Big Weekend the future
A warm welcome to our new Committee
The 2024 AGM at Preston Montford brought about major change in the OWPG ’ s Committee . Incoming Guild Chair Josephine Collingwood introduces the new and continuing Oficers .
An enormous thank you goes to the retiring Officers and Committee members who have worked so hard over the previous years , including :
• Stan Abbot
• Alex Roddie
• Jacquetta Megarry
• Felicity Martin
• Lisa Drewe
• David Taylor
• John McFadzean . Another enormous thank you goes to the newly elected members who have stepped up and into new roles . I am genuinely excited about the ideas , drive and enthusiasm within the Committee . Over the last few months , I have gathered ideas and suggestions about the future of the OWPG , culminating in a brainstorming strategy session at the Big Weekend . Imbued with our new Vision & Values ( see page 6 ), these ideas and suggestions will form the framework of what we do next , to grow the OWPG , its visibility in the industry and its reputation . Let it begin !
OWPG Committee 2024
Chair Josephine Collingwood Vice Chair Ronald Turnbull Secretary Julia Goodfellow-Smith Treasurer
Gordon Wilson
Website
Chiz Dakin Diversity , Equality & Inclusion
Dee Crute
Media
Dee Crute Big Weekend Organiser Kevin Sene Awards Organiser Sue Viccars Outdoor Focus Editor David Jordan Zooms Organiser Dr Andrew Read Membership Secretary
Josephine Collingwood Alex Roddie continues on the Committee in a general role as voice of sense and reason .
Dee Crute , our inaugural Diversity , Equity and Inclusion Officer , has also taken control of our Social Media : so important as the guild ’ s face ( indeed Facebook ) towards the world .
Sue Viccars has taken on the administration of the Awards for Excellence . Details on the 2025 awards will be coming out early next year .
Jon Sparks and Ronald Turnbull have launched a guild newsletter on the Substack platform . An update on this is elsewhere in the magazine .
David Jordan has taken up the editorship of Outdoor Focus . His contact details are at the start of the magazine .
Dr Andrew Read is the new manager of the guild ’ s Zooms programme . He ’ s currently looking for presentations for 2025 : could you offer something either interesting or useful ( or even both at once …) or can you suggest someone who might ?
All of these are two-way streets , existing for the membership but also from us . The OWPG website has contact details for all guild officers under ‘ Our Officers and Committee ’.
PHOTOS Chris Howes
12 OUTDOOR FOCUS Winter 2024 – 25