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Contents 2 President's Report 4 From the Editors 5 Letter to the Editor 7 National Conference 12 AICCM State Division News 14 An Interview 15 Special Interest Groups 16 Working Parties 17 Can you help? 18 Conservation Matters -What do you think? 22 Conference and Workshop reviews 24 With reference to references Lab and People News 25 NSW 29 SA 31 TAS 31 ACT 32 WA 32 VIC 36 Cleaning the Dirt off Money in Conservation: Ethics and Economics I I .· ... 38 News from IIC .. ,,.. ~ ... :' . ~. • I I • ·" •., ~ ·. '. AICCM does Science Tasmanian Division at A Balinese lontek at the Week 2011 Port Arthur Powerhouse Pres ident 's Report I President's Report While the work of National Council 39298542806600?sk=wall) but we are specifically for AICCM, on advocacy has followed standard procedures set still trying to find ways to make that and lobbying techniques. We all over many years, we have also been work in a useful fashion. So visit it found this very useful and Council working on finding a more efficient - and like us! Any development ideas will be looking at ways we can get and interesting - way of working, as has are most welcome ... this information out to the broader been discussed at the last AGM. membership- possibly with a series Publications of workshops. With this in mind, we began 2011 with a two-day face-to-face meeting in Sydney 1. Following the membership discussion 2. We have also been working towards to plan our work for the year, along of The Bulletin and the need to securing a Patron for AICCM. We with a longer-term view. The meeting retain it as peer reviewed journal, developed a set of criteria that we replaces the two one-day face-to-face it was decided that The Bulletin would like in a Patron, then put meetings that were normally scheduled would no longer publish AICCM together a short list of possibilities. through the year, as it was felt that there conference proceedings, and will We then all rated them and the result was never enough time during those one focus on research papers submitted was .... We have yet to contact this day meetings to get into the 'nitty gritty' for peer review and publication. We person, but we are hopeful that they of what we wanted to achieve. The two have also re-established an Editorial will agree. If anyone has any other day meeting yielded great results as we Committee for the Bulletin. suggestions for a patron that they would like to put forward we would had time to really talk about some of our 2. Our Publications Officer (Cobus be happy to hear from you. major issues and ideas. Van Breda) is working solidly on Our main areas of focus are as follows: a review of all our publications 3. We have also decided to establish in order to determine if we need an Advocacy Standing Committee, to look at different options. This as we see this as an area requiring Communication review includes the Newsletter, The some immediate attention. Given 1. We are still keen on finding a simple Bulletin, and the web site. our approach of engaging members way to have an email discussion outside of Council to help with our 3. Following on from the successful list for the membership. This is not work, we will shortly be putting out a transition of web site editors (from as simple as it sounds with various call for anyone interested to be part Alice Cannon to Sheldon Teare), systems tried- NING and Facebook of that Standing Committee. (current) to name a couple. The we are looking at undertaking simplest approach - emaillist - the same process (advertising to 4. As you can see we have been busy has other issues attached such as the membership) for engaging a putting together some advertising moderation and archiving. We are new Newsletter Editor. We are material for AICCM use during actively pursuing this goal of having coming up to the last edition relevant events - like workshops, a simple and quick discussion forum undertaken by Fiona Tennant and AICCM stands, talks etc. They are for members. Julian Bickersteth, and we will be all here at the conference, and every advertising shortly -so keep an eye state representative should take 2. We have re-introduced the Student open! We had a fabulous response one home with them. Thanks must representative on National Council, for the web site editor. An enormous go to lan Batterham and his crew with the two university programs vote of thanks is due to Alice, Fiona for the design, and Susie Collis for alternating each calendar year to and Julian for all they have done organizing the banners. nominate the representative. for the publications and profile of 3. We are working towards putting the AICCM. 