The last session of Division I meetings has been devoted to a large discussion on the future of Division I commissions and working groups within the future revised by-laws of the IAU. According to the discussions that have been held during the scientific sessions and during the session devoted to the reports of the Division I Working Groups, Division I Board proposed to continue the Working Groups that have very specific tasks and to establish two new Working Groups: one on ``Precession and ecliptic" (Chair: J. Hilton, USA) and the other on ``Nomenclature for Fundamental Atronomy'' (Chair: N. Capitaine, France). This proposal was presented by the upcoming President, Toshio Fukushima, at the end of the Joint Discussion 16 ``The International Celestial Reference System: Maintenance and future realizations'' (on 22 July) during which the future of the Working Group ICRS, considering a possible distribution of its tasks to some Division I Commissions, has been discussed.
I am grateful to the SOC of the Division I meetings for the valuable suggestions regarding the preparation of the programme. I thank all the contributors to the presentations and discussions during these meeting that have helped in exchanging opinions on scientific issues that are relevant to the division and on the international organization of the work in this field.
Nicole Capitaine
President of the Division
