I have a lot of sympathy with Roger's argument.  ICOM's membership is
overwhelmingly professional rather than institutional, so it would be more
logical to recognise professional achievement.

I know that from time to time the USA National Committee (AAM-ICOM) does
recognise outstanding professional service to ICOM and the wider
profession by AAM-ICOM members.  (I remember the well-deserved
presentation to Paul Perot when I was a guest at their annual meeting a
few years ago.  It would be interesting to know whether other national
committees have similar schemes?  perhaps national committee recognition
in this way could serve as a nomination to a world award by ICOM overall?


Patrick Boylan

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On Wed, 8 Oct 2003, Roger Smith wrote:

++++ [CLIP] ++++

> My preference is for an ICOM award to be awarded to an individual or
> individuals, rather than a museum.  This would be a worthy acknowledgment of
> dedication to the profession and would not replicate museum-based awards
> that already exist (for instance, The European Museum of the Year ).
>

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