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ISSMFE were present. These delegates decided to send a reviewed version of the International Geotechnical System to the delegates of ISRM and IAEG. These delegates asked that in the futurę the datę of the meeting should be fixed sufficiently long beforehand, in order to be able to take the necessary arrangements. In a letter to the secretariat Mr. Flodin suggests that he should be replaced as chairman by Mr. Kuhn.

Mr. Flodin stresses that a first personal contact of all delegates to discuss the rather intricate problem of literaturę classification is necessary, and that such a problem cannot be handled exclusively by correspondence.    This puts however the problem of the

travel expenses, as the P.C.S. has no funds for covering such expenses. Thus these expenses should be covered by the organizations where the delegates are working, which supposes that these organizations are willing to give an indirect support to International scientific co-operation. The other co-ordinating committees face also the same problem. Without some indirect support, the activities of the co-ordinating committees are practically impossible.    The meeting place should be chosen in order that the travel costs should be

reduced as much as possible, and the meeting time could perhaps coincide with a conference or symposium organized by one of the International Societies.    For instance will be held

in Stockholm in September 1977 a Rock Storę Conference organized jointly by the ISRM and IAEG. Perhaps the chairman, Mr. Flodin could take action in this direction.

3•    i^n_Informat±on_Center_for_Geotechnioal_Engin^eering (A.G^E^

The Committee of Secretaries General expressed their concern concerning a possible unfavour-able influence of the activities of the AGE on the Geotechnical Abstracts. They expressed the wish that these activities should be conceived in such a way, that such unfavourable influence should be avoided. Therefore a collaboration between the Co-ordinating Committee on Literaturę Classification and AGE seems desirable.

4. Definition of the fields of interest of the 3 Societies

A letter of Professor de Mello suggested that the field of interest of the three Societies should be better defined in order to avoid interference and duplication. The committee of Secretaries General, referring also to the statutes of the Societies, sees no possibility of making a sharp distinction between the fields of interest of the three Societies. A certain overlapping is unavoidable, but in specific cases a co-ordination, for instance, by means of jointly organized symposia on specific subjects is possible.

5 . Mail ing_ lis t_of_the_proceedincjs

The committee of Secretaries General agreed that each Society should send a copy of the proceedings of each conference to the Secretary General of the two other Societies and to the co-ordinating Secretariat.

6. ^algamation_of_the_3_International_Societies

The problem of the amlgamation is periodically put forward by the Australian or New Zealand Geomechanics Society. The problem of the amalgamation is however not within the competence of the Co-ordinating Secretariat, whose duty is to co-ordinate the activities of distinct International Societies but not to amalgamate. Therefore the committee of Secretaries General decided that proposals of amalgamation will in the futurę not be put on the agenda of the meetings of the P.C.S.

7 . Publishing_of_a_ joint_list_of_members_of_ISSMFE_,_ISRM_and_IAEG

The committee of Secretaries General discussed the possibility of publishing a joint list of members of ISSMFE, ISRM and IAEG. There were objections from the side of ISSMFE and IAEG to do so in a next futurę.    The ISSMFE agreed however to indicate in its list by a

special mark, those of its members which are also affiliated to one or two of the other Societies.

8.    Table_of_fees

The Secretaries General had a very fruitful exchange concerning the way the membership fees are established in their respective Societies.

9.    Running_of_Conferences_and_Symposia

The President of the ISRM, Professor Habib, submitted the problem of the running of confer-ences:    number of contributions/ how to reduce the numbers and way of fixing the quota.

The committee of Secretaries General had an exchange of ideas about this problem, and also the problem of the languages and the translations.

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