30.06.2000

ICOM ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING
60th Session

5-7 June 2000
Paris, France

SUMMARY OF THE MAIN POINTS


The Advisory Committee met on Monday June 5 and on Wednesday June
7 in plenary sessions. On Tuesday June 6 the Advisory Committee
separated into two groups, National and International committees.
At 16h00, on June 6th a joint session was held between the two
Committees to report initial findings regarding their discussion
on the proposals recommended by the RTF.

At the invitation of the Russian Delegation, members of the
Advisory Committee were given an opportunity to view an
interactive demonstration of the " 150 Tours of the Most Renowned
Museums of the World ". Once again on behalf of the Advisory
Committee I should like to thank the ICOM National Committee of
Russia and the Russian Ambassador to UNESCO for hosting the
lovely reception offered which followed.

The Advisory Committee meeting had the pleasure of welcoming
Mounir Bouchenaki, Representative of the Director General of
UNESCO, Lyndel Prott, Chief of the International Standards
Section and Isabelle Vinson, programme specialist. We also
acknowledged the excellent contribution of Marcia Lord, former
Editor in Chief of MUSEUM International, who had only recently
retired a few days before the meeting.
 
Jacques Perot addressed members of the Advisory Committee on the
activities of the Organisation. He mentioned particularly the
meeting held in Peru and Bolivia on Cultural Tourism. He
underlined the role played by Yani Herreman, Vice-Chairperson of
the Executive Council in co-ordinating the project. He also
informed members of the main points to be developed within ICOM:
Ethics and Illicit Traffic. He reminded participants of the file
on the Red List, published by ICOM Communications and noted his
letter to the French Minister of Culture deploring the purchase
of restricted objects service. He also underlined the importance
of ICOM's action in response to Emergency situations, noting
particularly the situation of museums in Yugoslavia.

He ended his address on the reform process which is in the
process of development by ICOM. On behalf of all ICOM members
Jacques Perot thanked both the RTF and Ethics Committee for their
work, and most particularly Bernice Murphy for the excellent
report she had produced to facilitate the work of the Advisory
Committee and the Executive Council and other. He also encouraged
members of the Advisory Committee to actively participate in the
process by giving feedback on the proposed changes which would
help us prepare a new start in Barcelona, with the adoption of
revisions to the By Laws.

Bernice Murphy introduced the report of the RTF to members of the
Advisory and informed them it was a 'tool box' to facilitate the
membership in coming to conclusions on the reform process. The
main concern was the structure of ICOM and its functioning. She
asked members to please discuss the main recommendations during
the separate meetings of National and International Committees
and to come back to the plenary session with guidelines and
suggestions for the continuation of the process.

After having adopted the draft agenda, members adopted the
minutes of the 59th session of the Advisory Committee with some
modifications. One of major modification was the amendment as
proposed by the Chairperson of the INTERCOM, Nancy Hushion to
make reference to ICOM's investigation of hosting Web Sites of
National Committees.
 
The Advisory Committee took note of the minutes of the 94th, and
95th sessions of the Executive Council without any comments.

Manus Brinkman presented his report on the activities of the
Secretariat.  He informed members of the current structure of the
Secretariat and the departure of Sophie Op 'teynde , Membership
Assistant and Valérie Chièze, Programme Officer. He also informed
members of the arrival of Saskia Brown, Editorial Assistant and
Cristina Menegazzi, Program specialist. Manus Brinkman also
indicated that Jennifer Thevenot would now replace Valérie Chièze
as the Head of the Programme Activities. Valérie Jullien will be
the Head of the Publications Service and Communication. He
reviewed ICOM's progress on AFRICOM, the impact of the
publication of the Red List, the signing of two important
memoranda of understanding with INTERPOL and the World Customs
Organization to assist the work with respect to stemming the tide
of illicit traffic. He also reported on his very positive site
visit to Korea regarding the suitability of that location to host
the General Conference in 2004. Manus Brinkman spoke eloquently
about his meeting with the National Committee in Belgrade
fostering contact with isolated members. He reflected positively
on the development of closer co-operation with ICCROM to develop
training programmes.

Yani Herreman gave a brief history and an overview the Conference
on Cultural Tourism held in Peru and Bolivia. She also thanked
Manus Brinkman for having found the budget for such a big event.
She outlined the major outcomes of the meeting and said the
meeting had been very successful and useful. She indicated that
further actions may be undertaken following this Conference and
requested the Executive Council's consideration to fund a report
on the meeting's findings.

