Our Officers and Committee

Chair

Chair

Stan Abbott

Keeps us all in order, one of the exec who approves membership applications and keeps committee meetings short enough that we stay awake 🙂

Secretary

Julia Goodfellow-Smith

Our secretary is the point of contact for external enquiries to the guild. She takes minutes and is "chief cat herder" in nudging officials to do their jobs on time 🙂

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Membership

Josephine Collingwood

Contact her for all things membership related - whether you are thinking of applying to join the guild, or need membership-related advice as a member

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Treasurer

Gordon Wilson

Members: He's the person who handles all guild related payments (eg subs and Big Weekend deposits/final payments).
Suppliers: Send your invoices to him

Vice-Chair

Ronald Turnbull

The Vice-Chair of the Guild aids our Chair.

Website

Chiz Dakin

Responsible for most of the broken pixels on the site!

Awards Organiser

Awards Organiser

Jacquetta Megarry

Jacquetta manages all things relating to OWPG awards. Send her your Awards entry submissions

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Big Weekend Organiser

Kevin Sene

Kevin is in charge of the OWPG's annual fun-filled social gathering - the Big Weekend. Contact him for all Big Weekend related queries

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Zoom/Blether Organiser

Felicity Martin

Contact Felicity to suggest ideas for future Zooms or Blethers

Social Media Officer

John McFadzean

Send John any links you have for potential inclusion in OWPG Social Media

Committee Officer

Lisa Drewe

General Committee Officer

Committee Officer/Outdoor Focus Editor

David Taylor

General Committee Officer. David is also our outgoing OF Editor. (Please continue to contact David about anything relating to the Winter 2023 edition, but contact about future editions should now go to Alex Roddie.)

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Outdoor Focus Editor (from Spring 2024 edition)

Alex Roddie

Please get in touch with Alex to discuss any suggestions for future articles for Outdoor Focus.