ICOM Costume News 2007:2 ICOM Costume News 2007:2 October 20, 2007 INTERNATIONAL COSTUME COMMITTEE COMITÉ INTERNATIONAL DU COSTUME Remarks from the new Chair In order to send out this Newsletter as quickly as possible – and to keep this Newsletter from becoming too large – The wonderful and inspiring meeting in Vienna the Objectives have not yet been translated into French was a perfect send-off for the Committee’s new and Spanish. We will include them in the next Board, with three former Chairmen present: Ann Newsletter and/or send them out separately. Coleman, Mariliina Perkko and Joanna Marschner. Their dedication developed the Committee to what it is today, and our Afin de pouvoir envoyer Nouvelles du Costume le plus remarkable meetings are proof that their efforts vite possible – et pour restreindre le nombre des pages – have paid off. I’m proud and honored to head les Projets d’action de la nouvelle direction n’ont pas up the Committee’s new Board, which encore été traduit ni en francais ni en éspagnol. Le texte represents a fine spectrum of experience in the va être inclu dans le prochain numéro ou envoyé field of costume. séparément. As you will see in this Newsletter, we have decided to present a number of objectives on Con el objetivo de despachar esta Informativo lo más which we will concentrate in this three-year rápido posible – y para que esta Informativo no se period. Please read them carefully and be sure to extienda demasiado – los Objetivos todavía no han sido send your comments and suggestions. In the traducidos al francés y al español. Estos serán incluidos coming Newsletters we will describe each en la próxima Informativo y/o enviados en forma project in more detail, shaping them according separada. to your reactions and input. I look forward to hearing from you – and seeing Thank you! as many as possible next year in Chile! I would like to thank all the members of the Katia Johansen Costume Committee for their warm words and [email protected] little gifts to mark the end of my term as Chair. It has been an honour and pleasure to be part of such an interesting and friendly community. Joanna Marschner 1 (28) ICOM Costume News 2007:2 Minutes Annual General Meeting - This year saw the termination of the contract with John Zvereff, the Director General of ICOM Costume Committee ICOM. The interim Director General is Mr Piet 22 August, 2007, Vienna, Austria Pouw from the Netherlands. - At the Advisory meeting just held in Vienna, 1. Call to order: the following information was presented: Knut Chair Joanna Marschner called the meeting to Wik (Norway) was elected as the new Chair of order at 9:08 AM. Present: 36 members. the Advisory Committee. The work of this Regrets from: Naomi Tarrant, Karen Finch, committee over the last three years included the Sandy Rosenbaum, Britta Hammar, Katalin formation of working groups looking into the Foldi Dozsa, Sigrid Pallmert, Heidi Rasche, working and role of the International and Mirjana Menkovic, Ann Resare, Pernilla National Committees. There is a new Rasmussen, Dorothea Nicolai, Birgit Haase, Aija Nominating Committee. The ethics code has Jansone, Gundula Wolter. Aude le Guennec (just been revised. New mentoring grants have been the AGM). established to allow young members of ICOM to attend meetings (one of which was awarded 2. Approval of Minutes of 13 October 2006, to a member of the Costume Committee, Aude Copenhagen, Denmark: le Guennec). There have been two editions of the Journal of Intangible Heritage , continuing the Secretary Katia Johansen presented the Minutes. debate on this subject which formed the basis of As the Minutes from last meeting were printed the last Triennial meeting in Seoul, South Korea. in Newsletter and distributed today, it was The Standing Committee on Legal Affairs had agreed to dispense with reading them aloud. made new links with the International Bar Four actions to be taken were noted; all actions Association, to assist in the debate surrounding have been or will be taken. These action items the cultural protection and rights of indigenous were: location of 2008 meeting, location of 2009 peoples, intangible heritage, meeting, allowing time for new members to copyright/intellectual property. 2006 saw the introduce themselves early on in the conference, 60 th anniversary of the foundation of ICOM. and preparing a draft of a promotional brochure. The Museums Emergency programme now Chair Marschner asked for a show of hands covers 99% of the world through its contacts approving minutes – passed unanimously. with allied associations. 