To Fortran users in the UK:

Fortran 2003 is expected to be published as a standard later this year
and WG5 is preparing to consider requirements for the next revision of
the language.  Proposals from users go first to the national member
body (BSI in the case of the UK) before being forwarded to the ISO
committee.

Anyone in the UK is invited to make proposals, using the template
below.  They should be sent to me at the address above to arrive before
the end of March.  Please use the following headings:


Title: this must be short and informative (it will be used in an index)
References: are ISO standards or SC22, WG5, or J3 paper numbers
            (may be blank)
Basic Functionality: a short description
Rationale:  reasons for standardizing the feature including the
             expected users of the feature
Estimated Impact: indicates other features that would be affected and
                   explains how they would be affected
Detailed Specification: as much detail as possible should be supplied


Those from other countries should contact their own national member of
ISO (but please contact me for information in the case of any
difficulty).

David Muxworthy
BSI Fortran convenor