Piet Pouw presented the 1999 Balance sheet and the Budget for
2000. These two documents were adopted by the Advisory Committee.
However, members of the Advisory Committee requested that in
future this information on actual expenses should be indicated
with the budget and be presented in one document instead of two
for the next meeting in 2001. Some questions were raised with
respect to the ICOM shares, and the need to identify whether any
interest had accrued, and if so where these figures appeared in
the Balance sheet was indicated. Sylvie Délice responded to say
that there is no amount mentioned in the Balance sheet because we
had not sold any shares. She indicated that without sales there
was no bank interest to report.

Mounir Bouchenaki, addressed members of the Advisory Committee on
possible joint actions between ICOM and UNESCO. He also informed
members on action undertaken by UNESCO to preserve the Cultural
Heritage in the world. He focussed on the complementarity between
the two organisations in areas such as illicit traffic of
cultural property, museum development and training and the
importance of the ICOM Code of Ethics. He underlined the
importance of the 1970 UNESCO Convention and informed that
Switzerland may ratify it soon. He also thanked Marcia Lord for
her work with Museum International and informed that Isabelle
Vinson is now the new Editor in Chief of MUSEUM INTERNATIONAL. He
informed members of the Advisory of the future creation of a
major Museum of Egyptian Civilization in Egypt in which he sought
ICOM's participation. He stressed to members the importance of
ICOM's collaboration with UNESCO and offered, on behalf of the
Director General of UNESCO, encouragement to ICOM for its action
for the preservation of Cultural Heritage.

Members were reminded of the resignation of Kassaye Begashaw,
elected as Vice-Chairperson of the Advisory Committee in
Melbourne during the 57th session of the Advisory Committee. 4
members of the Advisory Committee offered themselves as
candidates for the position: Günther Dembski (Austria and ICMS);
Joseph-Marie Essomba (Cameroon); Ersi Philippopoulou
(ICAMT);Hector Rivero Borell (Mexico). 2 other candidates were
also proposed but they were not currently members of the Advisory
Committee, and were therefore ineligible. Members of the Advisory
Committee elected Günther Dembski as Vice-Chairperson of the
Advisory Committee after a vote by a "show of hands". The
Chairperson thanked all of the candidates for their evident
enthusiasm and commitment in submitting themselves for
consideration and congratulated Mr. Dembski on behalf of the
Advisory.

The Members considered the slate of candidates nominated for
election to the Executive Council in 2001. The Chairperson
reported that, following a general invitation to the membership
to submit nominations, 25 Committees had proposed 17 eligible
candidates for the posts of Officers and Members of the 2001-2004
Executive Council [see attached list].One further nomination had
been received well past the deadline date of 15th April and had
therefore been considered ineligible. The members asked a few
questions for clarification regarding the process of nominations.
They then endorsed by consensus the list of candidates for
presentation at the ICOM General Conference in Barcelona in 2001.

Bernice Murphy further detailed both the progress of the RTF and
the process they hoped to follow during the course of this
Advisory Committee. She fielded a number of comments on the
content, reminding members that there was no intention to go
deeply into the details at this time.

Geoffrey Lewis, Chairperson of the Ethics Committee presented the
report of his group and the proposed modifications of the Code of
Ethics. The document was currently only available in English. He
invited members to make their comments and proposed to distribute
it widely for others to make their comments. A final version will
be prepared for Barcelona.

National Committees had previously designated Peggy Loar (USA°)
to continue to chair the meeting held on June 8th and Hadwig
Kraeutler (Austria) as Rapporteur. During their meeting they
discussed about the RTF report and about the ICOM triennial
programme. They asked that the programme reflect the proposed
modifications in the RTF report. They also proposed to have an
annual General Assembly each year. They also proposed
modifications for the redaction of the text.
 
They designated Michel van Praët, Chair of the French National
Committee, To be a member of the Ethics Committee.

During the meeting of National Committees the following were
examined:

*	the Ethics Committee report presented by Geoffrey Lewis
*	the fees for the individual members

For International Museums Day, they endorsed the theme: Museums:
Building Community. National Committees members indicated their
desire to have Peggy Loar and Hadwig Kraeutler serve in the same
positions for 2001. However, Andrea Wells (Barbados) had been
designated to undertake the chairperson's role in Barcelona by
Peggy Loar, in the event she could not ensure her participation
at that time.


International Committees previously designated Nancy Hushion
(Intercom) to continue to chair the meeting held on June 8th and
Patrick Boylan (ICTOP) as Rapporteur. As Patrick Boylan was
absent he was replaced by Pat Young (CIDOC). They developed their
own draft agenda in order to include items on the future of the
Organisation.

