The Society for Breeders of African and Asiatic Small Finches
Page last updated: 17 January 2022
The club is run by a committee of members elected to take on different roles. The 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. This up-to-date list includes those commmittee members who have also taken up co-opted positions in the absence of the 2020 and 2021 AGMs, cancelled because of the Covid-19 pandemic; their details and core functions are set out below.
Position | Holder | Photo | Description of role |
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President | Colin Mitchelson | ![]() |
To ensure that the Society functions effectively and according to its rules. |
Chair | Vacant | To agree the agenda, to preside at club meetings, and to ensure that business is properly conducted. | |
Vice Chair/ Events Co-ordinator | Adrian Walls | ![]() |
To provide cover in the absence of the Chair/ To promote the WFS at various sales days round the country. |
Secretary | Vacant | 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. | |
Magazine Editor/ Membership Secretary/ Species Booklets Editor | Neil Bickell | ![]() |
To act as editor of the society's quarterly magazine, The Waxbill, including liaison with contributors through to production of the magazine/ To act as the central point for membership queries and deal with subscriptions for existing and new members/ 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 Poonian | ![]() |
To conduct the financial business of the club and to provide a financial report for the AGM. |
Web Master/ Breeding Records Officer | Darren Smith | ![]() |
To act as the central point for website queries and update the website as appropriate/ 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. |
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. |
Assistant Events Co-ordinator | Steve Lines | ![]() |
To help with promoting the WFS at various sales days round the country. |
Representative: Northern Branch | Matthew Guest | ![]() |
To act as principal contact for the Northern branch meetings |
Representative: Midlands Branch | Dave Harris | ![]() |
To act as principal contact for the Midlands branch meetings |
Representatives: South-Eastern Branch | Mark Eaton & Neil Bickell | ![]() |
To act as principal contacts for the South-Eastern branch meetings |
Representative: Western Branch | Vacant | To act as principal contact for the Western branch meetings |