Programme

• 11.00am Welcome, coffee and comments on Heron-Allen's Westminster Fire Office chairs by John Whittaker
• Richard Hodgkinson (The Natural History Museum), "An introduction to the Foraminifera" (illustrated by original
  
  Heron-Allen lantern slides)
• Michael Kaminski (University College London), "On Heron-Allen's theory of 'Purpose and Intelligence in the
  
  Foraminifera'"
• Break for coffee
• Clive Jones (The Natural History Museum), "Some treasures of the Heron-Allen Library at The Natural History
  
  Museum"
• Guided tour of the Heron-Allen Library, where some of his finest foraminiferal books and collections will be available for perusal
• 1.30 pm (approx.) - Lunch at Pierino Pasta Pizza Restaurant, 37, Thurloe Place, South Kensington
  Afternoon Session - Chairman: Tim McCann (West Sussex Record Office)

• 2.30 pm (approx.) - Return to Mineralogy Seminar Room
• Andy Henderson & John Whittaker (The Natural History Museum), "The Clare Island Survey of 1911 - a scientific
  
  expedition with pretty girls" (based on Heron-Allen's Travel Journal and on ephemera in The Natural History Museum)
• The Annual General Meeting
• Further guided visit to the Heron-Allen Library (as required)

AGM Agenda

1. Re-election of officers
2. Presentation of accounts
3. Heron-Allen Plaque, Selsey (revised version): appeal for funding
4. Repair of Heron-Allen's grave, Church Norton: appeal for funding
5. 2005 Symposium - suggestions for theme and venue? Possibilities include: music, literature, and horticulture.
   
   The venue could be the Allen Rooms, Soho, again?
6. Plans for future Opuscula - the proceedings of the 4th Annual Symposium might be Opusculum VII.
   
   Future Opuscula might include unpublished H-A papers - juvenile literary papers, scientific papers, uncollected papers
7. Heron-Allen Society Website - additions could include an updated Bibliography, mention of the Annual Heron-Allen
   
   Lecture at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, and an active queries section
8. Any Other Business