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emphasis on Public Sessions and Colloquia, for the latter of which the IIW itself preprinted the papers in 1981 and 1982. The report of the Executive Council coincided with a proposal for an increase in subscriptions in 1983 , the accounts for the year 1981 having shown a substantial deficit as a result of serious falls in income, while a number of unpaid subscriptions had to be written off. The accounts also showed two disconcerting trends: the proportion of income from subscriptions and from publications amounted to 59.5% and II % respectively, as against 53 .5% and 21.5 % three years previously. The Governing Council pinned its faith to the introduction of international conferences and commercial publishing to reverse these trends. A happier event associated with the 1982 Assembly was the award of the Edstrom medal to Mr C H Rosendahl on the occasion of his retirement. Mr Rosendahl had made important contributions over many years to Commissions II, IX and XII and was considered to be the epitome of the dedicated and industrious national delegate at his best.