Oct 1996 - International Council for Traditional Music

ANNOUNCEMENTS33RD ORDINARY GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE ICTMMembers are herewith given notice, in accordance with Rule 7c, that the 33rdOrdinary General Assembly ofthe International Council for Traditional Music shallbe held on Friday, June 27, 1997 from 2 to 4 p.m. (14:00-16:00 o'clock) in the GreatAula of the Pedagogical University in Nitra, Slovakia.AGENDA:I. Apologies for Absence2. President's Report3. Minutes of the 32nd General Assembly4. Business arising from the Minutes5. Report of the Executive Board given by the Secretary General6. Election of Officers and Members of the Board7. Other Business (by leave).Only members in good standing for 1997 are entitled to participate in theGeneral Assembly and to vote.NOMINA TIONS OF OFFICERS AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARDAccording to Rule 8b, ''Nominations for the Officers and the nine OrdinaryMembers to be elected may be made by the Executive Board, by National Committeesor by two members, being residents of two different countries. All nominations otherthan those made by the Executive Board, must reach the Secretary in writing at leastsix months before a General Assembly to be included in the postal ballot, which shalltake place in the three months preceding each Ordinary Meeting of the GeneralAssembly. The results ofthe election shall be announced at the General Assembly".Only nominations sent in by paid-up members and postmarked on orbeforeDecember27, 1996 will be accepted.In accordance with Rule 8c, the Officers of the Council, i.e. the President andthe two Vice Presidents, shall retire at each Ordinary Meeting of the GeneralAssembly, but shall be eligible for re-election.President Erich Stockmann and Vice-president Oskar Elschek have declaredthat they will not stand for re-election.Also according to Rule 8c, three Ordinary Members of the Executive Boardshall retire at each General Assembly, but shall be eligible for immediate re-electiononly once. The retiring Ordinary Members are: Dr. Max-Peter Baumann, Germany,Prof. Salwa EI-Shawan, Portugal and Or. Stephen Wild, Australia.COOPTION TO THE EXECUTIVE BOARDAt its 81st meeting the Executive Board of the ICTM eo opted Dr. Wim vanZanten, The Netherlands, chairman of the Program Committee for the Nitra Conference.4TH MEETING OF lCTM NATIONAL REPRESENT ATIVESCo-chairs Krister Maim and Lisbet Torp invite ICTM National Representatives(NRs) to participate in the 4th meeting to be held during the Nitra Conference inSlovakia, June 25-July I, 1997. The exact date will be sent with the next Bulletin.10AGENDA:I. Opening of the meeting2. Business arising from letters received from NRs3. Business arising from the Executive Board meeting preceding the ICTMConference in Slovakia4. ICTM flyers (new editions in languages other than English; policy ofdistribution)5. Intellectual rights6. UNESCO collection7. Directory ofInstitutions of Traditional Music (new edition)8. Briefpresentations ofNRs9. Other business.Upon registration at the 34th World Conference in Slovakia, National Representativeswill receive an updated and detailed agenda incorporating the topics,questions, and problems arising from letters received from ICTM National Committeesand Liaison Officers.NEW ICTM LIAISON OFFICER FOR UZBEKISTANThe Board has appointed Or. Alexander Djumaev ICTM Liaison Officer forUzbekistan. We are grateful to his predecessor, Or. Otanazar Matyakubov, for hisservices to the Council.NEW ICTM DUES STRUCTUREAt its 81 st meeting the Executive Board was compelled to raise membershipdues after 6 years to account for steadily increasing postal rates and costs for ICTM'svarious services to members.The new rate structure (below in US$) takes effect on January I, 1997:Life Member 500.00 (after 12/3 1/97:700.00)Joint Life Members 750.00 (after 12/31197: 1,000.00)Ordinary Member 40.00Joint Members 60.00Student Member 25.00Supporting Member (min.) 60.00Corporate Member 150.00Institutional Member 45.00.The Board decided not to raise life memberships in harmony with the othermembership categories butto leavethematthecurrentrateofUSS500.00 (single) and750.00 (joint) for another year. This was done to give members the opportunity to joinfor life at a very reasonable rate (depending on age) until January I, 1997, when lifememberships will be increased to US$700.00 (single) and US$I,OOO.OO (joint).NEWS FROM ICTM AFFILIATED GROUPSStudy Group on EthnochoreologyDuring its recent symposium in the Czech Republic in August, the StudyGroup re-elected Egil Bakka (Norway) andAnca Giurchescu (Denmark) for four yearsas Vice-Chair and Secretary !Treasurer, respectively. The ICTM Dance NewsletterEditor, William C. Reynolds, was likewise re-elected for a four year term.The new Sub-Study Group on Ritual Complexes in Comparative Perspectives11