ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22/WG5-N1651

                       BRITISH STANDARDS INSTITUTION
                 COMMITTEE ON PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES (IST/5)

           UK National Activity Report presented to the meeting of
ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22/WG5 (Fortran), Fairfax, VA, USA, February 11 - 15,  2006

Membership and meetings
Membership of the BSI Fortran Panel has changed during the year.  There
are 20 members, including observers.  One member of the BSI Panel is  also
an alternate member of J3.

The panel's business is normally conducted by e-mail and it meets only
when there are issues to be resolved which cannot be decided otherwise.
Six late requirements for revision of Fortran 2003 were submitted to the
panel following the 2005 WG5 meeting.  Two were forwarded to WG5 for
consideration (UK-011 and UK-012 in WG5-N1649) and four were rejected.

WG5 Convenor and Editor
At the SC22 plenary meeting in September 2005, John Reid was reconfirmed
as WG5 Convenor and Malcolm Cohen was formally appointed Project Editor.

SC22 ballots
The BSI votes were to confirm Varying Length Strings and to approve
Technical Corrigendum 1.

WG5 2007 meeting
Plans are in hand to hold the next WG5 meeting in London on August 6  - 10,
2007.  The working sessions will be in the British Computer Society
premises in central London and overnight accommodation will be in King’s
College property.  There are a large number of pubs, restaurants etc
within a short walking distance of the BCS; there are also theatres and
concert halls nearby.  Further details will be given at the end of the
Fairfax meeting.

British Computer Society Fortran Specialist Group and Fortran Jubilee
The Fortran Specialist Group collaborates closely with the BSI Fortran
Panel and membership of the two bodies overlaps.  The BCS will be
celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2007 and will be organizing various
special events to mark the golden jubilee.  The Fortran Specialist Group
intends to hold an event in collaboration with this to mark the 50th
anniversary of the release of the first Fortran compiler.  Planning  is at
an early stage.

David Muxworthy
IST/5/-/5 (Fortran) Convenor
February 3, 2006