During the GA the Task Force for the Preservation and Digitization of Photographic Plates (PDPP) held an open two-session meeting, during which a formal merger between the WG-AC/CdC (Commission 8) and the TF-PDPP was confirmed. A dominant fraction of the members already belonged to both groups, and the nature of the merger is such that the activities of the WG-AC/CdC are now performed by the TF-PDPP.