The Seventh
Council Meeting of the World Association for Sedimentation and Erosion Research
(WASER) was held online, combined by WeChat group meeting and E-mail exchanges,
on December 5-6, 2022. The Council Meeting was attended by 22 members
representing both the Sixth Council and the newly elected Seventh Council, as
well as several observers. Prof. Zhaoyin Wang, the retiring President and Prof.
Helmut Habersack, the new president, presided over the meeting for the first
day and second day, respectively.
Three reports were
presented at the meeting. These included the President’s report by Prof.
Zhaoyin Wang; the Treasurer’s report by Prof. Cheng Liu; reports on the work of
the Secretariat during the period 2019-2022 and the work plan for 2022-2025 by
Prof. Guangquan Liu. Besides, an overview of the forthcoming 15th ISRS
(Florence, Italy, 2023) by Prof. Luca Solari, and the overview of the 16th
ISRS (Omaha, Nebraska, USA, 2025) were also presented at the meeting. The new
president Prof. Helmut Habersack made a presentation about the future thoughts
of WASER.
The meeting received
the result of the poll for the election of members to the WASER Council for
2022-2025, and noted additional Council members, including the Co-opted Members
(Prof. Zhaoyin Wang, Prof. Des Walling, Prof. Giampaolo Di Silvio, Prof. Junke
Guo), and an Ex-officio Members (Prof. Guangquan Liu, Prof. Hongwei Fang and
Mr. Wensheng Zhang).
The meeting also
formally noted the award of the Honorary Members of WASER to Prof. Giampaolo Di
Silvio, Prof. Chunhong Hu, and Prof. Zhaoyin Wang, nominated by Prof. Guangquan
Liu, Secretary Gernernal; and the new Treasurer to Prof. Hongling Shi the new Secretary
to Dr. Ying Zhao, nominated by the IRTCES.
Issues related to
the future development of the Association, recruiting of members, revised
membership dues, the IJSR impact factor and the co-sponsoring of international
conferences were also discussed.
