Any current Guild member can stand for election onto the committee. The various posts are decided amongst the committee.

CHAIRMAN: Peter Herring is now into his third year of chairing our Guild and a very good job he does too! By day he works as a civilian auditor for Norfolk County Constabulary.. He lives with his wife Angela, our Junior Newsletter Editor, and daughter Christine in Dereham in Norfolk. You can contact Peter at  peter.herring29@virgin.net

VICE-CHAIRMAN: Jane Jenkins is a founder member of the Quilling Guild and an Honorary Vice President. This is her second time on the committee. Jane runs a very successful quilling supplies business with her husband, Paul and they also teach workshops all over Great Britain.  PJskidby@quilling.karoo.co.uk

SECRETARY: Sue Searle is the Guild Secretary and she prepares and sends out agendas and minutes of the committee meetings along with reports from officers. She is also responsible for sending out information about the AGM each year. Sue works full-time as a PA Secretary at Weston College. She spends a lot of her little spare time quilling and also teaches a monthly class.

TREASURER: Paul Jenkins has quilled for 25 years or so and when he can, enjoys naturalistic wildlife pictures, and has taught infants, juniors and, later, adults.  He was one of the founder members of the Guild, has served at different times on the committee, for a time as Chairman,  now the Treasurer,  and is proud to be a Vice President.  He says, 'I find quillers a nice bunch and much respect the dedication shown by many to the craft we admire and love to share.  The committee meetings are fun and the cake is good.  On the whole, I can't believe my luck!'

MEMBERSHIP SECRETARY: Sheila Harrop deals with applications for membership, receives subscriptions and keeps the database up to date. A retired teacher who has been quilling for 15 years, Sheila is self-taught and joined the Guild in 1992. She loves travelling and enjoys turning designs from other countries into quilling patterns. Sheila is particularly fond of designs from Mexico, Nepal, India and Switzerland. She says she never finds enough time for quilling and has recently established a small group of local quillers. Sheila is also interested in music, singing in a choir and playing guitar and viola, photography, gardening and keeping up friendships scattered around the country and the world.

GUILD REPRESENTATIVES OFFICER: Cathy Russell lives in Chingford in N London and has been a Guild member for over 10 years. She has served two terms as Chairman and now oversees our reps. She works as an occupational therapist and her other main interest is narrowboating. She owns a narrowboat and spends as many weekends as possible exploring neighbouring waterways. If you would like information about becoming a representative for the Guild, do contact Cathy at:  Cathy@cathy48.fsnet.co.uk

EDITOR OF QUILLERS TODAY : Mish Laughton has the role of editing three newsletters per year. She will be very pleased to receive contributions (which must be original) and also any comments you may wish to make on the magazine. Send dates of events you may be organising for publication and a report of recent happenings which might inspire others. Mish says, “I am a contracts General manager at Kirton in Lindsey army barracks. I live in Grimsby and enjoy the company of my three dogs, my father’s three cats, and a tank full of tropical fish. Although I can quill I prefer to be involved with the Newsletter using my computer. My main interests are photography and foreign travel, caravanning, learning the flute and restructuring the house and garden and keeping my father busy! This picture was taken in December 2003 on my latest foreign trip. I am standing in the solar boat museum next to the great Pyramids in Egypt." You can e-mail Mish at mishlaughton@ntlworld.com

EDITOR OF QUILLING WISE : Angela Herring is the editor of the junior's magazine.  Angela is a longtime member of the Guild and has held various posts on the committee including Secretary and Archive Officer. She is always pleased to receive contributions suitable for our younger members.  You can contact her at   peter.herring29@virgin.net

ARCHIVIST: Gwyneth Buckle is our new Archivist. She joined the Guild in 1986 and was an Area Rep: for about 13 years.  Having restored a 17th C Russian Icon in the only travelling shrine outside Russia she became very interested in the "exquisite" ancient quilling produced.  Her other hobbies now include painting, both pictorial and Life, walking (in spite of 2 'tin' hips) and singing in both secular and Taize choirs.  She has a husband who is very longsuffering (quillingwise), 2 daughters, 4 grandchildren and has just acquired a  baby step-great-grandson!  Gwyneth can be contacted at  kbuckle@onetel.net.uk

PUBLICATIONS OFFICER: Pat Pritchard lives in a small Warwickshire village with her Tibetan terrier, Jack. Her other interests include cross-stitch, inland waterways and looking after her grandchildren. She'll be more than happy to supply you with copies of the Guild's publications - just check out our Sources & Resources page!

ENQUIRIES OFFICER: Sharon Nattress is our Information Officer answering any general queries about the Guild. She lives in Pill near Bristol and has been a member of the Guild for three years. She is extremely keen on all kinds of crafts and is always on the look out for new ideas. If you have any queries about the Guild, you can e-mail her on IXION@tinyonline.co.uk

OTHER COMMITTEE MEMBERS are:

Lesley Davies who is a teacher's aide and lives in Hull with her husband Brian, children David (at university), Hannah and Bryony and 2 cats. Lesley and Brian have an excellent website of their own which you can link to HERE.  or contact Lesley at lesley@bandldavies.karoo.co.uk

Jayne Horner and Helen Burley are new committee members.