In The Netherlands we have c. 880 individual members of ICOM.
Based on the Dutch National membership list (obtained from ICOM) I was able
to break down the numbers of Voting Members per IC as well as the number of
associated members (non-Voting).
The interesting thing is that even if a country as NL is having a large
amount of ICOM members only just over one quarter has taken the effort to
register as a Voting Member in one of the IC.
Int. Comm. Voting members Non-voting members Total
AVICOM 2 7 9
CECA 34 22 56
CIDOC 13 10 23
CIMAM 23 21 44
CIMCIM 2 2 4
CIMUSET 2 6 8
CIPEG 3 1 4
COSTUME 9 5 14
DEMHIST 2 1 3
GLASS 5 5
ICAMT 7 8 15
ICDAD 14 14 28
ICEE 3 12 15
ICFA 16 15 31
ICLM 2 1 3
ICMAH 11 7 21
ICME 10 10 20
IC MEMO 0
ICMS 5 1 6
ICOFOM 6 20 26
ICOM-CC 46 10 56
ICOMON 4 4
ICR 5 6 11
ICTOP 1 8 9
INTERCOM 2 17 19
MPR 11 12 23
NATHIST 2 6 8
UMAC 5 2 7
Total Voting = 240 / 229 = Non-voting
Had all the Dutch members registered in one or the other IC (something that
actually is the case in the Danish national committee) these IC's would have
gained not only active support of members but also a substantial extra
financial input (remembering that the annual support from ICOM to the IC's
is based on the number of Voting Members)!
It is in the interest of the IC's, and of ICOM, that the National Committees
feels an obligation to inform their members to register as a Voting Member
in one of the IC's of their choice. The members benefit from the information
and networking provided within each IC - and the IC from the extra $'s.
National Committees must ask their members to go to this ICOM website:
http://www.icom.org/form_eng.rtf
Fill in the form and send it to Paris!
Yes, it is very unfortunate that all national and international committees
have to duplicate databases and mailing lists.
We have a long way to go to achieve active participation among our members.
ICOM is much more that a membership card that gives fee access to museums.
The many benefits of being an (active) member of one of the IC's are what we
have to export. To this end we also need legal and financial means that
makes this possible.
Jørgen Wadum
ICOM Netherlands / ICOM-CC
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From: International Council of Museums Discussion List
[mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Leonard Will
Sent: Monday, April 08, 2002 10:17 AM
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Subject: Re: CONSULTATION ON YOUR REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEES
In message <021001c1ddde$e120dcb0$8de3e740@cr805216a> on Sat, 6 Apr
2002, Lynne Teather <[log in to unmask]> wrote
>I wonder if the UK even with its high percentage of post-grad museum
>studies/etc. opportunities records a high membership in ICOM, and if so to
>which committee are they affiliated? I don't see them at ICTOP? Mr. Will
>you will know this I'm sure.
We have nearly 500 individual members and 40 institutional members of
ICOM in the UK. Our data on international committee membership is not
definitive, because members join ICs by contacting the Secretariat
direct, not through the National Committee. (It is unfortunate that all
national and international committees have to maintain their own
databases and mailing lists, duplicating information held in Paris,
because the central database can not yet be accessed or updated through
the Internet.)
We ask our members what ICs they have joined and, though their memories
are sometimes unreliable, our records show that there were 35 members of
ICTOP, broken down as follows:
Institutional Individual
Voting 1 11
Non-voting 4 19
Patrick may be able to estimate numbers of potential members to compare
with these figures.
Leonard Will
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