February 19, 2013, 12-14:30 at the National Museum of Iceland
Present: Ólafur Kvaran, chairman, Guðbrandur Benediktsson, Haraldur Þór Egilsson, Sigríður Björk Jónsdóttir, Margrét Hallgrímsdóttir, National Museum Curator, Halldór B. Runólfsson, director of the National Gallery of Iceland, and Ágústa Kristófersdóttir, vice-chairwoman (absent: Ragna Árnadóttir)
1.1. New Museum Act; the chairman introduced the new Museum Act.
1.2. Director's report: facilities and daily activities of the Museum Board presented.
1.3. Allocation 2013: the chairman submitted the following proposal for the allocation arrangement in 2013.
- The museum fund's allocation rules from 2010 will be provisionally applied in 2013.
- The main emphasis will be placed on allocating project grants to museums instead of operating grants.
- that the increase in operating subsidies due to service contracts be discontinued, but that contractual collaborative projects be taken into account when determining operating subsidies.
- that the allocation of travel grants be discontinued.
The proposal was approved.
1.5. Timetable for allocation: agreed that the application deadline for the museum fund will be March 26, 2013, and that a proposal for allocation from the fund will be submitted to the Minister by April 30.
1.4. Budget 2013: presented and approved.
2.1 Applications for postponement/change in the use of project grants: applications reviewed and processed.
3. Other matters: Congratulations were extended to the National Museum of Iceland on the occasion of the museum's 150th anniversary on February 24th.
120th meeting – meeting time determined between meetings
There was no further discussion and the meeting adjourned at 2:30 PM/AK.