Commission 19 elections for new officers, new members and consultants, that have been made elctronically before the GA, have been approved. The new OC has thus been formed and new members of the Commission have been accepted.
A discussion on the future of the Commission and Commission Working Groups within the future revised by-laws of the IAU has led to a proposal of the enlargement of the scope of the Commission to reference systems. According to such an evolution, the name of the Commission would become ``Earth rotation and related reference systems'' and the terms of reference would include the corresponding tasks of the Division I Working Group on ``the International Celestial Reference System''.
I am grateful to Commission 19 Organizing Committee for the suggestions regarding the preparation of the scientific programme of the meeting and to all the contributors to Commission 19 meeting for their valuable input to the work of the Commission during the General Assembly.
Nicole Capitaine
President of the Commission