Convergence of UK conservation organizations

Conservators in the UK are presently being consulted about plans to
converge all(or most of) the existing conservation bodies.  Members
of The Institute of Paper Conservation will have a questionnaire to
fill out and send back by the end of this month. As a representative
of many independent conservators who have some serious concerns
about the proposals, I have been asked to urge you to read  the
consultation document carefully and return it with your comments .
This is the members chance to have input into these proposals.

The next IPC A.G.M. is not as advertised on Thursday, March 27,
2004. It will be on Thursday March 25, 2004.

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    <URL:http://www.nccr.org.uk/convergence/>

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    While this message is particularly addressed to IPC members, if
    I understand the situation, it should be of interest to members
    of:

        BAFRA   British Antique Furniture Restorers Association
        BAPCR   British Association of Painting
                Conservator-Restorers
                (formerly ABPR--The Association of British Picture
                Restorers)
        BHI     British Horological Institute
        CCF     Care of Collections Forum
        ICHAWI  Institute for the Conservation of Historic and
                Artistic Works in Ireland
        IPC     Institute of Paper Conservation
        IPCRA   Irish Professional Conservators' and Restorers'
                Association
        NatSCA  Natural Sciences Collections Association
        PhMCG   Photographic Materials Conservation Group
        SoA     Society of Archivists
        SSCR    Scottish Society for Conservation and Restoration
        UKIC    United Kingdom Institute for Conservation

Laila Hackforth-Jones


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