Tuesday, June 14, 2016 at: 12:00-14:00
in the North Room in the Museum House, Hverfisgata
Present: Anna Sigríður Kristjánsdóttir, Guðbrandur Benediktsson, Haraldur Þór Egilsson, Sigríður Björk Jónsdóttir, Valborg Snævarr, Margrét Hallgrímsdóttir and Þóra Björk Ólafsdóttir, Managing Director. Absent: Chairman Ólafur Kvaran was abroad, Halldór Björn Runólfsson and Hilmar J. Malmquist.
The meeting began with a presentation by Ingunn Jónsdóttir, National Museum of Iceland, about the Museum's Perspectives exhibition.
Approval and signing of the minutes of the 149th, 150th and 151st meetings of the Museum Council.
1. Presentation case
1.1. Summary of activities since the last meeting.
1.2. The Ministry of Education, Science and Culture's comments on the procedures for the new allocation rules were presented. Three points require further consideration, a completed draft will be submitted for approval at the 153rd meeting of the Council.
1.3. The fund's finances were discussed; a decision has not yet been made on the use of surplus funds from 2015.
2. Matters for decision
2.1 The Museum Council has received all reports on the use of grants from 2014, except for those grants that were granted a deadline. Reports on the use of grants approved.
2.2 Due to the deadline for submitting reports on the use of grants, it was agreed to change the procedure for submitting reports on the use of grants. In future, reports will be requested at the beginning of the following year after the grant is awarded, but the deadline for submission will continue to be one year from the end of the project. It was also agreed to create a special form for deferring the use of grants, which will be submitted through the Museum Council's application form system.
2.3 It was agreed that bids be sought from experts in the design and implementation of the web tree for the new Museum Council website. The cost is not expected to be high, but bids and the size of the project should be clear at the Council meeting in August or September.
3. Other issues
The issues of two museums were discussed at the meeting. The meeting also proposed that the possibility of a smaller grant allocation in the fall be examined, which would depend largely on how much of the previous year's operating surplus the museum fund is allowed to use. The Executive Director will be tasked with examining this in more detail and implementing it.
Other issues not discussed.
Meeting adjourned 13:50 / ÞBÓ