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Report of the Secretary General

C.C.Tscherning,

Department of Geophysics

University of Copenhagen, Denmark

XXIII IAG General Assembly

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• Meetings: • Bureau (8),• Executive Committee (7)• Council (2), • General Assemblies (1)• Publications : (Assistant SG: Ole B.Andersen)• Journal of Geodesy (Newsletter),• Travaux (free CD here), • Geodesists Handbook

Administrative activities

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• Reviewed and Published by Springer Verlag• 121: Schwarz, (Ed.) Geodesy Beyond 2000: The Challenges of the

First Decade

• 122: Benciolini, (Ed.) IV Hotine-Marussi Symposium on Mathematical Geodesy

• 123: Sideris, (Ed.) Gravity, Geoid and Geodynamics 2000

• 124: Drewes, Dodson, Fortes, Sanchez, Sandoval, (Eds.) Vertical Reference Systems

• 125: Adam, Schwarz, (Eds.) Vistas for Geodesy in the New Millennium

• 126: Sansò et al.: XXIII GA Proceedings, payment included in registration fee.

IAG Proceedings

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• IAG Home-page: http://www.gfy.ku.dk/~iag/

• COB Home-page:

http://www.iag-aig.org (not yet active !)

• Severe problem with correct adresses of YOU.

Information System

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• 2000: 7

• 2001:12

• 2002: 10

• 2003: already 3, including this GA.

Scientific Meetings

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• Determination and use of the geoid (3 schools)

• Engineering Surveying

• Terrestrial gravity data acquisition techniques

• Satellite Altimetry for Geodesy, Geophysics and Oceanography

• Vertical crustal motion and sea-level change

School Topics:

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• IUGG: 104

• IAG Fund: 4

• Grants: 19

• EGG97 CD + IGeS Lecture Notes: 10

• Springer Verlag a.o.: 22

• Other 30

Total 189

Future: Membership fees ?!

Finance: receipts (K USD)

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• Travel Grants: 111• Administration: 71• Loss on exchange and Bank charges: 13• Prizes: 4• Other 54

Total 253

Deficit 64

Expenditures (K USD)

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• Expenses: USD 8400

• Travel Grants

• Best Paper Award, Bomford Prize

• Receipt: USD 3800

• Typical contribution USD 50, and a few very big.

IAG Fund

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• Communication and Outreach Branch will be organised

• Prof. J. Adam, Budapest, Nominated as President

• Will improve communication and contact with the (new) individual members

• Will promote IAG

Outlook

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• IAG needs more money

• Thanks to the Department of Geophysics for support

• Thanks to Dr. Ole B. Andersen

• Thanks to Mrs. Christina S. Petersen

• Thanks to all who do voluntary work for IAG

Conclusion

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