Meeting Frequency

TMS Committee meetings are usually held three times a year, in March, June and November. The November meeting precedes the TMS AGM. Meetings are usually held in the Natural History Museum, London.

Meeting purpose
These meetings are the main forum for running society business and developing new initiatives. All TMS members are welcome to propose topics for discussion at the Committee meetings, by contacting the secretary or another member of the committee.

Sponsorship requests
TMS specialist groups are entitled to request support for organising meetings and reasonable costs of such meetings, budget plans are agreed during committee meetings. Information on applying for meeting sponsorship is available here.

TMS also sometimes sponsors relevant meetings or conference symposia organised by other bodies, usually on the basis that the sponsorship supports student attendance or expenses of a micropalaeontological guest speaker. We also request that the society is publicised at the meeting. Preference is given to requests by TMS members.

In addition TMS has a regular awards and honours scheme.

Committee expenses
TMS committee members are entitled to recompensation for reasonable expenses necessarily incurred as part of their activities on behalf of the society. This includes travel costs for attending TMS committee meetings, stationery and postage costs (e.g. journal editor), purchase of specialist software (e.g. website editor). Expenses requests should be made to the treasurer using the appropriate form with receipts attached.

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