The terms of reference for the WGSN[REF] for the period 2016-2018 were approved by the IAU Executive Committee at its meeting on 6 May 2016 [REF].
While initially the WGSN would focus on incorporating 'past' names from history and culture, in future it would be responsible for defining the rules and enabling the process by which new names can be proposed by members of the international astronomical community.