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NO
2 – 2010
HIGHEST STANDARDS IN FINE ART SHIPPING
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CHAIRMAN'S REPORT
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A
veteran registrar threw down the gauntlet to ICEFAT by saying “When
I ask for a certain style of shipping case, be it museum, touring,
returnable, or one way, I would like to know what I am going to receive,
or at least be assured that it would meet some sort of minimum guideline.”
At
our 33rd Annual convention in Cape Town, South Africa, ICEFAT officially
formed a Crating Guidelines Sub-Committee charged with developing
a “Best Practice” guideline for shipping case and crate
construction.
This issue of the ICEFAT News presents some of the challenges we
face in tackling this from a global perspective including determining
common terminology (Do you use Air Cap or Bubble pack, Plexiglas or
Perspex?). Our goal is not to develop a definitive set of case pecifications
that must be adhered to worldwide, but rather a guideline of minimum
requirements and standards that are generally
accepted for different crating scenarios.
ICEFAT plans a web-based reference section which would contain images
and descriptions of various styles of cases and materials used in
case construction. We will also include a generic description of materials
used in the process together with the commonly used material names
or trade names used in countries throughout the world.
In this issue we also highlight some of the differences in the requirements
our members are
requested to provide be it country/ region specific, museum specific
or circumstances dictated by the item itself. We illustrate some of
the successes our members have achieved being partners within a global
community of art and exhibition industry professionals.
Of course while undertaking this project, consideration and discussion
will take place with the ICEFAT GREEN team. In conjunction with this
initiative, ICEFAT is pleased to announce that our Environmental Guidelines
Sub Committee is at the moment preparing a brief for presentation
at
the European Registrars Conference to be held in the Netherlands in
November 2010.
Think GREEN, even the
smallest action affects change.
Mark Starling
ICEFAT - Chair
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