[iaufwg] FITS Working Group meeting at the IAU GeneralAssembly

[William Pence]

Dear IAU-FWG members,

The preliminary agenda for our business meeting in Prague, at 9:00 - 10:30 
on Thursday 17 August, is listed below.  Please let me know if you plan to 
attend the meeting, and send me any other desired agenda items.

regards,
Bill
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                 IAU FITS Working Group Business Meeting
                    Prague, 17 August 9:00 - 10:30
                        Preliminary Agenda

1.  Opening remarks from the Commission 5 President (Francoise Genova)

2.  Open discussion of any proposed IAU FWG membership changes

     Any changes will need to be approved by Commission 5 at their meeting
     on the following week.  As far as I am aware, no changes are being
     proposed: all the current members will continue for another 3
     year term, and the current officers (Pence and Ochsenbein) will also
     continue as Chair and Vice-Chair, respectively.

3.  Open discussion of any proposed organizational changes regarding
     how the IAU FWG conducts business, or it's relationship with
     the Regional FITS committees.

4.  Summary of accomplishments during the past triannium    (Pence)

5.  Discussion of proposed activities for the next triannium

     a) continue to add FITS conventions to the newly established
        FITS Registry
     b) convene a technical group to update the wording of the
        FITS Standard document  (no major changes expected)
     c) WCS paper on time coordinate systems?
     d) develop conventions for storing colour images in FITS?
     e) other suggestions?

6.  Open discussion on any other FITS-related topics



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