The first part of the meeting was presided over fby Prof. Des Walling. He presented the President’s report and the treasurer, Prof. Xiaoying Liu reported the financial situation of the association. The meeting reviewed the minutes of the Second Council Meeting and the revised statutes. The Council approved the nominations for Honorary Members and the nominations for the third WASER best paper award for papers published in the International Journal of Sediment Research; and also received and approved the nominations for the second International Qian Ning Prize for Sedimentation and Erosion Technology, Prof. Des Walling subsequently announced the outcome of the election of the Officers and Medmbers of the Third Council Members voted by all members of WASER. Prof. G. Di Silvio was elected as President of the Third Council,and Prof. Zhaoyin Wang, Prof. Gerrit Basson and Prof.Ulrich Zanke were elected as Vice Presidents. In accordance with the Statutes of the Association, Prof. Chunhong Hu, Secretary General, nominated by the IRTCES, was formally co-opted as Secretary General of the Association and Prof. Xiaoying Liu was appointed to continue as Treasurer. Prof. Des Walling, President of the Second Council, and Prof. Chih Ted Yang, Vice President of the Second Council were confirmed as co-opted members of the Third Council.

The meeting was subsequently, presided over by the new president of WASER, Prof. G. Di Silvio. Prof.Chunhong Hu, the New Secretary General of WASER, outlined the draft work plan for 2010 to 2013. and Council Member, Prof. Hajme Nakagawa reported the sponsors, organizer and theme of the 12th International Symposium on ?River Sedimentation to be held in Japan in 2013. The council meeting discussed and adopted in principle the above two reports and confirmed that the fourth Council Meeting and General Assembly will be held in Japan in 2013.

Prof. Des Walling presenting President’s report

Handshake of the old and new Presidents handover

New President, Prof. G. Di Silvio Presiding over the meeting

Prof. Chunhong Hu, Secretary General of WASER reporting draft workplan for 2010-2013

Group photo of the participants for the Third Council Meeting

On September 7, 2010, the General Assembly of WASER was held during the 11th International Symposium on River Sedimentation. Members and participants from over 30 countries attended the Assembly. The President of the Second WASER Council, Prof. Des Walling opened the meeting, gave his general report of the Second Council, and announced the result of the election of the Officers and Members of the Third Council. Prof. G. Di Silvio then presided over the meeting, providing a review of the draft workplan from 2010 to 2013 and other key points related to the Association. He appealed for all scientists and engineers involved in the field of erosion and sedimentation to support and join the Association in order to promote its growth and development and encourage the future development of the field of erosion and sedimentation(reported by Xiaoying Liu).

A number of Association Awards were also presented during the General Assembly. Prof. Gerrit Basson, Vice President of the Association, announced the recipients of Honorary Membership. These included Prof. S.Y.Wang Sam from the USA, Prof. R S. Chalov from Russia and Prof. DingZhong Dai from China. Plaques celebrating the award of Honorary Membership were presented to Prof Sam S. Y. Wang and representatives of the other two recipients. ?Prof. Zhaoyin Wang, Vice President of the Association announced the list of winners of the 3rd WASER　best paper prize for the International Journal of Sediment Research. The four papers are:

1 Thomas LUCKNER and Ulrich ZANKE, An analytical solution for calculating the initiation of sediment motion, 22(2), pp. 87-102
2 Xinhua DUAN, Zhaoyin WANG, Mengzhen XU, Kang ZHANG, Effect of streambed sediment on benthic ecology, 24(3), pp. 325-338
3 R. A. KUHNLE, D. G. WREN, and J. P. CHAMBERS, Prediction of the grain size of suspended sediment: Implications for calculating suspended sediment concentrations using single frequency acoustic backscatter, 22(1), pp. 1-15
4 Hongwu Tang, Bing Ding, Yee-Meng Chiew, and Shilong Fang, Protection of bridge piers against scouring with tetrahedral frames, 24(4), pp. 385-399

General Assembly Rostrum

Awarding Honorary Membership Plaques

Prof. DingZhong Dai’s Honorary Membership Plaque

Winners of the 3rd WASER Best Paper for the International Journal of Sediment Research receiving their awards