04.12.2014 12:00-14:00
in a meeting room on the 6th floor of the National Museum of Iceland
VPresent: Ólafur Kvaran, chairman, Anna Sigríður Kristjánsdóttir, Haraldur Þór Egilsson, Guðbrandur Benediktsson, Sigríður Björk Jónsdóttir, Anna Lísa Rúnarsdóttir, Halldór Björn Runólfsson and Ágústa Kristófersdóttir, acting chairman. Absent: Hilmar J. Malmquist.
Minutes of the 136th meeting signed.
Presentation case
1. Summary of activities since the last meeting.
2. Presentation of applications for the museum fund in 2015. A total of 38 applications for operating grants and 130 applications for project grants were received from 50 parties. The total amount of applications for project grants is ISK 156,167,846.
Matter for decision
1. Proposal for the processing of applications for the museum fund approved. Those members and alternates on the museum council who are deemed incompetent in evaluating applications will not participate in evaluating applications for the fund in 2015. Alternates will be announced for HÞE and SBJ. Alternate GB is deemed incompetent. For each application, one council member is designated as the 1st reader and his/her grade counts 30% of the final grade. The weight of the assessment of other readers is 23.3 %. Grades must be submitted on a sheet of paper provided for this purpose to the museum council office on January 12, 2015.
2. Draft submission from the Museum Council to the Minister of Education and Culture regarding access to information on the collections of recognized museums reviewed and approved.
3. Draft resolution of the Museum Council to recognized museums following the research symposium reviewed and approved.
4. The supervisory role of the museum council – valuations from two parties were reviewed and it was agreed to enter into agreements with both parties as soon as the framework of the project has been determined during the preparation of the budget. An agreement will now be reached with the National Museum of Iceland on the development of a form for monitoring the museums' building facilities, museum facilities, preservation of artifacts and security issues.
Other issues:
The next general meeting of the museum board will be on January 15th, the allocation meeting will be on January 22nd. No further discussion and the meeting adjourned at 14:30/ÁK