Last year N&EMPF conducted a survey of clubs to find out what you wanted the Federation to prioritise and invited club reps to make suggestions for improvements in the service. 
 
Unsurprisingly, one of the most common requests was for a good supply of high quality judges. The need for higher calibre judges is understandable and your Federation has spent the last year developing  a number of initiatives to meet that requirement. 
 
In particular we have: 

• Run a New Judge Induction Day and recruited and trained 5 new judges. 
• Run a Judges Conference to consult with judges on proposed judging developments and listen to their views. This included a talk on Judging Nature Images by Bill Hall DPAGB EFIAP FBPE. 
• Developed a personal development pathway to help judges strengthen their individual skills and  enhance their enjoyment of their role. 
• Developed new communication channels for our judge community with an information Newsletter and a private Facebook group to follow soon. 
• Updated the N&EMPF website to reflect these changes. 

 
We are now about to embark on this new personal development scheme for judges and we need your help.