Gallimaufry: News and Events from the British Dam Society Free

The current COVID-19 crisis has had a significant impact on our personal and working lives. The normal activities of the BDS have been disrupted and we have had to adapt to suit the conditions. We are working hard to continue to provide on-line quality material for you to enjoy and learn from. We are planning all of our 2020 events to be on-line only events. We would value your feedback on these events as this will inform our post-crisis planning. Please continue to support Dams and Reservoirs with papers, articles, book reviews or commentary on earlier published material.

Alan Warren

We would like to remind our readers that we welcome comment and discussion on our published papers. If you would like to provide any discussion on the papers included in this issue, or previous issues, please email the editor.

We are currently looking for articles for our 2020 and 2021 editions. We are experiencing a shortage of content, so please continue to support our journal with interesting and thought provoking articles. We request that our readership highlight topics and schemes that they think would be of interest to the wider readership and contact the editor with a proposed title or subject in the first instance. Please note that our editorial panel are on hand to provide mentoring and guidance in preparation of papers, should you require.

The deadlines to receive articles, including technical papers, discussion pieces and case studies for volume 30 and 31 of the Journal are as follows.

• Volume 30, Issue 4: 31st August 2020

  Volume 31, Issue 1: 30^th November 2020

  Volume 31, Issue 2: 28^th February 2021

  Volume 31, Issue 3: 31^st May 2021

  Volume 31, Issue 4: 15^th September 2021

At times we receive interesting papers, which we would like to publish, but due to their length or complexity are not suitable for publishing in the hard copy of our Journal. In these instances the papers are still available online for readers to peruse. Please also note that articles are available online in advance of being published in the hard copy of our Journal, so it is always a good idea to check the Journal online to keep up to date with recent developments in our industry.

We are currently exploring opportunities to offer the Dams and Reservoir Journal as a digital only version, whilst retaining a paper version for those that wish to receive the journal in its original form. This will be confirmed during 2020 and our readership given the opportunity to confirm the format they prefer to receive.

Do not forget to sign up for news and emails on the BDS website so you stay up to date on the monthly eNewsletters and please let us know if you have any news or announcements related to dams and reservoirs, which you would like to share with BDS members in the next eNewsletter.

The following provides details of upcoming events which may be of interest to the dam community: