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Hi everyone Okay so, long story short, at my university we have loads of different societies for different interests and topics. Thing is, there's no paleontology society, so I got together with some friends to go about starting one. We're planning it as a general kind of association, open to all students to promote more accessible appreciation for the history of life... We're still in the experimental phase (so we're not even an official society yet!), and right now we're just working on organising the logistics, budget etc... One of the activities we're proposing for the society is a sort of "fossil preparation" workshop, where members can learn safely to extract fossils from (soft) matrix. No pneumatic, or high-tech tools will be involved, just simple dental picks. I was wondering, would some of the UK people here know from where I can buy, in bulk, common fossils that are partially in a matrix or rock. Are there any good suppliers of this kind of stuff? @TqB @Pterygotus @Welsh Wizard @Birdman @JohnBrewer @DE&i On another issue, perhaps more complex... We're also planning on organising day-trips to go fossil hunting at some noteworthy sites in south England (Dover, Folkestone, Lyme Regis etc). I'm wondering about the logistics involved with this. How difficult would it be to get risk assessments sorted out, or should it rather be one of the people from the staff at my uni who takes care of this? And also, how difficult/expensive is it to get a bus hired for ~30 people for a day trip, with 2-3hr travel going and returning? I know there are some fossil/science educators on here, what are your thoughts? @fossilsonwheels @KansasFossilHunter Thank you so much for your help, guys. Christian
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