Minutes of the 46th meeting of the Museum Council, January 19, 2006, 11:30-13:00,
National Gallery of Iceland, Laufásvegur 12, 101 Reykjavík
Present were: Ólafur Kvaran, Margrét Hallgrímsdóttir, Jón Gunnar Ottóson, Sveinn Kristinsson, Karl Rúnar Þórsson and Rakel Halldórsdóttir.
1. The minutes of the 45th meeting were approved and signed.
2. Report of the Managing Director. The CEO reported on activities since the last meeting. Museum Council websiteReported progress, the website is expected to be ready by the end of February. Grant reports 2005 most have been received. Draft poster with the announcement of the 2006 grant award. Several changes were approved. The possibility of the Museum Council awarding one museum a year for work well done in a specific field was also discussed. The Director was instructed to examine the idea in more detail. A new powerful scanner, with a valuator, at the Museum Council's office regarding the scope of document processing at the Museum Council. The Chairman and Managing Director, along with Ragnheiður H. Þórarinsdóttir, a specialist at the Department of Art and Museums of the Ministry of Education and Culture, will attend seminar on Nordic museum cooperation in Oslo 25-27 January next It was agreed to have it done logo for the Museum Council and the general manager was entrusted with project management.
3. Publication 2006. Publications from ABM-utvikling were presented. The possibility of translating publications from ABM-utvikling into Icelandic in cooperation with the Museum Council and the main museums was discussed. The possibility of trialling useful books on museum issues in foreign languages by offering them for sale in the museum shops of the main museums was also discussed. It was agreed to entrust the managing director with making a proposal for publication.
4. Museum Council seminar, autumn 2006 – 1st draft. The idea of a seminar on the relationship and cooperation between museums and the school system was discussed. It was agreed to work on the idea further in collaboration with the director.
5. Applications 2006 – criteria and method. After some discussion, it was agreed to review the budget committee’s allocations to museums in the 2005 and 2006 budgets before allocation. It was agreed to request access to copies of applications from institutions involved in museum work to the budget committee from the committee secretary. The Museum Council’s procedures need to be renewed and will probably be renewed with minor changes. The Executive Director will prepare allocation documents and send them to attendees before the allocation meeting.
6. Next meeting and other matters. It was agreed to hold an allocation meeting on February 9th from 9:30-16:30. All general representatives of the Museum Council are invited to the meeting. No other matters were discussed.
There was no further discussion and the meeting adjourned at 1:00 PM/RH.