The discussion about International Committees is interesting and useful. It seems that the issues involved can be grouped in: 1. IC legal status. If we want ICs to be legal entities, then we certainly need professional advice. In case ICs will be legal entities, they will have lots of legal and fiscal obligations towards the authorities of the “adoptive” country. Which will this be? France, the seat of ICOM, or the Chairperson’s country? If it is France, then the IC Board will have obligations towards a country’s administration they are not familiar with (unless they are French). If it’s another country, will the seat of IC change every three years? My opinion is that legal status is not just an issue of decision. Under the present circumstances, I doubt if it’s feasible, for practical reason. And in case the ICs don’t have an autonomous legal status, how can they “merge” with the AOS, which do have legal status? 2. Creation of new ICs. It’s democratic to have always the possibility to create a new IC, according to the needs of the membership, but we have to establish the eligibility criteria and the procedure of approval. The proposal of the Task Force is reasonable. 3. Evaluation of ICs. Yes, but the consequences must also be agreed for minor of for major lapses and they must be gradual. Ersi Philippopoulou Ex-chair of ICAMT - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Change ICOM-L subscription options, unsubscribe, and search the archives at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/icom-l.html