Triennial Report

The further issuing of the triennial report of the commission was discussed. Roughly one half of the commission members present find the triennial report useful for their scientific work. Several options of formats for the report were discussed, consistent with discussions at the IAU Executive committee, i.e.,

• printed report in previous format to become an IAU publication
• 2-3 pages printed summary supplemented by a reference list sorted by subject for publication by the IAU
• 2-3 pages printed summary of the report for publication by the IAU every third year supplemented by an annual detailed version to be put on the commission web page.

The exact format of the next report will be worked out between the responsible commission officers, the president and the vice-president of the commission.