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MEMBERSHIP UPDATE
Please note: subscription is due on January 1st each year.
Following the April 2008 AGM, where membership was discussed, I thought that this update would be in order, especially after carrying out a membership review.
I sent out (by post) 101 overdue subscription reminders in mid-April 2008 covering the previous two years unpaid subscriptions. Of these, 5 resigned and a further 25 had not been replied to by the end of June. These 30 names have now been removed from the current list of members.
There were 15 names on the membership database with no record of payment against them since 2005 and a further 7 with no record of payment since 2001. These 22 names have also been removed from the current list of members.
I have compiled a register of the names and addresses that I have removed from the current list of members. So anyone who doesn't receive their "expected" copy of the next bird report, Somerset Birds 2007, when it is published towards the end of this year, should contact me and they can quite easily rejoin.
Present membership (including 26 new members since the beginning of April) is somewhere between 330 and 335 fully paid-up members - I'm waiting to hear from a very last few. This includes 30 who are still paying at the old subscription rate before its last increase in 2002. A reminder and a new Bankers Standing Order form will be sent to them as a flyer with their next autumn mailing.
I intend to place a 2009 subscription reminder, together with a Banker's Standing Order form in the autumn issue of Bird Notes. Hopefully, this will encourage more members to pay by this method which will make my job that much easier!
Jeff Hazell
SOS Hon MS&T.
July 8th 2008.
REQUEST FOR PHOTOS - SOMERSET BIRDS 2007
The annual bird report has largely been written, but we're in need of photos to illustrate it. SOS members can send in any photos taken in 2007 to Brian Gibbs for potential use in the report. Photos should be taken in the county during 2007, and should be accompanied by a date and place. Please make sure file sizes are less than 1MB. If we need a larger size image we'll ask.