ICOM Australia AGM

Thanks to everyone who participated in last week’s AGM, either in person or via a proxy. A list of the new Executive team for 2012 is available on the ICOM Australia website at Executive Board.

We welcome Carolyn Forster, President of National Museum Australia Friends, to the Board, and farewell Jonathon Sweet whose contribution, particularly in relation to Blue Shield, will be greatly missed.

Travel bursaries

ICOM Australia offers travel bursaries to individuals who have been members for three or more years. For details see the members' area at: Bursaries

ICOM-ASPAC 2012 Assembly

The ICOM-ASPAC 2012 Assembly will take place in Wuhan city, Hubei Province, China from 24 to 27 September 2012. The general theme of the Assembly is 'Today’s museums: interdisciplinaryaApproaches'. ICOM-ASPAC 2012 will bring ICOM family members in Asia and the Pacific Region together to discuss how today’s museums are dealing with the issues of inter-disciplinarity.

For further information about the event and the submission of papers members can contact Ms. Ivy Huang, secretary of Chinese Museums Association in Beijing, at icom_china@yahoo.cn. A webpage will apparently be available soon.