Board. If practical, the Working Groups should 
publish their own proceedings, thus relieving the 
Commission Board of some of the expense. The 
major task of Commission Presidents should be 
to organize Working Groups, see that they oper- 
ate satisfactorily, avoid duplication and overlap 
of work. Meetings of Working Group chairmen 
each year with their Commission Presidents are 
worth considering. 
3. Working Groups 
Is the establishment of Working Groups a satis- 
factory method of promoting technical progress? 
Generally yes, but sometimes the Commission 
substitutes as a Working Group. Working Groups 
should have limited objectives and not hold large 
Symposia. Attendance of 30 to 40 experts in the 
special field of interest seems about right. 
4. Technical Sessions 
Are the technical sessions primarily designed 
for advanced photogrammetric developments 
rather than for the diffusion of practical photo- 
grammetric applications? 
There was a general feeling that the technical 
sessions were designed for researchers and 
educators as opposed to practical applications 
and that not enough provision was made for 
looking after the immediate needs of represen- 
tatives from developing countries. In conse- 
quence, those who could gain from the appli- 
cation of accepted methods, were apt to be over- 
whelmed by the advanced technical develop- 
ments discussed in Commission sessions. 
It was agreed that the 1.S.P. had a dual role of 
firstly, promoting the development of photogram- 
metry and in consequence, our Congresses at- 
tracted the leaders in photogrammetric develop- 
ment. The second role was not so clearly under- 
stood and that was to impart knowledge about 
the practical experience gained by many partici- 
pants to those who might encounter similar prob- 
lems in their own countries. Professor van der 
Weele mentioned that it was for this very purpose 
that post-Congress Seminars had been arranged 
at I.T.C. commencing after Lisbon. The purpose 
of these was to determine the practical meaning 
of the developments recorded at the Congress. 
Several solutions were proffered, such as devot- 
ing the first week to advanced photogrammetry 
and the second to practical application, or sched- 
uling sessions of Commissions so that some 
would be dealing with highly technical papers 
while others were dealing with down to earth prob- 
lems. M. J. Cruset pointed out that when he was 
President of Commission I, he called for invited 
papers and these were intended to record pro- 
gress in the field of Commission | over the four 
year period. 
Associated with the problem of developing 
countries and the over-sophistication of the 
technical sessions, is the problem of interest- 
ing other disciplines in the possibilities of ap- 
plying photogrammetry to help solve some of 
their problems. In many instances, comparatively 
elementary photogrammetric procedures would 
go a long way towards meeting their needs. 
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5. Photogrammetric Meetings Generally 
Are our sessions designed primarily for photo- 
grammetrists to speak to one another, or do they 
attempt to include persons from many disci- 
plines? 
Generally, it seems as though we have not been 
as successful as we should in capturing the in- 
terest of those in other professions apart from 
the ones engaged in mapping, photointerpret- 
ation and remote sensing. One suggestion was to 
attempt to get elementary photogrammetry taught 
in the later years of the high school curriculum. 
The preparation of a brief simple text would seem 
to be a worth-while project for Commission VI. 
By exposing the young men and women in their 
late teens, eventually a much greater audience 
would be aware of the uses of photogrammetry. 
Finally, referring back to the technical sessions, 
it was felt that more time should be devoted to 
discussion and less to the reading of papers. In 
the practical sessions participants should not 
be embarrassed by raising questions that in the 
more technical sessions would be considered 
by many to be somewhat elementary. 
Recommendations 
1. Congresses continue much as the Helsinki and 
preceding Congresses at a four year cycle. 
2. Commissions attempt to be as multinational 
as is practical. The Commission Board should 
not take on technical projects but see that they 
are assigned to competent Working Groups. 
3. Each Commission should have a number of 
Working Groups depending upon the number of 
subjects it feels competent to handle. Working 
Group Symposia should be encouraged but the 
numbers held to 30 or 40 experts. If practical, 
Working Groups should publish their own pro- 
ceedings as part of the contribution of their re- 
spective Commission. The Working Group ses- 
sions will encompass the most advanced pho- 
togrammetry in their specialty and, generally, 
will not attract non-specialists. 
4. Commission Symposia should be organized 
in such a fashion that brief reports can be pre- 
sented by their respective Working Groups. The 
major portion of their sessions should, however, 
be devoted to practical applications and, in con- 
sequence, warrant the attendance of persons from 
developing countries. At the technical sessions 
at Congresses, at least 5096 of the sessions 
should be devoted to practical applications. 
Item 6. (23) Proposed revision of Statutes and 
Bye-Laws 
The General Assembly approved the recom- 
mendation of Council that an ad-hoc committee 
be established to review the Statutes and Bye- 
Laws of the I.S.P. and that the First Vice-Pre- 
sident for the 1976—1980 Council be appointed 
Chairman. 
The Committee is to take special note of other 
studies and their possible effect on the Statutes 
and Bye-Laws.