3. Chair’s report : - There were two matters of particular concern Chair Marschner presented the following report: to the Costume Committee which were - Over the last six years the number of members discussed at the Advisory meeting. ICOM of the committee has grown steadily, with more announced the launching of a new members young members becoming involved. And - more database. As well as allowing a more efficient members than ever are attending the annual way of up-dating membership details it will have meetings. We have managed to publish four the facility to host forums and news pages. The volumes of proceedings of the last meetings system will be centrally managed, and which is a wonderful achievement. This year we maintained. Visit www.icommembers.org to see were successful in our bid to secure one of a template or protoype of the message board th ICOM’s special 60 anniversary grants which (until September 15). ICOM also launched its was used to publish the 2006 Proceedings. So – I Strategic Plan 2008-1010, and announced its new want to say thank you for all the wonderful work guiding principles: to strengthen ICOM’s global the members of the committee have done since impact; to provide leadership in advocating the 2002 – to Alex and Elizabeth, to Bianca and value of heritage; to champion effectiveness and Rainer, to Ann and Katia and Britta and Pernilla. high standards in museums; and to ensure the It has been just great to know that they would be resources required to effectively implement the there as help, support and with kind and sound strategic plan. ICOM would like to see these advice through all the good projects and all the principles embedded in the work of difficult times too – so THANK YOU all. International and National Committees. 2 (28) ICOM Costume News 2007:2 - There is a suggestion from the Advisory the latest Costume News. The Committee now Committee that there should be a change in the consists of 249 members, of which there are 8 principles for the allocation of the subvention institutions. Institutional membership of ICOM payment to the International Committees. At is relatively expensive, which means that it may present there is a standard subvention paid for instead be cheaper – and more popular – with each member. This means that the committees individual memberships at many museums. which are the most wealthy are the ones who have lots of members, but don’t have a very Our membership has grown from 165 voting lively programme. The change suggested would members in 1996 to 249 today, an increase of 84 divide the subvention into three grants. The first members. Until 2003 we had both voting and for basic costs would be calculated on member non-voting members, the latter almost as numbers as would the second communication numerous as the voting members. As our main grant. The last grant would be called an activity income consists of the annual subvention from grant where the number of people attending the ICOM for voting members who have paid their annual meetings would be taken into account. ICOM dues on time, we are naturally interested This would have a significant advantage for our in the number. From 1998 the membership fell committee. We are of average size, but we are slightly over a four year period, but since 2002 it ambitious in our programmes and our meetings has grown steadily with an average of about 10 are very well attended – so I think we should new members pr. year. Surprisingly, only about keep an eagle eye on this discussion. 40% of all ICOM members have chosen to join an international committee such as ours – so if - In this the Triennial year our committee has to we wish to attract new members, the submit not just the annual report about our membership of ICOM is right to hand. activities, but also a bigger explanation of our work over the past three years. We were also Updating membership information seems to run asked to comment on a number of points to aid more smoothly now, but it is still dependent on the revising of ICOM’s strategic plan. As I have members themselves submitting changes to ICOM mentioned earlier one of the matters considered at: [email protected] . The Secretary can in the present ICOM strategic plan, was to get a not change personal information on behalf of better idea of the working of the international members. committees such as ours. We have faithfully answered all their questions. As Secretary I field a number of requests for information. Among them from the director of a It has been a delight to deal with Margot Costume museum in Tehran, the actual existence Schindler and her team, and Dorothea Nicolai in of which I was not able to confirm. We have the devising of this year’s lovely programme. I also received an invitation from ICOM UK to know that there will be opportunity to thank contribute to their bi-annual Newsletter – their them properly later, but let me start here by editor Lucy Watts thought that a short article saying well done, and thank you so much.