11. 
12. 
cil and Joint Meetings (comprising Council and Techni- 
cal Commission Presidents and Secretaries) in conjunc- 
tion with its Symposium. These meetings are normally 
scheduled for the last Symposium in the year, and have 
a duration of three to four days. Reports on Symposia, 
assessment of the performance of the Commissions, 
and planning for the forthcoming Congress will be 
important items of consideration at the Joint Meeting. 
Before the General Assembly of ISPRS decides to allo- 
cate a Commission to an Ordinary Member, the pro- 
posed TCP shall present to the General Assembly the 
envisioned scientific and technical program for the 
Commission for the forthcoming four-year period. 
The General Assembly will, in its election of Technical 
Commission hosts, consider the merits and experience 
demonstrated by the proposed TCP in activities such 
as having been the Chairperson of a Working Group, 
author of an invited paper, etc. 
13.The proceedings of each Commission Symposium 
shall be published in the prescribed format as a Part of 
the Volume of The International Archives of Pho- 
togrammetry and Remote Sensing. 
14. 
15. 
18. 
17. 
18. 
The TCPs are asked to support the Editor of the ISPRS 
Journal, for example, in soliciting technical papers, and 
serving as a referee of papers. 
The TCPs are required to prepare an Annual Report as 
outlined in Appendix B.5, and are to ensure that sum- 
mary reports of their Commission and WG events are 
submitted promptly for publication in ISPRS Highlights. 
Furthermore, the TCPs are responsible for confor- 
mance by Working Group Chairpersons to the "Guide- 
lines for Conducting a Working Group". 
The Technical Commission V President, or a Council 
designee, will be an ex-officio member of the CIPA 
Committee, and as such will be required to attend the 
biannual meetings of the CIPA Committee. 
Outgoing TCPs should be prepared to attend the post 
Congress Joint Meeting of Council and incoming TCPs 
if deemed advantageous to the operations of the Com- 
mission. 
  
Guidelines for Conducting a Working Group 
The President of a Technical Commission (TCP) and the 
Chairpersons of the Working Groups should consider the 
following requirements: 
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The TCP shall be fully responsible for organizing the 
Working Groups and selecting the Chairpersons with 
consideration for the resolutions which have been 
approved by the General Assembly. 
The TCP shall use his/her leadership to guide the 
Chairpersons in well defined directions with respect to 
the terms of reference. 
The TCP shall suggest that the Chairpersons select 
active members of a Working Group after considera- 
tion of the talents and achievements of the members 
and the international balance of the group. 
The Chairpersons shall be financially capable of 
attending the mid-term symposium of the relevant 
Technical Commission as well as the following Con- 
gress to report on Working Group activities. 
Each Chairperson shall organize one or more small size 
colloquia or seminars, preferably in odd-numbered 
years but at least four months from the mid-term sym- 
posia between the Congresses, in cooperation with the 
TCP. The dates for such colloquia shall be approved 
by the President of the Society. 
  
10. 
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12. 
The Chairperson shall recommend to the TCP candi- 
dates to present invited papers at the mid-term sym- 
posium and/or the Congress. 
. The Chairperson shall report annually to the TCP 
according to Bylaw XIII, 13. In addition, the Chairper- 
son shall submit written Working Group reports, both at 
the mid-term symposium and the Congress. 
The TCP shall review and evaluate the activity of each 
Working Group and report to the Council annually. 
The TCP may replace any Chairperson who has not 
been active and who has not contributed to the work of 
the Commission. 
The TCP may reorganize the Working Groups in con- 
sultation with Council. 
. The TCP shall communicate with the Ordinary Member 
correspondents concerning the Working Group activi- 
ties of the Commission. 
The TCP shall organize a Resolution Committee before 
the beginning of a Congress, in cooperation with Work- 
ing Group Chairpersons. The TCP shall submit a draft 
of resolutions to the First Vice-President in due time at 
the Congress. 
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