ORGANISATION & OFFICERS

The day-to-day operation of the Club is managed by an executive committee chaired by the President, who serves for a year at a time. The committee meets quarterly.

There are two other committees:

  1. The Publications Committee, which is responsible for the Transactions and other publications and supports the Editor
  2. The Geoffrey Walter Smith Fund Committee, which considers applications for funding for local projects or publications.

THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 

The committee has a maximum of 20 members at any one time. Officers of the Club can be contacted by the Contact Us option.

Officers 2024 to 2025

 
PRESIDENT Howard Tomlinson
VICE PRESIDENTS Rachel Jenkins, David Whitehead, John C. Eisel, Janet Cooper
SECRETARY† Jane Adams  
MEETINGS SECRETARY Anne Harbour
TREASURER†† Jonathan Comber
MEMBERSHIP SECRETARY†† Toby Cusworth
FIELD SECRETARY Sue Olver
EDITOR Terry Morgan
LIBRARIANS Jaqueline Jonson, Marianne Percival
OTHER COMMITTEE MEMBERS Joseph Goldsmith, Moira Jenkins, Duncan James, David Lovelace, Christian Montez, Keith Ray, Will Watson

† Acting Secretary
†† Appointed by the committee as acting officers in February 2024 under Rule III because it was too late to elect them at the usual time

 

The Transactions have regular reports from the Club’s Recorders on various subjects.

RECORDERS Archaeology: Keith Ray
Botany: Stuart Hedley
Buildings: Duncan James
Geology: Moira Jenkins
Mycology: Jo Weightman
Ornithology: Rachel Jenkins
Weather: Ian Porter

PUBLICATIONS COMMITTEE

CHAIRMAN John Eisel
EDITOR Terry Morgan
MEMBERS David Whitehead

GWS FUND COMMITTEE

CHAIRMAN John Eisel
MEMBERS Janet Cooper, Jacqueline Jonson, David Whitehead