Peal Compositions Committee 2001 Annual Report
The committee currently holds no face to face meetings, but is in regular electronic contact via email. In addition to the committee members, much of the work of the committee is done by advisors, most of whom are not Council members, and to whom we wish to offer our deep thanks. These advisors include Alan Ainsworth, David Beard, Jeff Brannan, Paul Flavell, David House, David Hull, Rod Pipe, Philip Saddleton, Tony Smith, and Glenn Taylor.
The most visible work of the committee is publication of compositions in The Ringing World. To prevent the need for changing addresses every time responsibility for dealing with incoming compositions moves to a different member of the committee, we have put in place an unchanging email address that forwards as appropriate: compositions@ringing.org. This is the best method for submitting compositions to the committee, with respect to both speed and the minimization of transcription errors. For those who cannot submit compositions electronically, we are also attempting to keep a postal address and FAX number fixed, and forwarding incoming paper copies from them as necessary. All these addresses are published regularly in The Ringing World.
In 2000 there were 148 compositions published in The Ringing World. This is a decrease from last year's 180, but still compares favorably with the historical average of 103 per year. The proof reading regimen put into place eighteen months ago seems to have paid off: in that time, only one substantive error has been found in a published composition, a significant improvement on the historical error rate. We are grateful to the Editor and staff of The Ringing World for the space made regularly available, and all their help in producing attractive and accurate composition pages.
Two new print collections have been delivered to the Publications Committee, are at the printers, and should be available soon: the new Collection of Compositions in Popular Major Methods, and the Collection of General Purpose Major Compositions. A third collection, the new Ten and Twelve Bell Collection, is at the stage of having its contents proof read, though there will undoubtedly still be work to be done in selecting and formatting the final presentation.
The committee's electronic collection and related materials remain accessible on the World Wide Web. While these materials are hosted at multiple sites in multiple countries, all can be accessed via
http://www.cccbr.org.uk/compositions/collections
A recent addition is a collection of the late Peter Border's peal compositions assembled from his notebooks by Rod Pipe, together with some interesting historical notes by Rod.
Richard Allton
Roger Bailey
Mark Bennett
Roddy Horton
Julian Morgan
Don Morrison (Chairman)
Stephen Pettman
Published in The Ringing World 27 April 2001, page 430.
