UKIC Stone and Wall paintings Section      DRAFT ONLY

 

 

 

Minutes of the Committee Meeting Tuesday 6 May 2003 6pm

The Mad Bishop and Bear Public House, Paddington Station

 

Present:

 

Steve Sedwell, Ben Wild, Louise Bradshaw, Caroline Babington, Robert Gowing, Seamus Hanna, John Burbidge

 

Apologies:

 

Beverley Pound, Vicky Roulinson, Ruth Mcneilage, David Odgers

 

AGENDA

 

1.      Minutes of the last meeting

2.      Matters arising

3.      Chair’s report– UKIC conference

                               Convergence

4.      2003 AGM– outstanding issues and next year…

5.      Forward events programme

6.      Related Sections’ activities

7.      Editors’ report

8.      Treasurer’s report– forward budget forecast

9.      AOB

10.  Dates and venues for next meetings

 

1.0  Minutes of the previous meeting

The last meeting was prior to AGM and was informal. It was not minuted as only 4 attended. Last official meeting was January 03. RG will discuss with CB

Action RG

 

2.0  Matters arising

None

 

3.0 Chair’s report

      RG reported on the previous week’s UKIC Council Meeting. Topics discussed included Convergence, UKIC 2004 Conference, and change in regulations for institutional membership of UKIC

3.1 Institutional members are to limited to 2 for any section to create a fairer system, and also encourage individual uptake of membership.

3.2 Convergence of UKIC with other conservation professional bodies in UK and Ireland is being investigated. UKIC is supportive of the idea and is currently seeking approval to continue negotiations (see Conservation News). 4 bodies approached: UKIC, ScottishSSCR (Scottish group), IPC, and Photographic materials group. , Photographic…If successful this might lead to possibility of ‘chartered’ status for new body. Strong view at Council meeting that sections should retain current identities.At Council, the impression given was that section chairs were very reluctant to see any changes to the current section-based arrangements.  The idea of regional groups has been put forward, but limited numbers may make this unrealistic. The UKIC 2004 conference may be used to launch this. RG suggests initiating an email discussion, so that section views on this issue can be developed for discussion at Council.

            Action RG

       3.3 UKIC Conference 2004. RG reports that it is planned that sections shouldCouncil is encouraging Sections to organise workshops alongside the conference, and suggestions are welcome. Fee structure and content of conference itself have now been decided. There is an awareness that private conservators may find the fees difficult, and efforts are being made to help with this.

       3.4 Pilgrim Trust Conservation awards 2004. RG is on the sifting panel for this and wants to encourage applications. SH (previous winner) says application is straightforward and would be happy to supply copies of his entry if anyone is interested. Deadline is June 30 2003. Innovative work is important, and entries tend to be research based. RG noted that all last year’s entries had web sites. RG wants positive promotion. Ideas for judges discussed– people are needed who can get this into public domain.

       3.5 RG asked council for policy on half year membership. At present back issues of publications are supplied, but not a percentage reduction of annual fee.

       3.6 Fees for UKIC membership are recognized as being discouragingly high for those entering the profession, and discounts are being investigated.

      

4.0 2003 AGM St Paul’s Cathedral

General agreement that this was successful. Only criticisms were that tours might have been more ambitious, and there need to be more time for discussion/questions. SS paid bills for this event and needs paying, RM may also be owed money for this.

      Action SS

 

5.0 Forward Events programme

      More events for stone conservators needed to balance the wall paintings days listed below.

     5.1 Oxford trip. All arranged for 10 May 2003 coach trip. Agreed that LB should arrange donations of £50 for each of the 3 churches visited (acknowledgement for donations will be requested). Expects total of around 25 people. M Katkov will write up the day.

             Action LB

            5.2 Peterborough September 2003 – date to be confirmed with PLP (JB to chase)

Action JB

      5.3 Coventry 4 October 2003. Date now fixed, event requires advertising.

            5.4 Baroque day seminar 1660’s-1720’s possible date in January 2004. Location either RA or Chiswick house. Former would be ideal. CB to contact Pauline Plummer, and following this Peter Schmidt (Fabric surveyor) to start negotiations. Draft list of speakers drawn up by RG. JB suggest linking this with Tate event. Katy Lithgow has suggested to RG contacting Angelique Freidrichs because of her recent research on Baroque wall painting technique. RG suggests preprints for this series and perhaps CD’s.

            Action CB

 

        6.0 Related Sections’ activities

        nothing to report

 

       7.0 Editors’ report

        JB has timetable for editing deadlines in table form. Web site is organized and all information to go on this. Chris Weeks will be in charge of  updating.

 

       8.0 Treasurer’s report

Budget plans not put forward for this section. High turnover of treasurers in last few months has been problematic. Money is in account but can’t be accessed, and outstanding bills need paying. SS is to send paperwork in. RG is to supply address and details for this. However, accounts have been submitted and approved. Regarding Oxford trip LB is holding cheques, and has paid for coach. Cheques for this section currently need signing by 2 people, and RG suggests at least 4 should be authorised to do this to speed payment up.

         Action SS and RG

 

        9.0 AOB

                        9.1 RG suggests a non-returnable email service is trialled, with the idea that if successful responses might be allowed at a later date. RG will initiate a Stone and Wall paintings address list.

                        9.2 Four new members since Feb

                        9.3 CPD reviews. 96% return rate, of these 10% will be reselected for review (excluding failed reviews).

                        9.4 SS suggests initiative to target architects to educate them as to standards for conservation. Recognition from them of the importance of ACR status is needed. SS requests RG takes this up at Council. RG reports that there are 2 vetted lists of conservators– the UKIC, and the Heritage Information Network (funded by EH). RG notes that EH feels there is no conflict in having 2 lists. Creating a professional forum where architects and conservators could come together was discussed. RG notes this will probably come up at 2004 conference, and that Chris Woods is working with these ideas already with his benchmark standards for conservation. SS to articulate ideas– couple of paragraphs– and RG will circulate.

                        Action SS and RG

 

10.0  Dates and Venues for next meetings

 

        1st or 3rd July 2003 Bristol

         9th or 11th September 2003 Paddington

        28th or 30th October 2003 Paddington

         Christmas event to be arranged

 

 

 

 

The meeting ended at 8.30pm