8.1 Continuation of Existing Commissions
8.2 Terms of Reference for Project Committee and Evaluation Committee
8.3 Revised Terms of Reference for JCBN
Agenda Items 7 and 8 were discussed as one item.
Dr. Becker reviewed the change being requested in Bylaw 4.307.
The need to obtain Council approval to make the Project Committee
and the Evaluation Committee Standing Committees was noted. The
changes proposed in the Terms of Reference of the Joint Committee
on Biochemical Nomenclature were discussed. The Joint Committee
will be continued for two years. Its further continuation after
2001 will be discussed with the International Union of Biochemistry
and Molecular Biology.
Prof. Corish reported to the group the general support of the Division
Committee of Division II for the continuation of the work of the
Commission on Atomic Weights. There was a discussion as to the desirability
of including this as part of the assignment of the proposed ad
hoc Committee on Strategy for Chemical Nomenclature. The consensus
was that this issue was best addressed by a proposal from the Commission
that explained why its work could not be carried out in the new
format.
9.1 Proposal Received from UK
Dr. Becker reviewed the UK resolution, noting that while the sense
of the resolution is that work in certain areas should be continued,
the exact wording creates difficulties. Dr. Hayes described the
origins of the UK resolution. The group discussed the resolution
and came to the conclusion that the aim of the UK resolution could
be best met by a Bureau Policy Statement. Prof. Corish was asked
to draft such a statement. This draft, with some modifications,
was adopted unanimously by the Bureau (see
Attachment 3).
9.2 Proposal received from Slovak Republic
The proposal from the Slovak Republic was seen as covering two areas.
The first was similar to the UK resolution, a desire to ensure that
activities in certain key areas be continued in the new system.
The second was a comment on the Strategic Plan.
9.3 Proposal received from Nordick Countries
Part 1 of this proposal led to the Policy Statement on National
Representatives described in Item 6.
Part 2 of this proposal addresses the role of the Interdivisional
Committee on Nomenclature and Symbols. This issue is addressed by
the proposal for an ad hoc Committee to study IUPAC's Strategy
for Chemical Nomenclature.