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h) as you know it, the ISP Council.1 resources aro very low, as
compared with the resources of our Sister Associations; I must add
that, along our copious exchange of letters, Ted wrote that he never
has thought of asking any financial support from the ISP funds;
i) I would like to make a distinction in this particular working
group activity between :
- the redaction of the manuscript,
- the publication of the book;
j) I appreciated the desire of the editorial board to go ahead
very quickly; it wanted to have the history ready for the 1980 Congress;
I did not think it was really possible; Ted will have to collect the
various papers, to balance them, to avoid overlaps and gaps, to submit
the manuscript to the Council; the Council will have to circulate it
among the Member Bodies and to get the General Assembly approval, which
is only possible at a Congress; so that, it seems that it is not possi
ble to have the book printed for the 1980 Congress; it would be a real
success to have the manuscript approved at that time; of course, the
editorial board would go on after the Congress, being entirely recon
ducted under Blachut*s chairmanship;
k) the preparation of the manuscript seems to be a job similar
to the tasks of the other 40 working groups; the ISP funds cannot
financially help the seven technical Commissions; so, they cannot
financially help any of the 40 working groups; Canada and the other
countries involved in the editorial board should support their country-
fellows;
l) the situation is different for the edition of the book; a
financial help can be expected and obtained from :
- the instrument makers and surveying firms, for instance to
pay advertisements,
- the sale of the book,
- international organizations;
ra) I do not think that we can support an action for any financial
help from the ISP member bodies or from the major firms at the present
time. Where to find a financial support ?
- from the national. Societies ? Some member bodies have to be
recalled by the Treasurer, backed by the President, for unpaid contri-
