"Annual General Meeting of The UK Surface Analysis Forum"
Dr Bob Wild thanked everyone for the talks and the demonstrations
throughout the year, which have all been of the highest standard and ensured the groups
continuing success. Dr Wild also announced that this would be his last year as chairman,
he would n’t be standing for election next July.
Dr Kathy England gave a brief report on the groups accounts, which are
as ever in very good order, and had just been audited. There were no questions on the
balance sheet, which still shows a £5000 surplus even given the groups support of ISO
201.
The elections of the non- executive officers were uncontested with Dr
Martin Seah, Dr Graham Smith, Dr Simon Morton and Dr Keith Hallam re-elected to the UK
ESCA Users committee.
The main item on the Agenda at the AGM, was the proposed merger of the
UK Surface Analysis Forum and the SIMS Users Forum. Most delegates though that this was a good
idea, the main point of discussion was the name of the proposed new group!
The initial proposal was to merge the two groups by July 2000. There
were no objections to this proposal, although delegates were concerned about the finances
of the SIMS Users forum. Dr David Sykes, Chairman of the SIMS Users Forum, assured the
delegates that the finances of the SIMS Users Forum were very stable, and the group had no
outstanding debts.
Other Questions raised at the meeting:
Q: Can we co-opt members of the SIMS Users forum onto
the committee:
A: No objections were raised to this policy, and Dr
David Sykes and Dr Tim English from the SIMS Users Forum committee were co-opted onto the
UK Surface Analysis Forums committee.
Q: How many members are there in the SIMS Users Forum?
A: Approx 45
It was agreed that the committee will come back with a proposal in
January.
Close of Meeting.
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