[Bell Historians] RE: CBC Bells Committee

[Richard Offen]

> > Bells Committee 
> > * Dr Alan Thurlow (Chair) 
> > * Julian Munby (archaeologist, Oxford Archeology) 
> > * Alan Strickland (bell adviser) 
> > * Andrew White (archaeologist) 
> > * James Clarke (bell adviser) 
> > * Christopher Ridley (Estate manager) 
> > * Douglas Kent (SPAB) 
> > * Andrew Lamb (musical instrument conservator, Bate Collection) 
> > * Revd Dr John Baldwin (historian) 
> > __________________________________________________________ 
> 
> Apart from John Baldwin and James Clarke, have any of these actually carried out any first-hand research?
> 
> > Who would this list vote to appoint to the committee (given a 
> > completely free choice and discounting previous worthy members)? 
> > 
> > I nominate Mr. D. Love-B, Mrs. A. Willis and Mr. R. Smith. 
> > 
> > Oh ... and Mr. B. Hibbert. 
> 
> There are plenty of suitable people - in addition to those you list, ones which I can immediately think of are Andrew Aspland and Mark Regan (so far as I know neither of them have served on the bells committee before).
> 
> Are the criteria for appointments made public these days, or are they shrouded in secrecy? Openness and accountability are generally things which the CofE dislikes intensely.
> 
> David
> 
David, you have ignored Alan Strickland's membership of this committee. He is a experienced ringer and Grants Secretary of the Sharpe Trust. I'm not sure research is what is required for this committee, more practical experience of all aspect of bells and ringing. 

Three experience bell men out of a committee of nine is possibly not a good proportion. 

R
> 
> 
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.ringingworld.co.uk/pipermail/bell-historians/attachments/20140110/77a191be/attachment.html>