Office Bearers

The club chairmann is currently Bill Latto. He is probably the first person who you will meet at the club. He oversees the general running of the club, ensuring that the right policies, procedures and insurances are in place, and chairs the club committee meetings and AGM.

Main point of contact between the club committee and club members and external communications with other organisations such as BABS.
Writes minutes of meetings, ie Club committee, AGM, EGM
Maintains club documents, eg constitution, policies, etc
Organises voting for club awards
Organises Christmas lunch

The Membership Secretary is the first point of contact for new club members.  His remit spans recruitment, introduction and coordination of training of new members, retention and GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) compliance.

The Public Relations Officer's (PRO) remit includes marketing advertising, social media, branding etc and he works closely with his team and with the membership secretary to recruit and retain members, and also supports the bookings secretary in identifying potential audiences for concerts and singouts.

The Bookings Secretary arranges performances (aka. Sing-outs) with our audiences, negotiates the fee with the client, and checks that we have sufficient singers for each occasion and communicates the details to the Chorus members.  He liaises with the Chorus Director and Music committee to select the song list from the current repertoire for each sing-out.

The club's Treasurer ensures sound management of the income and expenditure of the Club.  Additionally he plays a prominent role in guiding us on the financial impact of decisions we make for the future of the club, and also deals with securing music copyright.

The Uniformas Secretary is the go-to guy for branded uniform items required to be worn for our singouts and concerts.  He will be very keen to know your head-size and chest measurement.  He's not at all interested in your inside-leg measurement as you will be expected to buy your own black trousers from a reputable retailer.

The website coordinator is your first line of support for your login account and access to the club's website, which is the main communication medium for the clubs activities and musical resources.  All sheet music and audio-teacher tracks for the clubs repertoire are available to stream or download, subject to copyright rules that these are for personal use only.

The role of Chorus director is primarily to improve our singing and performance. He devises and delivers a programme of club evening rehearsals and educational sessions, as well as directing the Chorus in many of our performances. He plays an active role in the administration of the Club working with the various committees, especially the Music Committee on the selection of new music. 

Looks after sheet music - current and past paper copies
Loads and maintains current songs sheet music pdf files stored in the club website's song library
Prepares, distributes and controls physical copies of sheet music lent to chorus members
Keeps record of numbers of physical copies of sheet music to comply with copyright laws
Liaises with club treasurer  and/or Copyright Manager to ensure sufficient copies of sheet music are purchased,  and that number of copies distributed have been paid for.
Load/update/maintain learning tracks stored against each song record in the club website database as agreed with the Chorus director

The website coordinator is your first line of support for your login account and access to the club's website, which is the main communication medium for the clubs activities and musical resources.  All sheet music and audio-teacher tracks for the clubs repertoire are available to stream or download, subject to copyright rules that these are for personal use only.