Item 1. Apologies

Apologies were received from Stephen Burt & Dave Bullock. Item 2. Agreement of agenda The agenda was agreed. Item 3. Minutes of last meeting The minutes of the committee meeting & AGM held on 12 th September 2014 were agreed as being correct. Item 4. Items arising Actions from the previous committee meeting were considered and the following matters were discussed: Rain gauge raffle – At the 2013 RMetS Amateur Meteorologist Symposium, MD organised a SIG stand where he raffled an EML rain gauge, signed-up 29 new members & raised £145. MD was thanked for his hard work. New committee member – MD has contacted, but not yet had a reply from, Mark Wilkinson (James Hutton Institute, Aberdeen) to invite him to join the SIG committee. The SIG has offered to pay travel expenses for Mark for one trip/year to attend a SI

Measurement of snowfall: preliminary tests at the British Antarctic Survey Rothera Research Station, Antarctica

A heated snowgauge was installed at Rothera in 2008 and continues to be in operation at the present time. Its measurements have been used to estimate annual snowfall at Rothera, and this was found to be, on average, about 550mm of water equivalent. Such measurements are still very rare in Antarctica, but are vital to help our understanding of climate change