Commission on
Microchemical Techniques and Trace Analysis (V.2)
Summary of Minutes
of Commission Meeting at IUPAC General Assembly, Berlin, Germany, 8-9
August 1999
The Commission meeting was attended by seven of the
Commission's sixteen members. Three members had resigned since the last
meeting, among them the former chairman. Dr. Ryszard Lobinski was elected
Titular Member and new Chairman of the Commission. A new National Representative
from Korea had been suggested by the Korean NAO, and Prof. Heon Kang
was accepted as a new member of the Commission.
The status of current projects was reviewed. Five projects
were canceled because no activity had occurred since the last meeting
and the person responsible for them had left the Commission. For the
remaining projects, completion before 2001 is foreseen. It was decided
not to start any new projects at this stage. A discussion of new projects
is being initiated through e-mail, and a final choice will be made at
the next even-year meeting in Pau.
The joint project on guidelines for terms related to
speciation was the subject of a separate meeting. Comments received
from outside experts were discussed, and it was decided to hold a meeting
in Brussels in March to work these comments into the final version of
the Recommendations to be published in Pure and Applied Chemistry.
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Lars-Göran Danielsson
Secretary, IUPAC
Commission on Microchemical Techniques and Trace Analysis V.2