Welcome (Member Login)
Wednesday 10th March

About the BCC

Contents

• Overview
• Membership
• Corporate Membership
• Management
• Activities

Overview

The management structure of the Council is typical of a small organization, being sufficient only to ensure the continuation of the Council. Sponsors provide the bulk of financial support and the main activities are carried out by voluntary participants on the Executive Committee. The main criteria for Membership is a genuine interest or involvement in cryogenics or cryoengineering.

(top)

Membership

Anyone with an interest in cryogenics may apply for membership of the British Cryogenics Council and will be admitted as a member on payment of an annual subscription of £10.00 (£5.00 for students, the unemployed and persons retired from full-time work). The benefits of membership are a quarterly newsletter and access to the Discussion Forum on the website. The level of the annual subscription is reviewed at the Annual General Meeting.

(top)

Corporate Membership

Any company or organisation may apply to become a Corporate Member of the British Cryogenics Council. They can submit their company details online to the Council for approval. Acceptance by the Council is judged on the organisation supplying a product or service in the United Kingdom which is of benefit to the cryogenic community. Following approval and payment of an annual fee the details will be included in the database which can be searched by anyone accessing the website. The annual fee payable is linked to the number of people employed by the organisation and is reviewed at the Annual General Meeting.

(top)

Management

The management of the British Cryogenics Council is vested in an Executive Committee consisting of the Honorary Officers and one representative from each of the sponsoring organizations. In addition, the Executive Committee may co-opt as members of the Executive Committee three further persons who shall be eminent in the field of cryogenics.

The Honorary Officers are:

• Chairman: Harry Jones
• Vice-Chairman: Damian Hampshire
• Secretary: Charles Monroe
• Treasurer: John Vandore

The Chairman, the Honorary Secretary and the Honorary Treasurer are members of a sponsoring organization. The Honorary Officers are also ex-officio members of the Executive Committee.

The Annual General Meeting of the British Cryogenics Council is held during each calendar year. Ordinary Meetings of the Executive Committee are normally held twice a year or, in emergency, as decided by the Chairman.

A small committee consisting of the Honorary Officers and the immediately previous Chairman meets ad hoc to ensure the smooth running of the Council between meetings of the Executive Committee.

The Executive Committee is assisted by a Secretarial Assistant who also produces the Quarterly Newsletter, under the direction of the Secretary.

(top)

Activities

The Activities of the Council consist of involvement in all matters of Cryogenic Engineering. In particular, members benefit from the following:

• A forum for those engineers working in Cryogenics to exchange ideas and technical information with the aim of increasing dialogue between members, especially those from different disciplines who may not otherwise have an opportunity to make contact.
• A quarterly newsletter to which all members and sponsoring institutions are invited to contribute. The newsletter includes information on safety and environmental issues, new cryogenic engineering products, a diary of meetings, conferences and courses together with other topics.

The BCC also involves itself in publishing specialist material appropriate to cryogenics. Recent publications include:

• The BCS Cryogenic Data Book
• The BCS Safety Manual

The BCC also holds a database on this website of organisations supplying services and or products within the United Kingdom which are relevant to anyone working in the field of cryogenics.

(top)