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Introduction

Division I meetings have been organized for the first time during the XXVth General Assembly, providing opportunities for the members of the individual commissions of the division, and more generally for people interested in Fundamental Astronomy, to participate in scientific discussions on the most recent developments in this field. The SOC of these meetings was composed of Division I Board, enlarged with Vice-Presidents of Division I Commissions, Presidents of the current Division I Working Groups and with the upcoming Division I President, Toshio Fukushima, who was elected in March 2003. The first meeting (on 17 July) included three sessions devoted to scientific discussions and one session devoted to reports of the Division Working Groups. The second meeting (on 21 July) included one session devoted to the future organization of the Division. Besides organisation issues, the points that had been identified by the SOC as being the most important points to be discussed, were the ``Implementation of the IAU Resolutions'' and the ``Precession and Astronomical Standards''. At the opening of the first meeting, the memory of P. Bretagnon and Ch. de Veght, who had outstanding contributions to the topics to be discussed and passed away last year, was recalled.

This report includes the summary of the scientific presentations and discussions in these sessions. It also provides information about the future organization of the Division within the future revised by-laws of the IAU. The reports of Division I Working Groups can be found in the Reports in Astronomy (IAU Transactions, Vol XXVA, 2003, H. Rickmann ed.)


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Nicole Capitaine 2003-10-17