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Item 1. Approval of Agenda 
The General Assembly approved the Agenda with 
the following modification: Items 7, 8 and 9 were 
postponed to the following General Assembly, 
to be held on Thursday, July 15. The Chairman 
estimated that Item 14 would be the last one to 
be dealt with at this General Assembly. 
Item 2. President's Report 
Before continuing his report, the President en- 
couraged Commission Presidents to comment 
on his presentation at the first Plenary Session 
at Finlandia Hall on July 12, 1976. 
Dr. S. G. Gamble, | 
President of the 
ISP. 
  
Dr. S. G. Gamble: 
Ladies and gentlemen — now | would like to 
amplify some of the statements that | made yes- 
terday concerning the important matters that we 
have to consider during the course of these sev- 
eral General Assembly sessions. Not necessarily 
in the order of importance, they are as follows — 
The position of remote sensing within the 
ISP. 
The financing of Council for the period 1976 
Improving communications within the ISP. 
Providing a balance between scientific de- 
velopments and practical applications of 
proven photogrammetric procedures. 
Recognizing the position of manufacturers 
of photogrammetric instruments and mate- 
rials within the ISP. 
Review of the Statutes and Bye-laws. 
In my paper you may read what we have done 
with the various recommendations and resolu- 
tions of the last Congress during the course of 
the last four years: 
Recommendations of the last Congress 
Recommendation 1 
The matter of establishing an ISP Library in the 
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I.T.C. Building in Enschede is proceeding well 
and the Rector has agreed to provide a repository 
for what might be considered material of archival 
value. In this regard, it is the duty of Members of 
Council and Commission Boards to send their 
material to the I.T.C. when they vacate their of- 
fices but, before doing so, they should remove 
anything that is considered as being of a very 
personal nature as well as such material they 
know to be not worth preserving or to be dupli- 
cation of information known to be already in the 
Archives. 
Recommendations 2 and 3 
These referred to the admission of new Mem- 
bers or change in category of some Members 
and no further comment is necessary. 
Recommendation 4 
Concerned the new organization of Technical 
Commissions and Vice-President Tewinkel will 
have something to say about that when the mat- 
ter is discussed in the General Assembly. In any 
event, the Recommendation was implemented; 
Commissions have arranged their programs ac- 
cordingly and Article 18 of the Bye-Laws was 
modified and distributed. 
Recommendation 5 
The report of the Financial Commission has given 
rise to considerable discussion at Council meet- 
ings and at this time it may be adequate to merely 
state that several items on our Agenda for the 
General Assembly reflect the studies of our cur- 
rent and past Chairmen, Mr. Sven Móller and Col. 
R. T. L. Rogers. 
Recommendations 6 and 7 
Dealt with the appointment of Members of Coun- 
cil and Member countries entrusted with Techni- 
cal Commissions. As previously explained, with 
the unfortunate passing of Professor Halonen, 
he was replaced in accordance with our Bye-laws 
by Dr. Lófstróm who was recommended by the 
Finnish Society and that Recommendation being 
approved by Council. Also, the late Professor 
Sztompke was replaced by Professor Sitek as 
President of Commission |. 
Recommendation 8 
Dealt with the Technical Commission proceedings 
and, although reasonable progress has been 
made in bringing interim Symposia in to a stan- 
dard format and incorporating the numbering with 
the numbering of our Congress Archives, there 
is still a lot of room for improvement. Later our 
Treasurer, Professor van der Weele, in one of his 
other capacities, will have something to say on 
this item. 
Recommendation 9 
This dealt with the publication of Photogram- 
metria and this was thoroughly discussed at the 
1974 Council meeting. On the recommendation 
of the American Society, Council has subscribed 
to copies of Photogrammetria for Member Bodies 
and Council added Commission Boards and