OBC John Gregory speaking at the recent virtual 36th Annual General Meeting of the Club

Dear All,

Many of you attended our recent virtual Annual General Meeting where I apologised to all members for the delay in both of our publications: BirdingASIA and Forktail. I explained that this was partly related to issues with editorial boards and in finding volunteers to take on critical roles in the process.

I am now extremely pleased to announce that we have managed to bring together a great new team to help get things back on track. Alex Berryman will be taking on the role of Chair of the Oriental Bird Club Publications Committee. Alex will not only chair the Committee but will also take on the Managing Editor role for BirdingASIA.

This is after the retirement of Brian Sykes who had made that publication his own. Once again I would like to thank Brian for all the hard work that he and his wife Margaret put into the Club; for many years they were the ‘glue’ that kept the Club operational—a truly monumental effort. We wish Brian and Margaret all the best in their new found retirement.

With the new publications team on board and with Professor Frank Rheindt now firmly installed as Editor in Chief of Forktail, we have a target to get all our publications back on schedule by the end of 2021.

Thanks once again from everyone on OBC Council for bearing with us during this difficult period in our Club’s history.

Kind Regards

John Gregory
Chairman Oriental Bird Club