The core items that the EC will discuss with every Commission are:

1. Proposed slate of nominees for the next triennium.

2. How the Commission has functioned - what has gone well and how things could work better in the future. This will include aspects such as:

a) Commission website

b) communication within Commission and with other Commissions

c) organisation of meetings, schools, workshops

d) provision of letters of support for meetings

e) participation in the Calgary IPC

3. What is the biggest scientific discovery in Commission area of expertise in recent 5 years? Is this topic covered by IUCr journals?

4. How well the Commission has interacted with IUCr Journals. This will include aspects such as:

a) has one or more lead or review article(s) been submitted to an IUCr Journal from the Commission or by Commission members?

b) is the Commission properly represented on the publishing Commissions?

c) is there anything that IUCr Journals could do to encourage more submissions from your Commission?

5. Has the Commission submitted any definitions to the Commission on Crystallographic Nomenclature for inclusion in the Online Dictionary of Crystallography?

If you or your Commission and the EC representative to your Commission would like to suggest other items to cover in the meeting or to emphasise which of the above should be given priority in the limited time available please use the box below. 

Annual reports will have already been shared with the EC ahead of the meetings.