Dear Colleagues, NATCC (North American Textile Conservation Conference) is a not-for-profit (501(c)3 organization that was formed to improve the quality of textile conservation by sponsoring biennial conferences and publishing the papers from those conferences. After our eleventh biennial meeting in Mexico City, we will have 2 open positions and are inviting applications from our North American colleagues to join the 12-member board of NATCC.
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 biennial conferences. The NATCC Board meets twice per year, once during the AIC Annual Meeting and once at another time and place agreed upon by the Board. During a biennial conference year, the second meeting generally occurs on the day after the conference. The language of business for the Board is English. NATCC does not reimburse Board members for travel expenses associated with attending Board meetings. We are especially interested in bringing our meetings to a wider geographic area, which requires regional board members to serve as the nucleus for the local committee. With that in mind, we would like to hear from our colleagues in Canada, the southwest, mid-west, and west coast of the United States, and Mexico. Among the qualifications that the NATCC Board is seeking are - a proven ability to work collaboratively, fluency in Spanish and/or French, South/Central American affiliations, institutional support, and/or previous Board experience. Those interested in serving on this congenial Board should write a letter describing their experience, qualification and statement of interest to: Esther Méthé, NATCC Secretary, [email protected]. Letters are due by November 10th, 2017, The Board will announce its decision by December 5th, 2017. We invite you to contact any current Board member for more information: Emilia Cortes, [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>; Joy Gardiner, [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>; Caterina Florio, [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>; Liliana Garcia-Alonso, [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>; Christine Giuntini, [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>; Hector Manuel Meneses Lozano, [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>; Esther Méthé, [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>; Denise Migdail, [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>; Lorena Román, [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>; Sarah Stevens, [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>; Howard Sutcliffe, [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>; Joel Thompson, [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. Please share this message with textile conservation colleagues who may not subscribe to this list. Thank you, NATCC Board of Directors -- Christine Giuntini, Conservator Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas The Metropolitan Museum of Art 1000 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10028 ****** Unsubscribe by sending a message to [email protected] Searchable archives: http://cool.conservation-us.org/byform/mailing-lists/cdl/
