We, CASTME Europe ( Commonwealth Association of maths Science  and
Technology Educators) organized a conference last year in Malta and had a
number of fake applications from Nigeria- luckily the university conference
office were alert to this
We are holding another conference in Cyprus next April- do come! Details on
www.castme.org 

Sue Dale Tunnicliffe
Chair CASTME Europe

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> From:         Abungu
> Reply To:     International Council of Museums Discussion List
> Sent:         Friday, August 22, 2003 3:02 PM
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> Subject:      Fake conference registrations?
> 
> Dear colleagues,
> 
> I have been reading all the emails regarding fake conference registration
> forms with interest... I am actually surprised that it has caused such a
> stir; do fake registrations come in such huge numbers to cause great
> alarm?
> 
> Since Nath has been kind enough to offer to 'screen' prospective
> participants from Nigeria, I hope that those with any doubts take him up
> on
> the offer. As for AFRICOM, we have not experienced any such fake requests
> from any country. 
> 
> Concerning Per's suggestion that AFRICOM and other representative bodies
> of
> African museums should find ways for some kind of simple authorisation of
> conference registrations... I think it would be very difficult indeed for
> AFRICOM or any other body to act as any kind of continental 'Registration
> Police'. However, I welcome everyone to make enquiries to AFRICOM to
> verify
> museum professionals against our database. I am pleased to say that the
> 2003
> edition of the 'Directory of Museum Professionals in Africa' will be
> available in hardcopy and on our web site very soon, and this can also be
> a
> way of checking true professionals (although not necessarily ICOM
> members).
> It must however be kept in mind that the Directory reflects only those who
> responded to the questionnaire, and there are undoubtedly more
> professionals
> out there who did not...
> 
> I think that ICOM committee conference organisers just need to be vigilant
> and confirm registrations according their own internal systems.
> Furthermore,
> I agree with Giovanni Pinna who points out that "le problème ne doit se
> poser que pour les demandes  d'enregistrement adressée par des personnes
> qui
> ne sont pas membres de l'ICOM" (the problem only exists for registration
> requests from those who are not ICOM members). Therefore, it should be
> quite
> simple to send an email to the concerned country's ICOM committee, or to
> the
> friendly people at ICOM Membership Services, who can verify if someone is
> a
> member or not.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Lorna
> 
> 
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> 
> Lorna L. Abungu
> Executive Director
> International Council of African Museums - AFRICOM
> Museum Hill Road
> P.O. Box 38706, Ngara
> 00600 Nairobi
> KENYA
> 
> tel. 254-20-3748668
> fax. 254-20-3748928
> 
> www.african-museums.org
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