18th June 2021 Letter to Corporate Members and Industry Partners Dear Members, We are pleased to be able to report good progress on the creation of the new directory of supplies and services. Please click on http://spillcontrol.org/directory-entry-questionnaire/ ·       To continue with work on your free entry we do need your feedback, so please complete the form and send it in. ·       If we have not included a tick box for a product or service you provide, please tell us and we can add it to your entry. ·       You are invited to provide a short paragraph to introduce your company to

NEW ADVERTISING OPPORTUNITY 1st June 2021 Dear Corporate Members of ISCO, ISCO has introduced new advertising opportunities which will be available on the ISCO website and our weekly email newsletter. The ISCO website at www.spillcontrol.org enjoys high traffic figures and is the primary port of call for visitors seeking information about oil and chemical spill response. The free weekly ISCO Newsletter circulates to an estimated 5,000 + readers in over 55 countries. For advertisers with an interest in marketing to the pollution response industry ISCO provides a unique and very highly targeted way of reaching out to your potential customers all over

CIRCULATION TO MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, MEMBERS OF THE ISCO COUNCIL AND OTHER MEMBERS OF ISCO 20th March, 2021 Dear All, The last twelve months have been a challenging time for all of us, both in our work and home environment. The arrival of COVID 19 on the world forced everyone to seek other ways of conducting and delivering our business and significant temporary changes to our personal life. This required a re-think of how we live and work can be managed; this saw the introduction of new ways to communicate with each other and how organisations and individuals

Dear Members, Appointment of ISCO Secretary As you will be aware ISCO Secretary Matthew Sommerville at our December 2020 AGM announced his intention to stand down after 3 years from the role of Secretary, although he will still be an active supporter of ISCO to concentrate on other projects.  We are pleased to announce that Mr Neil Marson has expressed interest in taking on the role and has been supported in this and has been duly selected and approved by the Chairman and Executive Committee as the successor to Mr Matthew Sommerville.  For those who don’t know Neil.   Over a

Dear Members of ISCO, I hope to see many of you at the upcoming Online AGM being conducted on Zoom. Please find below the instructions for joining the Meeting. ISCO’S ONLINE AGM WILL TAKE PLACE ON 18 – 19 DECEMBER 20:00 GMT / 15:00 EST. Friday 18th December 2020 07:00 AEDT Saturday 19th December 2020  Because of Coronavirus restrictions it will be a “virtual meeting” held using Zoom All are invited to join ISCO’s 2020 Annual General Meeting but only Members can vote. If you haven’t used Zoom before, you will need to download a small piece of software in

NOTICE OF MEETINGDear Member of ISCO I am writing to let you know that the ISCO 2020 AGM will take place soon and to send you the Notice of Meeting, Agenda and other meeting papers. Because of the Coronavirus situation, this year’s AGM will be a virtual meeting. A further email will be sent later with detailed advice on how to join the meeting Here is the link for you to download the PDF file with the Agenda and meeting papershttp://spillcontrol.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/AGM-2020-AGENDA-AND-ATTACHMENTS-Rev-5.pdf Please review the Agenda and should you wish to submit any comments on the issues raised please send me

Dear All, I am writing to let you know that ISCO Secretary, Matthew Sommerville, has intimated to me that he wishes to stand down from his position as the Secretary of ISCO. As you may know, Matthew operates his own consultancy company – Spectrum Spill Services Ltd. – and, owing to an increasingly heavy workload of consultancy work, he feels that he is no longer able to give ISCO the time and attention commensurate with fulfilling his duties as Secretary. Matthew wishes to formally announce his intention to stand down at the next ISCO AGM to allow time to identify

Dear Members of ISCO, IOSC Conference at Long Beach, California, USA – Notice of AGM Meeting, RESPONSECON presentation and other news from the ISCO Secretariat TUESDAY 16th MAY – Presentation on the new RESPONSECON Standard Contract for Spill Response and Reception being hosted by ISCO, Spill Control Association of America (SCAA) and Association of Petroleum Industry Cooperative Managers (APICOM) You are invited to a presentation on the new International Spill Response Contract taking place at 5 pm on Tuesday 16th May in room 101A in the IOSC Convention Centre. The presentation will be given by Mr Tony Paulson, Director of

Dear Members of the ISCO Council, It has been too long since I last wrote to you all but in view of changes coming up I wanted to bring you up-to-speed on some things that I haven’t covered in the ISCO News column in the ISCO Newsletter. First of all, I am looking to retire as ISCO Secretary effective May 2017 when I will reach the age of 80. The Executive Committee is currently looking at appointing my successor and an announcement will be made in due course. I won’t exactly be “jumping ship” but will be starting the process