From miles.ellis@etrc.ox.ac.uk Mon Feb 8 11:50:18 1999 Received: from oxmail.ox.ac.uk (oxmail3.ox.ac.uk [163.1.2.9]) by dkuug.dk (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id LAA03201 for ; Mon, 8 Feb 1999 11:50:17 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from miles.ellis@etrc.ox.ac.uk) Received: from ermine.ox.ac.uk ([163.1.2.13]) by oxmail.ox.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 2.10 #1) id 109oGb-00068V-00 for sc22wg5@dkuug.dk; Mon, 8 Feb 1999 10:50:13 +0000 Received: from com1.etrc.ox.ac.uk ([163.1.85.1]) by ermine.ox.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 2.10 #2) id 109oGb-0003YK-00 for sc22wg5@dkuug.dk; Mon, 8 Feb 1999 10:50:13 +0000 X-Sender: mellis@ermine.ox.ac.uk Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Date: Mon, 8 Feb 1999 10:50:32 +0000 To: "WG5 members (list)" From: Miles Ellis Subject: Cadarache Meeting Announcement on web and ftp As you all know, this year's meeting of WG5 will take place at Cadarache in the south of France from June 14-18. The formal announcement of the meeting, together with the preliminary agenda, is now on the WG5 web site (http://www.etrc.ox.ac.uk/SC22WG5/), and is also on the WG5 ftp site (ftp://ftp.nag.co.uk/sc22wg5/). N1331 is the official announcement and N1332 is the preliminary agenda. Both documents are available from the ftp site in Acrobat (pdf), gzipped PostScript, html and text formats. The announcement and preliminary agenda have also been issued as a single SC22 document, N2881. The meeting will have four major items of business: 1. Processing of comments received during the FCD ballot on the revision of Part 2 of the Fortran Standard. This ballot closes on May 20th, and so the comments will be available before the meeting. It is intended that this meeting will make the final decision on all issues arising from the ballot, and any member body wishing to be involved in this ballot resolution should ensure that they are represented at the meeting. 2. Review of the current status of the revision of Part 1 of the Fortran Standard - Fortran 2000. The current schedule requires J3 to hand over a Working Draft to WG5 in early 2000, so this will be the last WG5 meeting before we have the actual WD. There will be a meeting of J3 in Oxford the week before the WG5 meeting, so we shall have absolutely up-to-date information concerning progress available at our meeting. I anticipate that there may be some areas in which WG5 can carry out useful technical work to assist J3 during the week. There may also be some difficult decisions to make if, as currently appears possible, there is a chance that J3 will be unlikely to complete its delegated task in full within the agreed time schedule. 3. Since our last meeting the two TRs have been published, and Part 3 should be published any day (I am surprised that it has not been yet; it was approved before Christmas). We need to establish appropriate maintenance procedures. 4. JTC1 is placing increased emphasis on Business Plans, and our Strategic Plan is overdue for revision. Both TRs and Parts 2 and 3 of the Standard should all have been published by the end of 1999, while Fortran 2000 is expected start its formal approval process in 2000. This is an opportune moment, therefore, to start planning for what happens next, and to express our thoughts in the form of Business and Strategic Plans. Full details of how to reserve accommodation for the meeting can be found on the WG5 web site, and in N1331. It is, however, worth emphasising that accommodation in France is relatively cheap compared with some other countries (such as the UK!). The recommended accommodation is in the "Host Mansion" attached to Chateau Cadarache, where the meeting will take place. Single rooms in the Host Mansion are between 204 and 235 French Francs per day, including breakfast, while double rooms are 311 FF per day, including breakfast. (200 FF is approximately 22 UK pounds or 35 US dollars). There is also alternative accommodation nearby for those who want a swimming pool, etc. Lunch will be available at the Chateau for around 80 FF (£9 or $14). As far as travel is concerned, our hosts advise that the best way is to fly to Marseilles and then to drive from there (about 70km or 45 miles). It is also possible to travel by train to Aix-en-Provence or Avignon, as well as Marseilles, but our hosts advise that the train services in this part of France are prone to disruption by industrial action, and they do not recommend this mode of travel. More complete details are available via the web site, which also links to a French site which has been established specially for the meeting, and which will, no doubt, contain more up-to-date information than the official announcement. Finally, will heads of delegations PLEASE remember to notify both me and the local host Patrice Lignalet, , who is coming from their country no later than one month before the meeting, and earlier if possible. I look forward to seeing many of you in France in June. ------------------------------------------------------------ Dr Miles Ellis Director: Educational Technology Resources Centre University of Oxford, 37 Wellington Square, Oxford OX1 2JF, ENGLAND Telephone: +44 1865 270528 Fax: +44 1865 270527 Email: Miles.Ellis@etrc.ox.ac.uk miles@oph.u-net.com (home) WWW: http://www.etrc.ox.ac.uk/Personal/Miles/Miles_Ellis.html