TSF Annual General Meeting

TSF Annual Meeting, 8 Feb 2026 – Notes

The video of the meeting can be found below.


Steve Roud’s Review of the Year:

  • Three in-person meetings were conducted: Broadside Day, the Spring Conference (“A Sense of Place) and the Autumn Conference (“Folk in the Archives”)
  • Nine online meetings resulted in twenty different presentations.
  • Our members contributed ten papers for the American Folklore Societies conference “Child at 200”.
  • Since 1998 the forum’s members have delivered 238 papers online and at least 250 live
  • Many thanks to Martin & Shan Graebe for 27 years of service

Peter Snape’s Financial Report:

Re-election of Officers:

The following officers were re-elected unopposed:

  • Steve Roud – Chairperson
  • Richard Spencer – Secretary
  • Peter Snape – Treasurer and Membership Secretary
  • Andy Turner – Committee member
  • Katie Howson – Committee member
  • Elaine Bradtke – Zoom Secretary
  • Kara O’Brien – Social Media Secretary