Dear Colleagues! I'm following closely the debate on ICOM-L concerning an Annual General Assembly. Rather than repeat what a number of you have already expressed very well, I would just reinforce the point that with an annual GA we can move forward more quickly on possible reforms that I believe we are all looking forward to. Also we need to remember that it is the President who sets the agenda, invites the members and chairs the Annual General Assembly meeting. It seems that we may be confusing the annual General Assembly and the Advisory Committee meeting. The chair of ICOM Mexico Silvia Singer expresses the following: "I am sorry but I see no intervention of our Chairman of the Advisory in preparing this and other issues with us." Quite the contrary. Please go back to the letter I sent out in January with the draft agenda of the Advisory Committee meeting in June or take a look at our website! In both cases you were all invited to send in comments and suggestions for the agenda and to have an open discussion on the overall content of the coming session of the Advisory. The Working Group set up in Vienna meets this coming Monday and Tuesday, April 14-15, so please give us some concrete and specific suggestions as soon as possible! Best wishes Knut Wik Chair, ICOM Advisory - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Change ICOM-L subscription options, unsubscribe, and search the archives at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/icom-l.html