Minutes of specific Board Meetings

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Dear Science Museum Group,

Please could I see the minutes of your Board Meetings when the decision to move the RPS collection to the V&A was made, together with the documentation advising the Board on the background issues which assisted them in the decision making.

Yours faithfully,

Judith Kahn

Freedom of Information (SCM), Science Museum Group

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Dear Ms Kahn

 

Ref – FOI/2016/0019

 

Thank you for your request for various documents which relate to the
National Media Museum.

 

We have now completed searching for the information you requested.  Please
note that the SMG Trustee Board Minutes are available on our website via
the following link:
[1]http://group.sciencemuseum.org.uk/about-...

 

I have attached the following documents:

Doc 1 – 1 July 2015 Board Paper “NMeM Collections – Photography”

Doc 2 – 2 December 2015 Board Paper “NMeM Cultural and artistic
photography collection”

Doc 3 – 4 March 2015 Board Paper “National Media Museum – Next Steps”

Doc 4 – 26 June 2014 Board Paper “National Media Museum – the way forward”

 

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From: Judith Kahn [mailto:[FOI #319439 email]]
Sent: 01 March 2016 08:07
To: Freedom of Information (SCM)
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Minutes of specific Board
Meetings

 

Dear Science Museum Group,

Please could I see the minutes of your Board Meetings when the
decision to move the RPS collection to the V&A was made, together
with the documentation advising the Board on the background issues
which assisted them in the decision making.

Yours faithfully,

Judith Kahn

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