So expanded, we would be part of a group that has some visible impact on society, and so some hope of being recognised as a science to be included in mainstream Tertiary education. This highest Award of the Society recognizes Keith's huge impact on clay mineralogy, and the importance of his insights to the advancement of clay science. The next ACMS conference will be in Canberra, from Monday April 29 to Wednesday May 1 2002. The district has numerous clay deposits,and the area provides opportunities to examine both the clays of the local soils, and the effect they have on the local produce. Travelling scholarships will available to students presenting papers.
Planning is in the early stages.
Since then the laws applying to Incorporation have changed, and our current Rules are not in accordance with those changes. Richard Greene and I have modified the Rules, trying to maintain as much as we could of the spirit of the old Rules while conforming to the legal requirements for Incorporation. Members are asked to look at these, and comment if they so wish to Richard or to me. If change is suggested by the comments, we will modify the Rules and re-post. Papers from the forthcoming issue of Applied Clay Science Jock Churchman has organized publication of some of the papers presented at the 2000 ACMS conference in a special issue of Applied Clay Science.