Birding NSW Volunteers
Committee | Central Coast Management Group |
| President: Tom Wilson Treasurer: Leigh Hall Public Officer: Dick Dallimore Secretary: Elisabeth Hodson Activities Officer: Allan Richards Membership Secretary: Anne van Roekel Meetings Logistics: Dick Dallimore Meetings Presentations: Gerry Duane Grenfell KBA: Elisabeth Hodson Centennial Park Survey: Allan Richards Committee Ancillary Group Newsletter Editor: Kylie Anne Cramsie Conservation Matters: Haley Saldamli | Group Coordinator: Michael Scobie Treasurer: John Carpenter Outings Organiser: Christina Port Meetings Outings Organiser: Allan Benson Meeting Logistics: John and Carole Carpenter Newsletter: Editor: Allan Benson; Publisher: Wendy Mitchell; Distributer: Robyn Price Facebook Page Malcolm Hill Tuggerah Lakes KBA: Nick Carson Brisbane Waters KBA: Doug Hocking |
Ancillary Club Roles
Website Manager – Keir Vaughan-Taylor
Club emails Coordinator – Keir Vaughan-Taylor
BIird Reports – Alan Morris
Club Name Tags and Kingfisher Badges – Norma Ikin
Sales desk at Club Meetings – Lindy Jones
BNSW representative on the RHERP Project Capertee Tree Planting group – Ian Bailey
Birding NSW is an incorporated and not-for-profit organisation, registered as a recreational Club. All aspects of its management are carried out by various groups of volunteers. These are the Committee members who are elected by members present at the annual AGM, there are several groups pf members with specific roles whose help is fundamental to the survival of the Club. There would be no Club without the generous donation of time, energy, experience and good will from all these people.
A group of Central Coast members manage all the activities for that branch of the Club. Field outings leaders make up an essential group without which our birding activities would be severely restricted. Several ancillary roles with quite specific tasks necessary for running the Club, but not requiring committee commitment, are filled by another group of volunteers. See BNSW volunteers
Long and outstanding contribution to the Club is recognized by the bestowal of Honorary Life Membership. The Club’s constitution allows for five Honorary Life Members at any one time. Current Life Members are John and Carole Carpenter, Dick Dallimore, Elisabeth Hodson, Allan Richards, Alan Morris. Past Life Members are Marie Dibley, Erno Hoskin, Jim Francis, Norma Maxwell, Barrie Ayres, Tom Karplus and Peter Roberts.
Field Outings Leaders
Over the years, many members have volunteered as field outing leaders.
This list records just the leaders for 2024. Many of them led several outings during the year.
| Alan Morris | Gabrielle Rees |
| Allan Richards | Graeme Robinson |
| Carol Abbot | Graham Nelson |
| Christina Port | Greg McLachlan |
| Coleen Southall | John and Carole Carpenter |
| Daniel McKeon | Judy Clark |
| Doug Hocking | Margaret and Kaye Pointer |
| Edwin Vella | Meryl Newton |
| Elisabeth Hodson | Paul Johnstone |
| Frik Gautschi | Sue Willis |
| Trevor Waller |
You can find short summaries of their contributions (See Life Members) or read more about them in Birding NSW History 1970-2020
Club Patrons
Alex Chisholm, Patron 1970-1977
Alex was an eminent ornithological authority of the mid-1900s. A journalist and a prolific author of articles on native birds in many publications, he provided invaluable support enthusiasm and birding support for the new Club.
Arnold McGill, OAM, Patron 1977-1988
Arnold has legendary status in Birding NSW, for his encyclopaedic knowledge of birds, his vast contribution of articles and reports to Club publications, and especially for the enthusiasm and birding support he gave to Club members.
Alan Morris, AM, Patron 2020
Alan has made many significant contributions to the Club since its beginning, in both management and its publications, for which he was made a Life Member in 2006. His prodigious birding knowledge and wide involvement in birding activities in NSW make him a worthy successor to our first two Patrons.
The Club’s Constitution can be found here: See Birding NSW Constitution.
And our Club History here: See Birding NSW History 1970-2020
The Financial Statements for the year 1 July 2023 – 30 June 2024 can be accessed: here