Dear CIMCIM community,

It was great to see many of you at the CIMCIM Annual Meeting 2023, 29 August – 1 September 2023, onsite in the Netherlands and online during the live-streamed sessions.

CIMCIM’s next important upcoming event is the online Business Meeting on Thursday, 5 October 2023 at 15:00 – 17:00 h Paris time (CEST/UTC+2). We look forward to seeing everyone online on Thursday!

Other ongoing CIMCIM activities during August-September 2023 include:

23 August: CIMCIM Bulletin published (CIMCIM website)
25 August: CIMCIM Conference 2023 programme and links for online attendance announced
29 August: CIMCIM Board meeting at the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
29 August: CIMCIM Annual Meeting Welcome reception at the Pianola Museum, Amsterdam
29 August: CIMCIM Board dinner, Amsterdam
29 August – 1 September: CIMCIM Annual Conference 2023 in the Netherlands
2 September: CIMCIM post-meeting excursion + tour, Museum Vleeshuis, Antwerp, Belgium
7 September: Editorial sign-off on final proof of CIMCIM China 2018 Proceedings (annual meeting 2018), organised with CCMI (Committee of Chinese Musical Instrument of Museums and Collections)
8 September: CIMCIM Chair attended ICOM IC Chair meeting
12 September: Executive Board meeting (online)
12 September: Board Meeting (online)
13 September: ETHCOM September webinar on the revision of the ICOM Code of Ethics for Museums. Topic Three: Education
18 September: Receipt of official invitation to host the 2026 CIMCIM Annual Meeting from the V. Sarajishvili Tbilisi State Conservatoire (Tbilisi, Georgia)
22 September: Annual assembly of ICOM France, CIMCIM’s Vice-Chair attended and reported on the CIMCIM activities
27 September: ETHCOM September webinar on the revision of the ICOM Code of Ethics for Museums. Topic Four: Collections and Research
27 September: CIMCIM 2023 Annual Business Meeting Agenda and CIMCIM Strategic Plan 2022–2025 distributed to membership on CIMCIM-L
28 September: CIMCIM 2023 Annual Business Meeting Agenda and CIMCIM Strategic Plan 2022–2025 posted to website

The CIMCIM Board will meet every month, and if you have matters that you would like the Board to take up, please let us know.

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Thank you and best wishes on behalf of the CIMCIM Board,
Marie Martens
CIMCIM Secretary