To the presidents and officers of ICOM's international committees (ICs) and the "theme"-based (not regional) affiliated organizations (AOs): At the Advisory's meeting in June this year I was elected representative for the ICs in relation to ICOM's general conference in Seoul in 2004. Since the challenges meeting those of the AOs intending to have sessions in Seoul are of the same character as those of the ICs, I will also try to look after the interests of the AOs. A) I have been asked to make a note on the type of facilities that ought to be offered to the ICs and AOs in Seoul. Input from you will be highly appreciated - and will of course benefit you in 2004. B) As informed in the message from Jongsok KIM, you will soon receive the name and address of your IC's/AO's contact person for the conference. My advice is to establish contact with this person already very early in 2003, for two reasons: 1) Reaching a mutual understanding on your IC's/AO's work and intentions on the one side and the contact person's vision of what you need and what he/she can offer in Korea on the other side, generally takes much time. Additionally, it is not a bad thing to be early in reserving certain facilities for your IC/AO at the times most suitable for you. 2) For a variety of good reasons sometimes a mutual understanding is not reached. If you need another contact person, better do the change early than late. Kind regards Per B. Rekdal President ICME Per B. Rekdal Prosjektleder Kompetanseutvikling for medarbeidere i kulturinstitusjoner - omstilling til et multikulturelt samfunn Prosjektsekretariat: Norsk museumsutvikling P.b.8045 Dep. 0030 Oslo Tel. 21 02 17 15 Fax 23 23 94 41 E-post: [log in to unmask] Prosjektet er finansiert av Nordisk ministerråd, NordBok og Nordisk museumskomité. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Change ICOM-L subscription options, unsubscribe, and search the archives at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/icom-l.html