Again thanks to the membership team - I could not manage without their help. Nik Windle and Findlay Watt deal with the renewals and we have recently welcomed two more helpers to the renewals team - Martin Lucas and David Mackenzie. 4000 renewals is a lot to process within a couple of months, each one taking several minutes!

Mike Wigley enrols new members throughout the year, and I deal with membership enquiries and I update and coordinate our data. Now we have the two new helpers, Julian Beach will concentrate on technical aspects of our computer systems, along with Francis Cooke who looks after the website and database.

This year we are issuing membership cards in February, along with Winter Arrivee. So make sure that you renew before end January, otherwise you’ll miss it!

Gerry Goldsmith