5. We have re-engaged, on a case-by strategic plan onto the website. Of case basis, a PR consultant Chris Hornsey. Chris undertook work course, this means reviewing the Advocacy and PR plan .... for AICCM several years ago and 1. Following on from last year's AGM was very supportive, informed and 4. We have established a Facebook in Melbourne, Council members efficient. Chris is used when we page (http://www.facebook.com/ and others interested attended need to draft a press release, simple pages/Australian- lnstitute-for-the a workshop run by lan Cook, statement etc. Conservation-of-Cultural-Materials/1 2 AICCM Na tional Newsletter President's Report Paid Executive Officer ordinating AICC M 's submission for in private ha nds and was established AICCM h as A f ew years ago, we had a sho rt period the development of the N a tional by Quentin Webster. when we had funds to employ an Cultural Policy. You will have seen agreed to be pa rt of the organizing keep you posted on executive officer. This pe riod w as her requests for co ntributions co ming group and we will eno rmously bene fici al a nd productive through the all member ema ils. how it progresses. - it was during this time we established 4. Code of Ethics Review - Chair, 9. Spe cial Events Standing Committee the Public Fund. It is Co uncil's be lief Robyn Sloggett. Very much a work - earlier this year we called for that a pa id executive is the n ext major in progress, but we will hear abo ut expressions of interest for those step for AICCM, as there are many progress during the conferen ce at interested in being part of this fabulous things that we want to do the 20:20 Summit discuss ion and committee, which will be established for the association, but simply do not presentations. to deal with Special Events -such have the time or e nergy to get to in as Conservation Week, or o ther 5. Editorial Committee- Chair, Cobus any susta inable f ashion. This will be initiatives that p romote AICCM a nd eda (al so Publications Officer our next t ask a nd focus with the new Van Br conservation but are not pa rt of the on Co uncil). Other members include Council - how can we quickly m ove regular work of Co uncil. We did not elle Scott, Miche lle Berry, Fiona to a p osition to e mploy a part time Marc have much r espon se, but perhaps Tennant, Amanda Pagliarino. executive? there might be some more interest 6. HEART - Cha ir, Kay Soderlund. now? Please contact me if you are Ongoing Activities and Other Still moving along, a nd getting closer interested. This committee would be Initiatives to a training day or two. I a ttended a fun one to be involved with! an AIC-CERT training week in San Keeping in line with the Council model Kay Soderlund Diego earlier this year, which was of wo rking with our members who are informative regarding a disaster not on Council, we ha ve a few activities most network and training of participants. in place that sho uld be me ntioned - 7. Conservation W eek - we are 1. Environmental Guidelines Task g to establish a Conservation Force (Working Party), Cha ir Julian ho pin in 2012, but are struggling Bickersteth. Much progress has Week a good name. We will been made, a nd the draft Australian to find g other bo dies interested in guidelines should be launched by invitin ervation (s uch as the Profess ional the end of this year. If you h ave pres Framers A ssociation) to be any e nquiries please contact] ulian Picture in this week with us. Once Bickersteth. involved established we are ho ping collecting 2. Mo uld Reme diation Wo rking Party institutions will get onboard and -Cha ir, Elizabeth Had low. Also really promote con servation a nd their working away, but a little way off con servators during this week. If having reco mmended guidelines for an yone has any suggestions of a good safe practice mo uld remediation. A name we would love to hear it! full progress report is included in the al He ritage Preservation newsletter. 8. Cultur Foundation (CHP)- this is 3. Blue Sky Wo rking Party- Cha ir something that we have just Mary Jo Lelyveld. This is a random, become involved with and is in and fun, small group devoted to its early stages. Essentially, it is a lateral thinking and special projects. group established to champion the At the mome nt, Mary ]o is eo- preservation of cultural he ritage held No 11 9 N ovember 20 11 3 From the Editors From The Editors This edition of the Newsletter is dominated by reports on the highly successful AICCM National Conference held at the National Library of Australia from 19'"-21" October 2011.