Peter Jackson
Calum Beeson
Megan Shute
Pat Fitzsimmons
Anne Bolt
Tina Hitchings

The meeting was chaired by PF.

AGM agenda

• Apologies
• Minutes from last AGM
• Treasurer's report (PF)
• Membership report (TH)
• Publicity report (AB)
• (re)Election of committee
• Topics and Field trips (CB)
  • Précis of previous year
  • Exposition of coming year

Action: CB to contact Bob Jay and Emma Stockley to confirm that they would be willing to continue as committee members in case they cannot attend the meeting.

Financial status

The presentation shows the separate contributions to income from meetings and field trips. The previous year's funds amounted to £1066.69 and this year's are £1387.55. As we intend to operate with a financial baseline of £1000 this shows us to be in a healthy financial state and there is no need to increase our fees.

2018 programme

In previous discussions we have suggested using the programme as a leaflet which can be made available in museums and some shops. In that context, we discussed what contact information it should contain and TH said that it would be acceptable to use her GMAIL address for this purpose.

A budget of £100 was agreed to cover printing costs, but it was felt that we should not produce very many copies. Perhaps enough for the members, some noticeboards and a few each for committee members to use in ad hoc encounters with the public.

The programme emerges as follows:

2018-04-20

Chrissie Le Marchant: Building the Saltash tunnel

2018-04-28

A visit to Delabole Quarry. It was agreed that the CAGG can absorb any extra admission costs if necessary.
Action: To be organised by PF.

2018-05-18

How old is my rock?
Talk includes dating methods and descriptions of geological periods and timelines.

2018-05-26

A visit to Greystone Quarry.
Action: To be organised by MS.

2018-06-15

Life on a moon, space weather
With contributions from MS on the habitability of moons.

2018-06-30

Lantic Bay

2018-07-20 and 2018-07-28

Joint Mytnor cave
(SX 7434 6644, pengellytrust.org/mitnor.htm)

2018-08-17

Moving the continents

2018-08-25

St Germans quay

2018-09-21

Fantastic beasts of the past

2018-09-29

Sandymouth, Bude

2018-10-19

Rick Stewart: Mine pumping engines

2018-09-27

Looe

2018-11-16

Mines of Cousin Jack

2018-11-24

Roseland Peninsula

2018-12-28

There will be no meeting. The field trip will be the third annual geology games. Because the tide will be outgoing at that time, we hope to have this at Carnglaze, with participants bringing food to share.
Action: CB to arrange with CR.

CB suggested that we invest in a cellphone with a published number to use as a contact device on field trips. It would normally be switched off except during trips. It might also be registered to issue 999 emergency text messages.
Action: PNJ to arrange.

AOB

1. There is a stone called Great Whitstone at SX 23632 67802 and Iain Rowe asks if we can determine its composition. This is about 2km from Puckator Rock, so we may be able to visit it on 2018-03-31.
2. A plan is forming to carry out some work at Trethevy Quoit somewhen around the beginning of July and we might like to get involved.

In discussion of (2), we agreed that it would be a good opportunity to obtain measurements of the crystalline structure of the granite. However, we wouldn't be able to use that to give a useful indication of its origin without doing more surveys around the side of Caradon Hill facing the Quoit. We would also be interested in looking at the soil from any test pits that are dug.

The Quoit is located at a geologically interesting site where there is a mixture of old slate, diorite and an elvan dyke.