I agree with you Patrick and quite frankly can't see the need for something called a 'Young Professional' grouping or committee. The beauty of any national or international committee, that I have belonged to, is that the younger ( new ) members intermingle with the old ( existing) and exciting dialogue results. Added to this is the ability to have full ICOM voting rights which you mention. This type of separatist agenda to form a splinter group seems at variance with the aims of ICOM and I am not sure of the true motives? best wishes Roger ----- Original Message ----- From: "P Boylan" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2005 10:57 PM Subject: Re: Young Professional Group (update) > On Wed, 24 Aug 2005, Mario Bucolo wrote: > > +++++ [CLIP] +++++ > >> Last week I meet, informally, in Paris the ICOM General Secretary and we >> talk about this idea. He was happy about this initiative and he want to >> look >> again to the proposal after a better definition about who will join the >> group, the group goals and strategic plan to achieve the goals. >> He was very clear that the creation of a new International Committees >> inside >> ICOM it will be difficult (also regarding burocracy) and with long times >> (about Vienna 2007 general assembly). > > ================= > > Mario: > > Please remember that if your suggested Group is eventually constituted as > an official ICOM International Committee any "younger" ICOM member joining > it would not be allowed to be a full ("voting") member in any other > International Committee, such as the International Committee for their own > academic or professional specialisation (ICME, Nat Hist, CECA, ICMS or > whatever). (This is clear under the Statutes and Rules of ICOM, which > allow full membership in only one International Committee at a time.) > > I am sure that nobody - least of all the younger members - would want to > cut themselves off from perhaps more senior professional colleagues in > their own specialisation in this way, so some other structure would be > needed. > > > > > Patrick Boylan > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > > Change ICOM-L subscription options, unsubscribe, and search the > archives at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/icom-l.html > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.10.15/82 - Release Date: 25/08/2005 > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Change ICOM-L subscription options, unsubscribe, and search the archives at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/icom-l.html