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DELEGATES MEETINGS 
where the congress and the exhibition themselves might stimulate new interest 
in photogrammetry and in its many applications. 
* That if the congress went to a country which had already been host then 
the principle of chronological rotation should be applied. 
* That it was extremely desirable to reach a unanimous decision in this mat 
ter or at least to decide by an overwhelming majority, carrying any minority 
along with it, and to avoid a close ballot. 
The President thanked the delegates for their frank expressions of opinion. 
He said that he would invite the delegates of the five countries to meet the Council 
and he hoped to be able to bring an agreed solution before the next Delegates 
Meeting. If he could not do so it might have to be voted upon. 
The President then invited Prof Schermerhorn to take the chair in his place 
as he himself had to go to another meeting. 
Prof Schermerhorn said he welcomed the President’s temporary absence 
because he wished to propose that General Brown be elected an Honorary Member 
of the ISP. He had worked very closely with General Brown and knew, as no doubt 
did others, how much he had done for the Society. The proposal was made on behalf 
of all the members of Council and he hoped the meeting would approve it, though 
clearly the final decision would be taken at the Closing Session of the Assembly. 
The Chairman then referred to the allocation of Commissions for 1960-64. 
Invitations had come from some countries, and though these were insufficient he 
knew there were more on the way. He did not think there would be the difficulty in 
obtaining bids which the President feared and he asked those countries that wished 
to bid to let the Secretary-General know as soon as possible. 
The Chairman asked whether Delegates had any points they wished put on the 
Agenda for the next meeting. 
Mr van der Ryt asked whether changes in the council were a proper item. 
The Chairman said that alterations in the council would be considered in the 
forthcoming review of the Statutes, but that for the present assembly the existing 
Statutes would control procedure. 
Mr Leef asked whether there were not proposals for redistributing the subjects 
allocated to commissions and for reducing the number of commissions, and if so 
whether this ought not to be dealt with before the commissions themselves were 
redistributed. 
The Chairman said that this had been considered by the Council who had 
come to the conclusion that it would be very difficult to make a change without 
adequate preparation. Proposals had to be formulated, member societies had to be 
consulted, and this might result in Council proposals at the next congress. The 
Council did not believe that the necessity for a change was so urgent as to warrant 
it being made without thorough preparation. The President had already announced 
that there would be a meeting of the Council and the Presidents of Commissions, 
together with those Past-Presidents of Commissions he might invite, in order to air 
this question. That would already be a start. But it could only create confusion to