The International Committees designated Jean-Yves Marin (ICMAH)
to be part of the Ethics Committee.

Nancy Hushion distributed a survey on the use of electronic mail
to all participants for the RTF.

International Committees asked questions about the amount granted
to the committees as a regular subvention. They took note that
the amount depended on the number of voting members of the
Committee.

For the International Museum Day the International Committees
developed two themes linked with globalisation and museums:
preserving the past for the future. They also supported the
theme: "Museums: Building Community". They also discussed the RTF
report and thanked Bernice Murphy for the excellent work done by
the Working Group. They also examined the possibility of
eliminating the non-voting member category. They finally decided
to keep it but they indicated that better means of communication
with non-voting members should be found. In addition, they
discussed the size of the International Committees and observed
that within the ICOM Statutes an International Committee may be
dissolved.

They wish the RTF to examine ICOM's finances and the
possibilities to raise funds. They also recommended more links
between the International Committees. They reminded that the
International Committees are amongst the principal tools of
ICOM's work but they only received a small part (4 %) of the
budget to develop programme activities. They endorsed the
recommendations that ICOM create a permanent committee with
respect to the financial and legal aspects of the Organisation.
During its plenary session, the Working Group on International
Committees indicated that they were not in agreement with the
formation of a new International Committee for University
Museums, unless further information was presented. Members
however agreed to accept the proposal of IAMAM to become an
International Committee. They also accepted the new name of ICAA
as the International Committee for Decorative Arts and Design
being the International Committee for Decorative Arts and Design.

Members of the Advisory took note of the presentation made by
Andrea Garcia Sastre, on the General Conference for 2001. She
explained the extraordinary efforts of the Organizing Committee
to ensure the support of the various governmental institutions
which was essential to the success of the Barcelona meeting.
Members of the Advisory asked to be informed of the address of
the Web Site for ICOM 2001, the list of keynote speakers, and
also asked that problems relating to the visas be resolved by the
Organizing Committee. Members expressed their concerns regarding
the lodging of participants and the place where the meetings will
be held. They asked whether the Organizing Committee had
negotiated special rates for airfares. Andrea Garcia Sastre
indicated that an agreement had been signed with the Iberian
Company. She also provided the Web site address and informed
members of the provisional list of speakers. The Chairperson
informed that the Organizing Committee had already been advised
to address the visa issue.

Andrea Garcia Sastre informed members that there would be a
commercial Trade fair. The organizing Committee also expressed
the desire to open some sessions for the general public who may
be interested. This suggestion was well received by the Advisory
Committee.

For ICOM 2004, members took note of the report from the Chairman
of the National Committee of Korea, Buyong-mo Kim. They very much
appreciated the video presentation of the proposed conference
centre and cultural aspects, extraordinary heritage and excellent
museums, and noted the generous financial support envisaged from
governmental and private sources. The Advisory Committee agreed
by acclamation to present the candidacy of Korea for the 2004
General Conference.

Bernice Murphy then offered a report on the suggestions of the
participants with respect to the Reform process outlined. She
emphasised the importance of the recommendations (R) and agreed
that some might be changed before the presentation in 2001 during
the General Conference. For instance she mentioned R#11
concerning honorary members. She underlined the wish to have them
recommended by 3 national Committees instead of one. She
reiterated on the need for ICOM to expand the number of members
of the Executive Council to accommodate a balance of skills
experience and a geographic representation. She reviewed for
members the major recommendations which may require statutory
change. These included R#13 on Student Membership and R#28, R#29,
R#30 and R#32 on the governance, size and structure of the
Executive Council ; R#49 on a Finance Resources Committee, R#52
on a Legal Affairs & Properties Standing Committee, R#51 on a
bureau (still under examination by the Executive Council and RTF)
and R# 53 on an annual General Assembly and elections.

She also underlined the importance of the financial and legal
aspect of the Organisation. The RTF would seek to have further
legal advice in this regard. Bernice Murphy also spoke about the
problem regarding the issue of copyright. She noted for example
the need for protection of ICOM's name and logo. Members of the
Advisory asked that the report of the RTF be placed on the ICOM
Web Site. The Chairperson reported that this had already been
discussed and agreed with the Secretariat. Members of the
Advisory have expressed the wish to have one document combining
the RTF Action plan and the triennial programme for 2001-2004.
After some considerable discussion on the issue of lack of
representation during the discussion of the proposed reforms, the
members approved unanimously on a motion presented by Peggy Loar
(USA) and seconded by the Canadian Representative to give the RTF
their mandate to continue on the major lines of evaluation and
reform proposed in the RTF report.

