Our Officers and Committee

Chair

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

Secretary

Emily Dodd

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 🙂

Membership

Holly Scrivener

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

Treasurer

David Taylor (and Gordon Wilson until Nov 2026)

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

Gordon also remains as treasurer until Nov 2026, ie while the Big Weekend accounts are still being processed

Vice-Chair

Ronald Turnbull

The Vice-Chair of the Guild aids our Chair.

Website

Kate Dakin

Responsible for most of the broken pixels on the site!

Media

Natasha Sones

Contact the Social Media Officer with any offerings you have for the OWPG social media feeds.

Outdoor Focus

Jane Nizi

Contact the Outdoor Focus Editor to suggest/discuss any suggestions for future articles for Outdoor Focus.

Big Weekend

TBC

The BW Officer is in charge of the OWPG's annual fun-filled social gathering - the Big Weekend. Contact them for all Big Weekend related queries

Awards

Sue Viccars

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

Zooms Manager

Rudolf Abraham

Contact our Zooms Manager to suggest ideas for future Zooms

OWPG Substack Managers

Jon Sparks and Ronald Turnbull

This is not a committee post, but it is an important part of our team.
Please get in touch with either Jon or Ronald to offer or discuss any contributions to the OWPG Substack.