ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22/WG5 N2158

                       RESOLUTIONS OF THE WG5 MEETING
                 ON JUNE 11 TO 15, 2018 IN BERKELEY, CA, USA

The meeting was attended by the convenor and 24 members from five
national member bodies.  Resolutions B1 to B3 and B9 to B11 were
approved by unanimous acclaim.  Resolutions B4 to B8 were approved
by unanimous consent.


B1.  Convenor of WG5
WG5 congratulates Steve Lionel on his appointment as WG5 convenor
by SC22.

B2.  Appreciation of Webmaster
WG5 expresses its appreciation to Steve Lionel for establishing and
maintaining the new WG5 website.

B3.  Appreciation of NAG
WG5 thanks NAG Ltd for hosting and supporting the WG5 website
for many years upto 2017.

B4.  Disposition of comments on the Fortran 2018 DIS
WG5 directs its Convenor to edit the formal Disposition of Comments
response to the comments in the DIS ballot and to distribute it
(WG5-N2153) to WG5 members for review.

B5.  Technical Content of Fortran 2018 FDIS
WG5 directs its Project Editor to incorporate the amendments to
N2146 which were decided during the meeting into an FDIS (WG5-N2155)
and to distribute it to WG5 members for review.  Following the review
the document is to be submitted for FDIS ballot.

B6.  Content of and schedule for revision of Fortran 2018
WG5 encourages members in all countries to read WG5-N2147, which
contains the results of a worldwide survey on possible future
language developments, to read PL22.3 paper 18-156.txt which reviews
the content of WG5-N2147 and to contribute further requirements
during the coming months. The intention is that it should be
possible to define the features to be in the next revision at the
WG5 meeting in August 2019.

B7.  Strategic Plan for WG5
WG5 directs its Convenor to update its Strategic Plan (WG5-N2129) and to
distribute it (WG5-N2154) to WG5 members for review.

B8. TR on Avoiding Vulnerabilities in Programming Languages
WG5 requests Dan Nagle, as editor of TR24772-8 'Guidance to Avoiding
Vulnerabilities in Programming Languages - Part 8 Fortran', to progress
the document to DTR ballot status during the next year and encourages
members to contribute to the development.

B9.  Future Meetings
WG5 thanks Masayuki Takata and IPSJ/ITSCJ on behalf of JISC for
inviting WG5 to meet in Tokyo, Japan, on August 5 - 9, 2019.
Further WG5 thanks Bill Long for investigating the possibility
of holding a WG5 meeting in Minneapolis, MN, in the summer of
2020 and thanks Nathan Sircombe for investigating the possibility
of holding a WG5 meeting in Manchester, UK, in the summer of 2021. 

B10.  Vote of Thanks for Support
WG5 thanks the management of the Lawrence Berkeley National
Laboratory, especially Richard Gerber, for
generously providing the meeting rooms, IT facilities and
refreshments for participants at the meeting.

B11.  Vote of Thanks
WG5 expresses its appreciation to the convenor (Steve Lionel), the
secretary (David Muxworthy) and the drafting committee (Reinhold Bader,
Daniel Chen, David Muxworthy (chair), Dan Nagle and Masayuki Takata)
for their contributions to the success of the meeting.

WG5 wishes especially to thank Brian Friesen and Damian Rouson as
co-hosts, together with Madelyn Blair, Zaida McCunney and Seleste
Rodriguez, for the excellent arrangements for the business and social
parts of the meeting.  Further it wishes to thank Jerry Wagener for
organizing the social events for former members which took place
immediately prior to the meeting.