For at least €10,000 and lots of art love right to unsolicited advice to Holland Festival #hf10

 We at the press do it for free, but people with really big money can buy it: the right to unsolicited advice to the Holland Festival. Today, the festival announced the appointment of a Board of Governors. People with money who like to put it into top culture. A novelty for the Netherlands.

We have the names: G.J. van den Bergh and C. van den Bergh-Raat, W. Bröcker, Ton and Maya Meijer-Bergmans, Irina and Marcel van Poecke, A. Ruijs and M. Ruijs-van Haaften, Sylvia Tóth, Françoise van Rappard-Wanninkhof, Elise Wessels-van Houdt and incumbent board members Fleurie and Sanders have been part of the Board of Governors since this edition of the Holland Festival. They thus form the vanguard of a patronage board, which will eventually consist of 20 people.

This Board of Governors puts money into the festival, gets the right to unsolicited advice and may appoint two members of the nomination committee that appoints new board members. Members commit to the festival for a minimum of five years and also promise to put a fixed amount of at least €10,000 and a maximum of €100,000 into the festival for that period.

The full text of the press release is here:

The Board of Governors binds individuals to the Holland Festival in a special way. They are lovers of art and culture who can contribute to the strategic policy of the festival with their experience, insight and involvement. Knowledge of and affinity with the international performing arts and cultural infrastructure are required to join the Board. The Board of Governors will start with ten people; there is room for 20 - 25 participants.Members of the Board of Governors have rights and obligations. The Board has the right to give solicited and unsolicited advice to the management and board of Holland Festival. This advice is aimed at the development and realisation of the business and artistic ambitions of the festival in the medium and long term. The Board also indirectly influences the appointment of board members. Indeed, the Board has the right to appoint two members of the nomination committee. Members of the Board support Holland Festival for a minimum of five years with a substantial donation. Thanks to these donations, Holland Festival can initiate major international co-productions more often, for which the current budget is only limitedly sufficient.
The Holland Festival's current budget is made up of grants from the Ministry of OCW and the Municipality of Amsterdam, from audience income (ticket sales, merchandising), income from sponsorship and funds, and donations from individuals.