Chemistry International
Vol. 22, No. 3
May 2000
Reports
from Commissions and Division Committees
Commission
on Nomenclature, Properties, and Units (C-NPU) (VII.C.1)
Summary of Minutes of Commission Meeting at IUPAC
General Assembly, Berlin, Germany, 810 August 1999
The main focus of this meeting was on harmonization
of current projects of this commission with the new structure being
implemented by the Union. Most of the ongoing projects will be finished
during this biennium; however, some of them, like the C-NPU Internet
web site, which is a core project for this Commission, are ongoing activities.
The Commission brought this point to the attention of the Division during
the Division meeting in Berlin. It is a clear commitment of the C-NPU
to participate actively in the new projects proposed for the Chemistry
and Human Health Division, contributing to the nomenclature, according
to the interdisciplinary character of these broad projects. A new interdivisional
project was proposed on the use of the NPU concept system for properties
in the field of environmental chemistry. The project will be prepared
by the collaborative effort of the two divisions, including A. Kallner,
J. H. Duffus, and W. R. Külpmann. The composition of the C-NPU
for the biennium 20002001 will be as follows: Titular Members
(TMs): Urban Forsum (Chairman), Pedro Soares de Araujo (Secretary),
Antonin Jabor, Wolf R. Külpmann, and Gunnar Nordin. There is still
one open position for TM, and a candidate will be proposed after further
consultation.
Associate Members (AMs): Xavier Fuentes-Arderiu,
J. Gilbert Hill, Desmond Kenny, Eugeny V. Yurtov, Henrik Olesen, and
René Dybkaer.
It was agreed that C-NPU would meet twice a year
during the 20002001 biennium in order to maintain its current
productivity.
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Pedro Soares de Araujo
Secretary
IUPAC Commission on Nomenclature, Properties, and Units VII.C.1