The author considers problems concerning participation of Technical Committee-2 members in the Conference "Formal Description of Programming Concepts" with their papers, place and term of the next TC-2 meeting, and some people's critical attitude toward certain IFIP activities.

of American National Standards Committees about the standardization and development of the FORTRAN. Enclosed are the Committee responses to different comments. (Agenda Item 10.3.3)

Dr. G.M. Nijssen asks Dr. M.Paul to propose to the Counsel to give a $2000 aid to have a WG 2.6 meeting in Israel in August 1978. (Agenda Item 11.3.4)

Prof. M.Paul agrees to cooperate with Prof. J.Hebenstreit in organizing a Working Conference "The role of teaching programming in informatics education" (Agenda Item 16.1)

Prof. J.Hebenstreit (Vice-Chairman of TC-3) proposes Prof. M.Paul (Chairman of TC-2) to cooperate with TC-3 to organize a Working Conference "The role of teaching programming in informatics education" (Agenda Item 16.1)

of Working Group on Numerical Software (WG 2.5) to Technical Committee on Programming (TC-2).

to the report of WG 2.5: Agenda for the IFIP WG 2.5 Meeting in Amsterdam. (From Monday May 23th until Thursday May 26th 1977)

to the WG 2.5 Report: "Parameterisation of the Environment for Transportable Numerical Software", edited by B.Ford.

to the WG 2.5 Report. Three Proposed Amendments to the Draft Proposed ANS Fortran Standard and the ANSI Technical Committee X3J3 reply (of July 18, 1977)

Chairman and Secretary of WG 2.5 send Proposals "Intrinsic Functions to Assist FORTRAN Portability for Numeric Computation" to ANS FORTRAN Standard Committee X3J3.

on arrival to Canada.

Proposal enclosed to ANS Standard Committee X3J3from WG 2.5: "Amendments to Draft Proposed ANS FORTRAN, Specifying the Double Precision Complex Data Type".

Four covering letters with Proposals "MAP Statement in FORTRAN to Assist in the Portability of Numerical Software" to ANS FORTRAN Standard Committee X3J3 from WG 2.5.

TC-2 Secretary announces that a next TC-2 Meeting is sheduled for 1978 April 14-15.

on the 22nd meeting of TC 2.

of the 22nd meeting of TC-2.

"What has been done" by A.P.Ershov at the TC-2 meeting.

Request to test the correctness of the thicket.

on arriving to Moscow.