The members decided to approve the need for an extraordinary
meeting of the Advisory Committee in early December to further
discuss the RTF report and the 2001-2004 Triennial programme.

Concerning the theme for the International Museums Day the
members decided to adopt Museums: Building community; while
requesting further assistance in terms of interpreting the theme
in advance of the date in 2001.

Concerning the proposal for the hosting of Web Sites of National
Committees, Manus Brinkman acknowledged the proposition, and
noted that it had been the subject of a consultant's report just
being submitted to the Executive and the financial aspects will
be studied further in terms of the impact on the Organisation.

A letter from Monica Garrido, member of the Advisory Committee
and representative of the National Committee of Argentina was
read outlining the history of the issue and proposing the
adoption of Spanish as an official ICOM language. I indicated
that this proposal is already being considered by the Executive
Council within the reform process and that the RTF would reflect
on these issues in their deliberations.

Christiane Logie, thanked those members (approximately 50% of
ICOM membership) who responded to the survey regarding emergency
situations. She however felt disappointed regarding the number of
replies. She indicated that she would present a detailed report
to the Executive Council.

Members of the Advisory thanked the Chairperson and members of
the RTF, as well as the Secretariat for all the work done for the
preparation of this session.


2000/AD.08rev.1		juin / June 2000	

Liste des candidats  /  List of candidates

CONSEIL EXECUTIF 2001-2004
2001-2004 EXECUTIVE COUNCIL


Les notices biographiques des candidats sont disponibles sur
demande au Secrétariat de l'ICOM et seront publiées dans une
brochure annexée aux Nouvelles de l'ICOM N° 1/2001

The biographical notes of all candidates are available upon
request at the ICOM Secretariat and will be published in a
brochure jointly with ICOM News No. 1/2001



Ci-joint, la liste des candidats pour le Conseil exécutif
2001-2004 qui a été acceptée lors de la 60e session du Comité
consultatif qui s'est réunie du 5 au 7 juin 2000.

Cette liste présente les nominations reçues au Secrétariat de
l'ICOM au 15 avril 2000 et proposées par les Comités suivants :

Argentine - Congo - Croatie - Cuba - Danemark - Espagne -
Etats-Unis - Equateur - Finlande - Islande - Italie - Lettonie -
Mexique - Niger - Norvège - Paraguay - Pérou - République
centrafricaine - Rép. dém du Congo - Roumanie - Suède - Suisse -
COSTUME - ICMAH - ICME - ICR -ICTOP

****

Herewith is the list of candidates for the 2001-2004 Executive
Council endorsed during the 60th Session of the Advisory
Committee held from June 5 to 7, 2000.

This list indicates nominations as received to the ICOM
Secretariat by April 15, 2000 from the following Committees :

Argentina - Congo - Central African Republic - Croatia - Cuba -
Denmark - Dem. Rep. of the Congo - Ecuador - Finland - Iceland -
Italy - Latvia - Mexico - Niger - Norway - Paraguay - Perú -
Romania - Spain - Sweden - Switzerland - United States - COSTUME
- ICMAH - ICME - ICR - ICTOP

2000/AD.08rev.1	juin / June 2000



Liste des CANDIDATS / List of CANDIDATES
CONSEIL EXECUTIF 2001-2004  /  2001-2004 EXECUTIVE COUNCIL


A. RESPONSABLES / OFFICERS

1.	Président / President
Jacques Perot	France

2. Vice-Président(e)s / Vice-President(e)s
Yani Herreman	Mexique/Mexico
Bernice Murphy	Australie/Australia 

2.	Trésorier / Treasurer
Camila González Gou	Espagne/Spain	


B. MEMBRES / MEMBERS

Lucía Astudillo	Equateur/Ecuador
Oscar Centurión Frontanilla	Paraguay 
Gary Edson	Etats-Unis/United States
Mónica Garrido	Argentine/Argentina	
Maurice Licky	Rép. centrafricaine/Central African Rep.
Pascal Makambila	Congo
Ivo Maroevic	Croatie/Croatia
Dumitru Murariu	Roumanie/Romania
Elisabet Olofsson	Suède/Sweden
Giovanni Pinna	Italie/Italy
Mahamane Saley	Niger
Martin Schaerer	Suisse/Switzerland
Shaje'a Tshiluila	Rép. dém. du Congo/Dem. Rep. of the Congo

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