Call for North American Textile Conservation Conference (NATCC) Board Members
NATCC seeks 3 volunteers to join its 12-member Board of Directors. NATCC is a not-for-profit (501(c)3) organization that was formed to improve the quality of textile conservation by sponsoring bi-annual conferences and publishing the papers from those conferences.
As specified in the NATCC Bylaws, new Directors are elected by a majority of the Board to serve a 4-year term. Board members, who must be practicing textile conservators, curators, or scientists, are responsible for the organization of the bi-annual conferences. The NATCC Board meets twice per year, once during the AIC Annual Meeting and once at another time and place selected by the Board. In the years when a conference is held, the second meeting generally occurs on the day after the conference. NATCC does not reimburse Board members for travel expenses associated with attending Board meetings.
Among the qualifications that the NATCC Board is seeking in its new members are – Spanish and/or French proficiency/fluency, South/Central American affiliations, institutional support, previous Board experience, and experience/willingness to serve as Treasurer. Board members should be residents of North America.
Those interested in serving on this congenial Board should write a letter describing their experience, qualification and interest to: Joy Gardiner, NATCC Secretary, jgardiner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx. Letters are due by November 1, 2005. The Board will announce its decision by November 4, 2005. If possible, new members should attend the Board meeting to be held Sunday November 13, 2005 in Mexico City.
For more information, feel free to contact any current Board member: Julia Burke, j-burke@xxxxxxx; Emilia Cortes, emilia.cortes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; Shannon Elliott; shannon.elliott@xxxxxxxxxxx; Joy Gardiner, jgardiner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Judy Gomez Gonzalez; judy_gomez@xxxxxxxxxxx; Susan Heald, healds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Claudia Iannuccilli, cpian@xxxxxxx; Lorena Román, jbgclove@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Sara Reiter, sreiter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Gwen Spicer, gwenart@xxxxxxxxxxx; Suzanne Thomassen-Krauss,
thomassenkrauss@xxxxxx; Deborah Lee Trupin, Deborah.Trupin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx