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About Us

Our main activity is an annual summer Reunion at an interesting conservation site - often a National Nature Reserve. We gather at about mid-day on the first day and visit one site in the afternoon. Boots are changed for glad-rags in the evening when we meet for a very sociable dinner. We visit another local site on the following morning and then depart after lunch. We try to move the annual reunion around the UK, so that England, Scotland and Wales take a turn at hosting the event.


The site visits are generally led by conservation staff or experts in the local region, who are able to explain the interest of each site in detail. And, of course, we can share the many expertises of our former colleagues who come along.


We produce an annual Newsletter, which includes an account of the most recent Reunion, articles about nature conservation, mostly written by members, and news of current and former members. We also send out via email Booking Forms for the annual Reunion event and occasional news bulletins.


Committee

A small band of members form a Committee that decides the venue for forthcoming Reunions. A team of event organisers do all the hard work in exploring the venues in terms of site visits and logistics and make all the arrangements. Dedicated officers manage the Club's finances as well as efforts to attract new members. A small group of members produce the annual Newsletter.

Those currently on the Committee and in Project Teams are:

Chair Dr David Parker
Treasurer Carolyn Taylor
Membership Secretary Neil Hailey
Newsletter Editor 2024 Steve Berry - 2025 Neil Hailey
Joint Committee Secretaries Steve Berry and Pat Millard
Other members Jenni Tubbs, Professor David Goode, John Creedy

For 2023 and 2024, several Committee and Non-Committee members have collaborated on editing, designing, checking, publishing and circulating the Newsletter:
Newsletter Team Steve Berry, Gisèle Wall, Neil Hailey, Carolyn & Ken Taylor

The 2024 Reunion Event, in the Somerset Levels, was organised by:
  2024 Reunion Event Main Organisers Phil & Janette Holms
  2024 Reunion Event Assistant Organisers Carolyn & Ken Taylor
The 2025 Reunion Event, in West Norfolk, is being organised by:
  2025 Reunion Event Organisers Carolyn & Ken Taylor, John & Mary-Anne Creedy

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