The WFS Committee

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.

2020/21 Club Officers

Position	Holder	Photo	Description of role
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

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