The NAM Committee
The following band of merry men and women are the NAM committee. These people give up their free time to help maintain and further develop the group.
Without these people and the time they invest, the club would not survive.
Their sole aim is to ensure the club continues to run and meets its objectives. They are selected by the membership to serve all members of the group, so it is both the right and responsibility of each member to ensure any issues, queries, concerns etc are brought to the attention of the committee as soon as possible.
The following is a list of positions and their current occupants together with a brief description of the role.
Group President: Jack Lormor
Jack is the founding member of NAM. He is one of a few people who took a donation from the Durham Advanced Motorcyclists (DAM) and through hard work and commitment, built the NAM into the success that it is today.
Jack retired as chairman at the end of 2005, but stays connected to the group via his position of Group President which involves acting as a "sounding board" for the committee, assisting in various activities when requested by the committee and chairing the AGM whilst the committee is disbanded.
Chairman: Michael Sutherland
Michael has been with NAM since 2003 and originally joined the committee in the role of assistant secretary. He accepted the position of secretary in 2007, then chairman in 2012
As chairman Micheal guides the committee and the club onto bigger and better things. Keeping this lot in order is not easy but the hard working and ever tactful Michael is an ideal choice to keep us moving forward.
Membership Secretary and Vice Chairman: Paddy Jarvis
As membership secretary Paddy keeps track of all NAM members including new entrants, associates and full members. Paddy will be trying to make sure he has your contact details correct so please help him with this. Also each year he has to keep track of who has and has not paid there annual subs - so pay up by standing order and make his job easier.
If Paddy is not busy enough he also supports the chairman standing in when necessary.
Secretary: Mick Goodwin
As secretary Mick records the events at the committee meetings and looks after communication with other organisations.
This means Mick's life is made up of note taking, letter writing, question answering, meeting organising and much more.
Assistant Secretary: Eric Fitzpatrick
As assistant secretary Eric helps take some of the load off Mick sharing many of the secretaries jobs and standing in when Mick is away.
This includes helping Mick with note taking, letter writing, question answering, meeting organising and much more.
Treasurer: Louise Harris
Louise has the onerous job of looking after the books. This is often a complicated task, keeping a watchful eye on the money coming in and money going out.
Training Group Leader: Kevin Wellden
Kevin co-ordinates the training group, with the other members he has the job of organising the training programmes that our associates will follow. The challenge of maintaining NAM's high standards is no easy ask, but one that he undertakes with relish!
Marketing: John Fagan
John has the job of promoting the club so that we are known both inside and outside the motorcycling community.
One of John's aims is to attract new members to NAM and the world of advanced motorcycling. John has loads of ideas and has attending motorbike shows and distributed leaflets to dealers.
Training Team Leader: Terry Murphy
Terry is our observer team leader for all the areas that NAM covers.
He has the responsibility for all the Observers in his area to ensure they remain motivated and continue to enjoy the essential task they are performing.
Terry has the job of allocating the best observer for a particular associate taking into account location, machine type and other factors to make the training process a success.
Rideout Coordinator: Roland McCleod
Roland is our rideout coordinator this means he organises our monthly rideouts aiming to have new and interesting rides every month. Of course, this is a no win task, as what one group of people find interesting and challenging, another group will either feel it was too challenging, too long, boring, too short etc. etc. This is compounded by the difficulty involved in coordinating what can be in excess of 30 bikes, trying to get everyone off at a given time and not lose anyone before returning home etc.
Roland took this role in 2012 and will be grateful for any monthly rideout, suggestions, or offers of help during rideouts.
Don't forget, if you have a favourite route, why not invite the group and turn it into a rideout? Contact Roland who will be more than willing to help you with any planning and organization.
Group Newsletter: David Henderson
David is the editor and producer of the NAM group newsletter. Like any editor David is keen to fill the pages with informative and interesting stories so if you have any ideas for stories or features then let him know, they will be greatfully received.
Web Monkey: David Steedman
What can I say about this guy, a relative newbie to NAM but keen to help in continuing its success. If there are any problems with the website please let us know by using the form on the contact page.
