Item 1. President's reminder on Statutes and 
Bye-Laws 
The President read to the General Assembly Pa- 
ragraph 19 of the Bye-Laws, concerning the allo- 
cation of Technical Commissions to Members. 
He pointed out the importance of the photo- 
grammetric standing and ability of the persons 
proposed as Commission Presidents. 
Item 2. Admission of new Members 
Prior to the Agenda, the Secretary General an- 
nounced that Jordan, Kuwait and Surinam had 
applied to join the Society through the following 
organizations respectively: the National Geo- 
graphic Centre of Jordan, the Municipality of 
Kuwait and the Central Aerial Cartographic Bu- 
reau of Surinam. The General Assembly accepted 
the applications, whereupon it invited the rep- 
resentatives of the three new Member Organi- 
zations to enter and to take their places in the 
meeting room. 
Item 3. Approval of the minutes of the second 
General Assembly 
The General Assembly approved the minutes of 
the second General Assembly, held on July 15, 
1976. 
Item 4. (1) Approval of Agenda 
The General Assembly approved the Agenda with 
a rearranged order of the items. 
Item 5. (7, 8) Report of President of Financial 
Commission 
The President reported on the responses of 
Council to the recommendations of the Chair- 
man of the Financial Commission as follows: 
Recommendation 1 
Council had approved the formation of an ad-hoc 
committee under the chairmanship of Vice-Pre- 
sident G.C. Tewinkel to look into the matter of 
establishing a category of Sustaining Members 
and work with representatives of the exhibitors 
to prepare a proposal for the General Assembly. 
Recommendation 2 
It was presumed that the incoming Treasurer 
would, immediately after taking office, ascertain 
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whether or not Member Bodies are in the cor- 
rect category as had been done by the current 
Treasurer. 
Recommendation 3 
In as much as the incoming President and in- 
coming Secretary General are assured of good 
support by their agencies, there is not the same 
urgency to establish the position of Executive 
Officer for the Society. Nevertheless, the pos- 
sibility remains to do this as and when the 
necessity arises. Such Executive Officer does 
not necessarily need to be a member of Council. 
Recommendation 4 
No comment. 
Recommendation 5 
Council had agreed that any Members whose 
fees are outstanding for more than three years 
should be expelled. 
Recommendation 6 
Council had observed that this concerns incom- 
ing Council and the matter of handling the large 
volume of paper generated by a meeting such as 
our quadrennial Congresses. This matter was 
referred to the incoming Council and should be 
discussed in depth at the 1978 meeting of Coun- 
cil and Commission Presidents. 
Item 6. (10) Cost of simultaneous translation 
at I.S.P. Congresses 
The General Assembly approved Council's pro- 
posal to establish an ad-hoc committee to re- 
view the matter of simultaneous interpretation. 
The following were appointed as members of 
the committee: 
Mrs. Savolainen of Finland as Chairman 
Mr. Villasana of Mexico 
Professor Sitek of Poland 
Mr. Calvario of Portugal 
Item 7. (15) Position of Remote Sensing in l.S.P. 
The Secretary General M. J. Cruset, the incoming 
President, made an introductory statement on the 
position of Remote Sensing in I.S.P. emphasizing 
the fact that Council considers Remote Sensing 
to be an important part of the overall activities 
of the I.S.P. and asking that in reviewing the 
Statutes and Bye-Laws a full account be taken 
of this fact. The General Assembly endorsed this 
position in a provisional vote. 
The incoming Commission Presidents would be 
instructed to take note of the responsibilities 
assigned to their Commissions and to ensure 
that those parts dealing with Remote Sensing are 
given due attention. 
The incoming Council should take note of the