Minutes of the 91st meeting of the Museum Council – working meeting for the 2010 allocation meeting
February 25, 2010, 12:00 – 16:00, National Museum of Iceland
Present: Margrét Hallgrímsdóttir, chairman, Halldór Björn Runólfsson, Helgi Torfason, Guðný Dóra Gestsdóttir, Rakel Halldórsdóttir, Ágústa Kristófersdóttir. Jenný Lind Egilsdóttir announced her absence due to the weather.
1. Allocation from the museum fund 2010 – allocation criteria:
The general criteria for allocation from the 2010 museum fund were discussed and approved:
Operating grants – criteria: In accordance with the emphases announced in the advertisement for applications to the museum fund and the published Information booklet for museums regarding applications to the museum fund 2010, it was agreed to allocate operating grants based on the following criteria from the museums' annual accounts for 2008:
It was agreed, in accordance with previously announced priorities, to provide museums with an increase in operating funding of ISK 100 thousand for each valid service agreement between the museum and another museum/center/exhibition/institution and other activities in the field of museum work. A service agreement is based on the institution that the museum in question serves benefiting from the museum's professional knowledge of museum work.
It was agreed, in accordance with the previously announced premise in the 2010 grant advertisement, to reduce operating grants to museums that receive operating grants directly from the budget from the Althingi Budget Committee. It was agreed that the operating grants for the museums in question from the museum fund would be 500 thousand kr.
Project grants – criteria: It was agreed to seek to support eligible museum projects that apply for project funding from the Museum Fund in 2010.
Discussion about applications: A proposal for allocations from the museum fund for 2010 was discussed. A formal allocation meeting will be held on March 9, 2010.
One applicant withdrew their application (for a project grant).
2. Next meeting and other matters. The next meeting was scheduled for next week or the week after that. No further discussion took place and the meeting adjourned at 4:00 PM/RH.