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Chairmanship of RFHG

Members will be sorry to hear that Peter Davies, our chairman for the last ten years, has decided to stand down as chairman at the AGM in December.  The good news is that he is willing to continue as a member of the committee.

We thank Peter heartily for his hard work and insight, both as chairman and in the many other roles he has performed for so long.  We hope that he will continue to perform these other roles as a member of the committee.

Peter has prepared an outline of the tasks and responsibilities of the chairman. See below.

 The committee would be delighted to hear from volunteers or proposers for the post of chairman.  In order to give candidates plenty of time to consider the role and to understand all that is involved, please do not leave it until the AGM!

ROLE OF RFHG CHAIRMAN

1. Chair meetings – Monthly Talk, monthly working evenings and Committee meetings (3 or 4 per annum) and AGM.

2. Liaise with programme secretary over proposed dates for the coming year’s programme and any queries that there may be during the year.

3. Liaise with the Percival Guildhouse over classes, day-schools, and meeting dates as necessary. These can be handled by one of our tutors or the Programme Secretary. 

4. Liaise with the Secretary over AGM and committee meeting agendas, and approval of draft minutes for these meetings.

5. Attend West Midlands Area Group meetings, usually at BMSGH Room  (usually 2  per year). Take part in area events and FFHS stand at Hobby Craft in NEC. (Usually 2 per year)

6. Arrange participation in local events such as Heritage Open Days.

7. Ensure that there are folk to sell raffle tickets at group meetings. Ensure that there is someone to organise the meeting register regularly, getting people to sign in and collect donations from visitors. At meetings, the Chairman to welcome all, give notices at start of meeting,  including  advice of future meetings, and appeals for Kith & Kin items. Welcome and introduce the speaker. Draw the raffle at the end of the meetings.

8. Ensure that the positions on the committee are filled: Secretary, Treasurer, Mag Editor and assistant (as required), programme secretary, FFHS representative, Librarian(s), Project Co-coordinator and Web Master.

9. Write Chairman’s notes for K&K – 3 times per year. Write monthly notes for Rugby Advertiser District Diary (required a week before publication).

10. Organize the Harry Batchelor competition, including selecting judges, providing copies of magazines for judges etc and passing name of winner to Trophy provider.

11. Deal with any emergencies, crises etc.