The British Geophysical Association (BGA) fully endorsed this initiative at the AGM in Edinburgh and we are delighted that the RAS are willing to support this. Thanks Peter for excellent work steering this through. Please pass on the BGA's very positive support of this move to the RAS. Paul Young President BGA www.geophysics.org.uk Chair of Earth Sciences Department of Earth Sciences University of Liverpool www.liv.ac.uk/seismic