The Collections Council’s formal context
The Collections Council of Australia Ltd is a not-for-profit organisation, established in late 2004 as a Company limited by guarantee (ABN 49 111 135 123) and governed by a Constitution.
The members of the Company are appointed in consultation with the Cultural Ministers Council. Members meet annually to consider the Financial and Audit reports, and on an ad hoc basis as required under the Corporations Act 2001 or the company Constitution.
Corporate documents
The company’s Constitution, strategic plans, annual operational reports, and selected policies can be downloaded from this website. Click HERE to access the document repository.
Annual review, 2008-2009
During 2008-2009, the CCA continued to break new ground following the Cultural Ministers Council agreement to support the CCA’s operational costs for an additional two years. In April 2009, the Board of the CCA reviewed its major guiding statements, drawing up a revised vision statement and setting a new strategic direction:
Vision
All Australians and their governments committed to policies and practices that ensure Australia’s collections will always inspire, amaze, inform and delight Australians and the world.
Strategic priorities
· Develop and promote a sustainable collections sector model as the accepted benchmark for nation-wide policy development and sector funding
· Build collaboration to develop and promote the sustainable collections sector model.
By drawing on the CCA’s past achievements and ongoing activity in areas such as conservation / preservation, digital collections, significance assessment and regional collections, it is anticipated that the CCA’s planned activities will help achieve a more sustainable future for Australia’s distributed national collection.
During the year, the CCA published Significance 2.0: a guide to assessing the significance of collections and distributed over 3,500 copies to Australian collecting organisations and international subscribers. The CCA also launched online guides to legal issues and standards for Australian collecting organisations.
The CCA continued to advocate for the collections sector through submissions of nationwide importance. It represented the sector on many different issues. Media and public interest in the organisation increased, particularly on national radio, specialist media and in the regional press. Positive feedback has been received through an increased number of subscriptions to the e-Bulletin, greater use of the CCA’s website, and the large quantity of appreciative messages that have reached the CCA following the distribution of Significance 2.0.
This year the CCA farewelled its long-standing Chair, Sue Nattrass. Her contribution to the CCA over four years was extensive, linking the CCA with many different organisations and advocating on a wide range of issues to a broad audience. On 19 February 2009 the CCA thanked Ms Nattrass for her enormous input and welcomed Mr Noel Turnbull as Chair.
The CCA continues to provide secretariat services to Blue Shield Australia (BSA), the Australian branch of the International Committee of the Blue Shield which contributes to efforts to protect cultural heritage threatened by natural and man-made disasters.
The CCA earned a total of $18,795.64 in activity generated income.
Click HERE to download a PDF document that reports the highlights of 2008-2009.
Click HERE to download a PDF document that reports the highlights of the previous year, 2007-2008.