The new State Secretary Rick van der Ploeg announced in a letter on the 8th of September to the Board of the Foundation that a subsidy had been awarded over a period of several years of FL. 600,000 till the year 2001.
With this decision the Department of Education, Culture and Sciences follows the positive advice of the Council for Culture. In this decision the board sees the recognition of its changed policy after last year's reorganisation. After settling in Nijmegen an end came to a number of long-lasting conflicts, and in one year the necessary results could be shown, both with regard to the archives, the acquisitions and the activities. This newsletter will give more information about this.
Marja Alofs, chairwoman of the Nijmegen Foundation for the celebration of the centenary birth of Joris Ivens has joined the board of the Foundation. In 1998 she was sworn in as young town councillor in the same council meeting, in which Joris Ivens was made honorary citizen of his native town by mayor Ien Dales . Marja Alofs was among other things an alderman for Culture of the municipality of Nijmegen for six years and she has an consultancy for Trends and Communication.
Elles Erkens took Elles van Genugten's place in the secretariat. Elles, thanks for your great effort.
