Committee
The TNF Committee has a maximum of 9 members. Elected members must be active members of a local TN, or connected to an organisation that specialises in the production of audio text, or be an Individual Associate Member - all of whom must be paid up members of the Federation. Each member, once their election to the Committee is ratified at an AGM, serves a 3 year term. After 3 years, they may stand for re-election if they wish to do so.
Current Committee members and their main areas of responsibility are:
Chairman, Mike Wood - Swindon TN
Management & strategy; archive; training; fundraising; general admin; TN and public enquiries
Treasurer, Barry Symonds – Sight Concern Bedfordshire
Finance; Bursaries and Insurance
Secretary, Julia Richardson - Swindon TN
Committee & AGM minutes; Annual report and returns and TNs in foreign languages
Communications, Ann Willis - Rayleigh, Rochford & Castle Point TN
Press & publicity; Magazine; Website; National Conference; Exhibitions, local and national
Campaigning Groups, Brian Watts - Guildford TN
Right to Read Alliance; Reading through Audio; Vision 2020UK/VSS forum and UKAAF
Technical, Marten Rayner - Kent Association for the Blind (KAB)
Technical TN support; new recording methods and new listening methods
Guidelines, Bob Finch - Colchester TN
Updating TN requirements
Local support, Tony Vale - Wymondham & Attleborough TN
Local conferences; Liaison (Northern Ireland & Scotland); TN Week
Development, John May - Lichfield TN
Lions Club contacts; Manual; Equipment; Organising local contacts
We also have a few local TN members who assist some of us within our areas of responsibility.