Yorkshire Geological Society Registered Charity No. 220014 Society Proceedings 2018

Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society, 62, 273-280, 23 May 2019, https://doi.org/10.1144/pygs2019-005
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The Yorkshire Geological Society, founded in 1837, is an unincorporated membership society and a registered charity. It is governed by Officers and a Council who serve as Trustees of the Society, elected annually in accordance with the Rules of the Society, which were last revised and updated on 8th October 2005, and with relevant charity law.

Annual Report 2018

(Adopted at the Annual General Meeting, Leeds, 8th December 2018)

General Secretary's Report (Mr P. N. Hildreth)

Annual General Meeting

The 2017 Annual General Meeting was held at Weetwood Hall, Leeds, on Saturday 9th December. Annual reports presented by the General Secretary and the General Treasurer were followed by the award of Honorary Membership to Professor Peter Rawson in recognition of his long and outstanding service to the Society.

The General Secretary reported the election of Officers and Council for 2018:

OFFICERS
PresidentDr Andrew Howard
Vice-PresidentsDr John Knight
Prof. Patrick Boylan
General SecretaryMr Paul Hildreth
General TreasurerMr John Holt
Membership SecretaryDr John Varker
Programme SecretaryVacant
Proceedings EditorProf. Steven Donovan
Website/Circular EditorProf. Patrick Boylan
OTHER MEMBERS OF COUNCIL
Dr David BlytheMr David Hill BSc
Dr Sarah KingDr Stewart Molyneux
Mr William Paley MScDr Tim Pharaoh
Dr Nick RileyMr Richard Saville BSc*
Dr Noel Worley
*joint website editor

The Phillips Medal for 2017 was presented to Dr Nick Riley (Director of Carboniferous Ltd) for his distinguished contributions to and work bearing upon knowledge of the stratigraphy and palaeontology of Yorkshire and the north of England.

The award of the Bisat Medal to Dr Helen Reeves of BGS, as an acknowledgment of distinguished work in applied geology in relation to northern England, was announced at the AGM. Owing to Dr Reeves’ work commitments, presentation of the Medal was postponed until the Society's January 2018 meeting in Newcastle.

The Fearnsides Award for 2017 was made to Ms Laura Eddey (University of Sheffield) to support her geological research on Quaternary deposits in the Vale of Pickering, recognised by Council as having outstanding potential.

The President, Dr Andrew Howard, then delivered the first of his presidential addresses: ‘Yorkshire's Ancient Storms’, a review of examples of ancient storms preserved in the geological record of northern England ranging from early Carboniferous to mid Jurassic. The President's address was followed by the President's Reception and Buffet in the …

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