September 2007

Council New address for IMA Communication Office Frances Wall now has a new address: Camborne School of Mines, School of Geography, Archaeology and Earth Resources, University of Exeter, Cornwall Campus, Penryn, Cornwall, TR10 9EZ, UK. e-mail Frances Wall Tel +44 (0)1326 37 1831 Committee IMA medal Committee: Call for IMA medal nomination The deadline for nominations is April 2008. See the IMA Medal page in the IMA website to get the nomination checklist. If you would like more information or to make a nomination please contact Joel Grice, Chairman of the IMA medal Committee. Commission and Working Group news The CNMNC will be represented in the IMA Outreach Committee by Frédéric Hatert, Vice-chairman. Mineralogical Society News The new CNMNC delegate for the Mineralogical Society of UK is Chris Stanley. Obituary Joseph A. Mandarino has passed away in Toronto on the 19th of September. He was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1929. Joe was the CNMMN chairman for 12 years (1983-1994), and since that time he was Chairman Emeritus of this commission. He was co-author of the Fleischer Glossary of Mineralogy in 1999. He proposed a Mineral Group Classification in 2000 in the frame of its activities within IMA. Joe Mandarino by Quintin Wight, M.A, Ottawa, Canada Meetings IGC in Oslo, 2008: The second circular of the 33rd International Geological Congress is now available on the congress website. M&M6 - Call for session proposals for the Sixth International Conference on Museums and Mineralogy, Denver, 2008. IMA General Meeting in Budapest , 2010 ‘Bonds and Bridges’ : Call for session proposals for next IMA General Meeting. Session proposals are now being sought and and you can register to receive further details on the web site at http://www.ima2010.hu. The Second Circular will be published in summer 2008. The General Chairman and chairman of the scientific committee is Ekkehart Tillmanns from Vienna and the chairman of the international organising committee is Tamás Weiszburg from Budapest. Information from IUGS - International Year for Planet Earth (IYPE) The General Assembly of the United Nations has proclaimed 2008 as the International Year of Planet Earth (IYPE). Its subtitle 'Earth Sciences for Society' reflects the IYPE's main ambition: to make our planet a safer, healthier and wealthier place for its human societies by ensuring a greater and more effective use of the knowledge accumulated by the world's 400,000 Earth scientists. the International Year of Planet Earth Corporation is organizing an International IYPE Student Contest. For more information, see the IUGS bulletin N°25