•The GCVS has no IAU
financial support since 1994, so we are not discussing money.
•We can decide to close the
GCVS project. However, it must be finished,
with a new modern version prepared for all “old” GCVS stars, including those from Name-Lists, with current knowledge incorporated and improved classification system applied. This
should be done in any case, and we will
do it. Also, people like GCVS star names, use
them,and want their discoveries to be
named.
•We can ask other people, with better
resources than in Russia, to continue. If
we have willing candidates, we will be glad to help them with our knowledge and collected information. (Best approach so
far: the International Variable Star
Index, AAVSO). We are not going to refuse to
continue, and this option will not be our initiative.