30. APPROVAL OF ELECTED OFFICERS OF DIVISIONS [COUNCIL
ITEM 22]
The Bureau recommended to Council the approval of the Division
Officers elected by the Division Committees (see
Attachment 6).
31. MEMBERSHIP IN THE UNION [COUNCIL
ITEM 23]
The Bureau recommended that Council approve the membership of
the Turkish Chemical Society and the Bulgarian Academy of Science
as National Adhering Organizations.
32. APPLICATION FOR ASSOCIATED ORGANIZATION
STATUS [COUNCIL ITEM 24]
The Bureau recommended that Council approve the application of
the AAPAC for Associated Organization status with the Union.
33. RATIFICATION OF SPONSORSHIP OF SYMPOSIA
The Bureau ratified the Conference Sponsorships that had been
granted since the meeting of the Executive Committee.
34. RATIFICATION OF APPOINTMENTS TO IUPAC
BODIES
The Bureau approved the appointment of the following as Provisional
Members of IUPAC bodies: Prof. Patrick Moyna and Prof. Ikenna
Onyido.
The Bureau approved the appointments made to IUPAC bodies at the
General Assembly subject to review of exceptions to rules concerning
terms of service by the President and Secretary General.
35. CHANGE OF UK NATIONAL ADHERING ORGANIZATION
The Bureau noted the change of the UK National Adhering Organization
from the Royal Society to the Royal Society of Chemistry.
36. ASSIGNMENT OF VOTES IN FUTURE COUNCIL
MEETINGS
Dr. Becker reviewed the position paper on the subject of the Assignment
of Votes in Council. It had been noted that the current system,
based on the absolute amount of National Subscriptions, was leading
to a compression in the distribution of votes among the NAOs.
That is, the number of NAOs in the lower voting categories was
decreasing while the number in the middle categories was increasing.
A system of assigning votes based on a relative National Subscription
would avoid this. The position paper suggests a possible implementation
of this idea. The EC has recommended that this subject should
be deferred until the next General Assembly. The Bureau had a
brief discussion of the subject and suggested that the EC should
reintroduce the subject when it felt it was appropriate.
37. DATES AND PLACE OF NEXT BUREAU MEETING
The date and location for the next Bureau meeting were tentatively
set for September 2000 in the United Kingdom, subject to the working
out of the final arrangements.
38. ANY OTHER BUSINESS
There was no other business.