Committee

MEETINGS OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

The relevant section of the FRA Constitution, is Article 48:-
Subject to the Articles, the Executive Committee members may regulate their proceedings as they think fit. Meetings of the Executive Committee shall be held not less than four times each calendar year. Members may attend meetings of the Executive Committee as observers and may speak at such meetings but may not vote. If any business at a meeting of the Executive Committee is deemed confidential, then any Member attending as an observer will be required to leave the meeting whilst such matter is discussed.

What This Means
Any of the 8,000 members of the FRA may attend a meeting of the Executive Committee to observe, subject to the "confidential" proviso. Such observers are also free to speak but not vote. Normal committee rules are observed, namely that speakers, whether Committee members or observers, should address the meeting via the Chairman, and should restrict what they say to the agenda item under discussion.

Attendance
Committee members are expected to confirm their attendance in advance of each meeting. For reasons of practicality, any member who wishes to observe should make their request to the Secretary one week before any Executive Meeting. It may be necessary to restrict the numbers of observers if space is limited.

Committee Minutes / Papers
Briefing papers supporting agenda items are issued to Executive Members one week before each meeting. These are normally restricted to the Committee. Meeting Minutes are not circulated to the membership; however, in the interests of transparency, established practice is for the Secretary to produce a report for each Fellrunner to keep all members informed of business conducted by the Executive on their behalf.

THE FRA COMMITTEE

The FRA Committee comprises the following roles and personnel. Please click on the Role Summary to see a description of the role, and click here to see a summary of the general requirements and expectations of Committee Members.

Please feel free to contact any Committee Member.

Position	Name	Club	E-mail	Phone	Role Summary
Chairman	Stuart Ferguson	Northumberland Fell Runners	Mail	01388 526812 or 07489 881161
General Secretary	Neil Talbott	Ambleside AC	Mail	015394 37824
Treasurer	Simon Long	Saltwell Harriers	Mail	07889 625143
Membership Secretary	Patrick McIver	Black Combe Runners	Mail	07717 224976
Fixtures	Andy McMurdo	Pennine Fell Runners	Mail	07834 912222
Magazine Co-ordinator	Dave Littler	Bowland Fell Runners	Mail	07745 738495
Championships Co-ordinator	Nic Barber	Helm Hill Runners	Mail	07908 115088
Access & Environment	Kathryn Miller	Clayton-le-Moor Harriers	Mail	07958 396341
Junior Co-ordinator	Gareth Hardcastle	Mercia Fell Runners	Mail	07584 550762
Race Liaison Officer Lead	Pita Oates	Bowland Fell Runners	Mail	07919 884295
Coaching and Education Co-ordinator	Nicky Spinks	Dark Peak Fell Runners	Mail	01465 841374 or 07548 283545
Welfare Officer	Ed Gamble	Cheshire Hill Racers	Mail	0161 4455243
International Selection Chair	Duncan Richards	Helm Hill Runners	Mail	07764 610799
Liaison Officer to Athletics Bodies	Nic Barber	Helm Hill Runners	Mail	07908 115088
Website Officer	Jamie McIlvenny	Trawden AC	Mail	07725 357024
Membership Representatives	Ben Abdelnoor	Ambleside AC	Mail	07896 151179
	Scout Adkin	Ambleside AC (Scot: Moorfoot Runners)	Mail	No mobile
	Kelli Roberts	Helm Hill Runners	Mail	07798 753859
Honorary Committee Members	Graham Breeze and Morgan Williams
Co-optees with specific responsibilities
Communications Officer	James Lowe	Dark Peak Fell Runners	Mail	07772 298302
Commercial Officer	Charmian Heaton	Cumberland Fell Runners	Mail	07749 844212
First Aid Co-ordinator	Ian Winterburn	Dark Peak Fell Runners	Mail	07733 266595

MEMBERS OF SUB-COMMITTEES

(* = not a member of the Executive Committee)

Committee	Chair	Members	Role Summary
Championships	Nic Barber	Ben Ablelnoor, Carlos Bedson*
Disciplinary, Review and Appeals	Charmian Heaton	all Executive Committee members except Secretary and Welfare Officer; Alison Wainwright*, Chris Evans*
Juniors	Gareth Hardcastle	Pin Dhillon-Downey*, Wendy Dodds*, Ed Gamble, Charmian Heaton, Layla Hurst*, Jamie McIlvenny, Graham Wright*
Safety, Equipment and Rules	Neil Talbott	Stuart Ferguson, Charmian Heaton, Chris Hodgson*, Andy McMurdo, Steve Wathall*, Andy Watts*, Ian Winterburn
Communication	James Lowe	Barny Crawshaw*,  Pat McIver, Tory Miller*, Ricky Parrish*, Britta Sendlhofer*, Neil Talbott
Coaching and Education	Nicky Spinks	Steve Pearson*, Stuart Ferguson, Ian Winterburn, Graeme Woodward*

MEMBERS OF OTHER TEAMS

Committee	Chair	Members	Role Summary
Race Liaison Officer Team	Pita Oates	Catherine Brennan (email) – Lake District North Pete Tayler (email) – Lake District South Clive Thornton (email) – North York Moors / Yorkshire Dales / Northumberland & Durham / North Pennines  Pita Oates (email) – Bowland / NW Lancs / South & West Pennines (plus Shropshire & Welsh Borders / Midlands / South West / South East / Isle of Man) Peter Ehrhardt (email) – Peak District Leila Hirst (email) – Junior Championships
Access and Environment Team	Kathryn Miller	Richard Hindle, Pin Dhillon-Downey, Jessica Williams
FRA Long Distance Award Panel	Martin Stone	Rick Ansell, Jon Ashcroft, Adrian Belton, Bob Berzins, Steve Birkinshaw, Jon Broxap, Charlie Campbell, Wendy Dodds, John Fleetwood, Jon Gay, Manny Gorman, Mark Hartell, Anne Johnson, Jim Mann, Mark McDermott, Jasmin Paris, Steve Pyke, Peter Simpson, Nicky Spinks, Hugh Symonds, Ken Taylor, Paul Tierney, Yiannis Tridimas, Chris Upson, Helene Whitaker, Tony Wimbush, Rob Woodall

OTHER FRA INFORMATION

England Mountain Running Committee -

Chair Duncan Richards.
Members: Mark Croasdale, Alec Duffield, Carol Evans, Sharon Hudson, Helen MacVicker, Neil Wilkinson, Sarah Wilkinson.

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