AV News 178 - November 2009
Editorial
Jill K Bunting CPAGB & John Smith APAGB CPAGB
It is in a reflective mood that we
start to write this Editorial at the
commencement of our second
year as joint Editors.
We hope that you have all
enjoyed reading our past four
issues and found them both
interesting and informative.
Within the 56 pages we have
publicised and subsequently
reported on all the RPS AV
events that we have been told
about and in addition many other special events, Federation adjudications,
National and International competitions plus all the different club activities that
make up our 'AV World'. We make no apology for this, as, on our travels
around the country doing talks and demonstrations, we have found that as a
partial result of this open policy we have successfully managed to significantly
increase the number of paying subscribers to the magazine. So much so, that,
as Keith Scott mentions in his 'Chairman's Report' presented to the AV Group
AGM 'approximately thirty percent of our magazine income is from paying
subscribers'. Subscriptions are due now for 2010, so please encourage even
more people to subscribe and help make this Your magazine.
Also please keep on sending us all your news, letters and comments for
publication - they really are appreciated.
The AV community was shocked and saddened to hear of the serious car
accident sustained by Sir George Pollock on Saturday 26th September. He
broke his leg in two places and his wrist, but was soon keen to know from the
doctors in Bath how long it would be before he was fighting fit again. He sends
his thanks and regards to all those who have enquired about him and says he
is alive and kicking - albeit kicking with one leg!!
We are sure you will join us in wishing him a full and speedy recovery.
We have just recently received the details of those applicants who were
successful in the latest RPS adjudications which were held on 3rd October,
on this occasion in Bath (see Page 34 for the results). We congratulate all
those who were succesfull and hope that those who were not so fortunate will
not be discouraged from trying again next time. Rather dissapointingly we are
told that the only audience allowed to be present at this particular adjudication
were the individual applicants and their immediate family. Hopefully this was
a 'one off' and just down to the size of the room at Bath. If in the future others
are not allowed to be present to view and more importantly hear the
comments of the panel as to why the sequences achieved, or failed to reach
the standard, how are prospective applicants going to know what the general
'standard' for each level is?
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