Committee
According to our Constitution we have to have a committee that is based on the number of people in the Society, up to a maximum of 10. This year we have five members of the Society on the committee and they are as follows:
| Rod Stevenson Chairman |
Rod has been a teacher for ten years following a career in the IT
industry. He has been a memeber of EARS for the last 5 years and as
a range safety officer he is regularly seen on the ranges at EARS. Along with rocketry activities at his school Rod has helped with a number of space events and appears regularly on local radio and TV programmes. HHe also the UKRA Youth Outreach Officer and helps organise UKAYRoC. Rod is also vice chairman of the Space Education Council and has a particular interest in promoting and developing space and rocketry education in schools. This is Rod's third year as chairman. |
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| Roger Pizey | Roger joined EARS about 5 years ago and has really enjoyed coming
to the weekend events with his children, Alfie and Nell .He has been
building rockets for about 10 years and has achieved level 1 certification. Roger doesn't have a scientific background - in fact he is a chef! He is looking forward to helping run the society in 2010. |
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| Steve Randall Treasurer |
Steve has been building and flying rockets for the last
10 years – during that time he has certified to UKRA level 2 and become
an RSO. Steve was one of the 4 founder members that set up at the current
EARS club at the end of 2000. He was an EARS committee member until
the end of 2002 and then again in 2005. He has also been a UKRA council
member and secretary during that time. Steve's main interest is scratch built HPR. |
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| Andy Hugh Secretary |
Andy is actively involved in HPR/Hybrids and certified L2 plus qualified
as a RSO. He also actively supports his son’s pursuit of rocketry related
interests and mentoring students, especially as part of the promotion
of rocketry to schools as a tool for education. Andy is looking forward to helping with the heavy agenda ahead in 2010. |
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Mark Judge Co-opted |
Mark has been interested in space and science for as long as he can
remember. In 2004 Mark decided to get a rocket for his Dad for Christmas, they had loads of fun with that, but wanted more, so he bought a 3" PML AMRAAM form an online rocket store (much to his wife's surprise) and went on to do his L1 at K-lob 2005. He is now L2 Certified and loves to fly low, medium and high power rockets with complex payloads like onboard video. Mark also has some experience with hybrid rocket motors and loves the extra tinkering involved. Mark has very kindly ageed to be co-opted back on to the EARS committee to help with organising launch events. |
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Peter Barrett Co-opted Rocketry Workshop Leader |
Most EARS members will know Peter from seeing him at EARS launches taking photos and high speed videos. He has been interested in anything that flies for his whole life. In 1994 he saw his first Estes Rocket launch and was hooked, buying his first Estes Alpha 3 starter set the next week. Having helped found the HART Rocket club Peter has gone on to do all kinds of rocketry on TV from Technogames to the Royal Society Christmas Lectures. From there he has diversified into doing rocket workshops and has now recorded nearly 4,000 rocket flights and taught over 3,000 children how to build and fly rockets. Peter still mainly flies model to mid power rockets but is Level 1 certified and is a current R.S.O. and M.A.P. Officer. He hopes to do his Level 2 certification this year. Peter is very honoured to be asked to be the EARS "Workshop Leader" and is looking forward to running the workshops at the EARS events. |
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If you have any querries or need any help while attending an EARS launch, or at any other time, please don't hesitate to approach one of the committee.