The WFS Committee

The club is run by a committee of members elected to take on different roles. These club officers and lay committee members were elected at the club's AGM (annual general meeting) on Sunday 9th June 2019 at our South Eastern branch venue; their details and core functions are set out below.

2019/20 Club Officers

Position	Holder	Photo	Description of role
President	John Dodwell		To ensure that the Society functions effectively and according to its rules.
Vice-President	Colin Mitchelson		To provide cover in the absence of the President.
Chair	Mark Dancer		To agree the agenda, to preside at club meetings, and to ensure that business is properly conducted.
Secretary/ Membership Secretary/ Breeding Records Officer/ Species Booklets Editor	Neil Bickell		To convene all Society meetings, to keep a written record of the minutes and correspondence, and to work closely with the President, Chair and Treasurer in providing leadership to the Society/ To act as the central point for membership queries and deal with subscriptions for existing and new members/ To liaise with members to obtain annual breeding returns in order to provide contributions to The Waxbill, the society's webite, as well as to the general aims of the society/ To act as editor and the principal contact for queries relating to the society's species' keeping and breeding booklets available to purchase.
Treasurer	Andrew Poonians		To conduct the financial business of the club and to provide a financial report for the AGM.
Magazine Editor	Mick Hart		To act as editor of the society's quarterly magazine, The Waxbill, including liaison with contributors through to production of the magazine.
Publicity Officer	Mark Eaton		To act as the principal contact for the Society for promoting the society's activities with current and potential members, as well as with the wider media.
Representative: Northern Branch/ Vice-Chair	Matthew Guest		To act as principal contact for the Northern branch meetings/ To provide cover in the absence of the Chair.
Representative: South-Eastern Branch	Mark Eaton & Neil Bickell		To act as principal contacts for the South-Eastern branch meetings
Events Co-ordinator	Adrian Walls		To promote the WFS at various sales days round the country.
Representative: Western Branch	Vacant		To act as principal contact for the Western branch meetings

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