Regional Activities Committee

Regional Activities Committee (RAC)

The Regional Activities Committee supports and advises the Regional Management Board and assists with activities arranged for members of the Region, including events, newsletters, media coverage, awards and other activities.

Corporate Members of the RAC for 2013 (including RMB Members)

• Steven Bainbridge, Evolution Town Planning
• Steve Bateman, Private Practice (Regional Honorary Treasurer)
• Liz Beighton, Suffolk Coastal DC
• Graham Bloomfield, Bidwells
• Dr Martin Cahn, Retired
• John Dagg, Barrister
• James Farrar, Homes & Communities Agency
• Peter Geraghty, Southend-on-Sea BC
• Nigel Gibbs, Dacorum BC
• Philip Godwin, North Norfolk DC (Regional Immediate Past Chair)
• Wendy Hague, Cambridgeshire CC
• Peter Hakes, Private Practice (Regional Newsletter Editor)
• Michael Hand, Private Practice
• Robert Hobbs, Ipswich BC (Regional Rep. on RTPI General Assembly)
• Ann Hockey, Anglia Ruskin University (Deputy Rep. on RTPI Gen. Assembly)
• Paul Maison, Canal & River Trust (vol.) (Regional Senior Vice Chair)
• Elizabeth Mugova, Environment Agency
• David Potter, Retired (co-opted Jan. 2013)
• Robert Purton, David Lock Associates
• Sandra Scott, Babergh DC
• Shaun Scrutton, Rochford DC
• Jackie Ward, Private Practice (Regional Honorary Secretary)
• Peter Warner, Retired (Regional Chair)
• John Young, Private Practice

Student/Licentiate Members of the RAC for 2013

• Ann Howells, Uttlesford DC
• James Tipping, Cambridgeshire CC (co-opted Jan. 2013)
• Tim Watkins, Cambridgeshire CC
• There are 2 vacancies

Technical Members of the RAC for 2013

• 1 vacancy

Vacancies on the Committee for 2013

There remains the following vacancies and, under the Region's Rules, the Regional Management Board/Regional Activities Committee can co-opt during the year to fill these vacancies if deemed appropriate:

• 3 vacancies for Licentiate/Student members to serve for one year from 1 January 2013
• 1 vacancy for a Technical member to serve for two years from 1 January 2013

If you would like to join the Committee and enjoy the networking opportunities it offers, or if you would like an informal chat, please contact the Regional Honorary Secretary, Jackie Ward, on 01449 771388 or by email.

Thank-you

8 Members of the Committee decided not to stand again at the end of 2012: Richard Chillingford (Regional Honorary Secretary until the end of 2012), Simon Atha, Tony Barker, Matt Breeze, Phil Grant, Jo Hobbs, Philip Isbell and Eiluned Morgan.  We would like to thank them all for the work, dedication and expertise provided during their time on the Committee.

Regional Activities Committee members can be contacted via 

Email: eastofengland@rtpi.org.uk. Telephone: 01359 250258. Fax: 01284 330225
Post: Tina Jessup, Regional Co-ordinator, RTPI East of England, PO Box 708, Bury St Edmunds, IP31 2XP