23rd ANNUAL GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF ICOM

In line with the ICOM Statutes adopted on Friday 24 August 2007 in Vienna
(Austria), a General Assembly of ICOM will be held during the meeting of the
Advisory Committee.


Dear colleagues,

I am honoured to invite the members of ICOM to attend the 23rd General
Assembly of ICOM on Tuesday 3 June 2008, from 9.00 a.m. to 11.00 a.m. in
UNESCO House, Salle II, 125 Avenue de Suffren, 75007 Paris (France). Metro
station: Ségur. 

I hereby remind you that each National and International Committee must
appoint five (5) members to vote on its behalf. Each Affiliated Organisation
must appoint three (3) members to vote on its behalf.
The forms to be used to appoint these representatives and voting lists for
participants in the General  Assembly can be downloaded from the ICOM
website http://icom.museum/general_assembly.html.

I look forward to seeing you in June 2008.  

With my best  regards, 


Alissandra Cummins 
President of ICOM


Article 10.  General Assembly

Section 1. Authority: The General Assembly is the legislative body of ICOM. 

Section 2. Members: The General Assembly consists of all individual,
student, supporting, and honorary members and the designated representatives
of institutional members. Only individual members and representatives of
institutional members who have been designated as voting delegates by
National Committees, International Committee and Affiliated Organization in
accordance with Section1 1, 2, and 3 of Article 7 have the right to vote at
the General Assembly of ICOM. 

Section 3. Meetings :Ordinary General Assembly - The General Assembly will
hold an ordinary session at least once a year at the time of the annual
meeting of the Advisory Committee. 

The quorum for an Ordinary General Assembly is a simple majority of the
number of members present, or members with the right to vote represented by
a proxy (the number of proxies per member is indicated in the Rules of
Procedure). If this quorum is not reached, the General Assembly will be
convened again in the same location within twenty-four (24) hours at the
latest. Whatever the number of members then present, the General Assembly
has the power to deliberate. The decisions of an Ordinary General Assembly
are taken by a simple majority of the members present. 

The Ordinary General Assembly makes decisions on recommendations from the
Executive Council (i) on changes to the conditions on application for
membership. 

The Ordinary General Assembly elects members of the Executive Council
(Article 11, section 1 and Article 14, section 5)

The Ordinary General Assembly meets at least once a year, within six (6)
months after closure of the fiscal year, to rule on the accounts.

The Ordinary General Assembly will meet in triennial session, on the same
dates and in the same place as the triennial General Conference, as
described in Article 20 of this document.

Extraordinary General Assembly - The Executive Council, on the
recommendation of the President, can convene an Extraordinary General
Assembly to adopt amendments to the Statutes and items of importance
proposed by the Executive Council and/or the Advisory Committee, as well as
by National and International Committees and/or Regional Alliances and
Affiliated Organisations. The decisions of the Extraordinary General
Assembly are taken by a two-thirds majority of the members present and
represented.

The Extraordinary General Assembly has the authority to amend all aspects of
the Statutes.

List of Participants - An attendance sheet will be signed during every
General Assembly by the members who are present and by representatives
having received a proxy. The Chairperson reviews the attendance sheet and
guarantees its accuracy.

Minutes - A report on the deliberations and decisions of each Assembly will
be prepared by the Director General and approved by the President. Copies or
extracts are made available to members in an electronic or printed version.

The Minutes must indicate the date, place and agenda of the meeting, the
mode of convening, the names of the members present and represented, the
documents and reports submitted for discussion, a summary of the debates,
and the texts of the resolutions with the results of the votes.

Section 4. Official invitation to the assemblies  

The Executive Council establishes the agenda of the General Assembly and
convenes the Assembly at least thirty (30) days before the date fixed for
the meeting. The meetings of the assemblies will take place at UNESCO, 1 rue
Miollis, 75732 Paris Cedex 15, France, or in any other location indicated in
the official invitation.

I) An official invitation is sent at least thirty (30) days before the date
of the meeting by the Director General to all the members of ICOM composing
the assembly.

II) An announcement is published in ICOM News, or on the Web site of ICOM.  

The official invitation includes the date, time and place of the meeting, as
well as the agenda of the assembly.

Section 5. Authority of the President.

The President of ICOM chairs the General Assembly. If the President does not
wish to exercise this function, one of the two Vice-Presidents shall chair
the General Assembly.

Section 6. Vote. During the sessions of the General Assembly and notably
during the election of the Executive Council, each National and
International Committee has the right to appoint five (5) of its voting
members (individual members or representatives of institutional members) to
vote in its name on questions subjected to a decision of the General
Assembly. Similarly, each Affiliated Organisation has the right to appoint
three (3) of its voting members (individual members or representatives of
institutional members of ICOM), under the same conditions.

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