Your Executive Committee:
The executive committee generally meet once per month on a Monday. The venue rotates amongst the committee member's homes. Any member is welcome to join executive committee meetings, but please speak with Lucas, the Secretary, to advise him first and to confirm meeting location. To send a group email to the whole executive committee you can send it to committee@gals.org.nz
The executive committee members for 2025 are:
Chairperson: Daan van Gulik
Secretary: Lucas Alfaro
Treasurer: Jana Rajcokova
Membership: Liz Harding
Performance: Gian Asturiano
Marketing: Sean Clynes
Non-Portfolio: Helen Creagh
Jude Knight
Sina Tuivaiti
Toby Hilless
Your Music & Artistic Committee (MAC):
The MAC was set up to assist the Music Director in choosing the repertoire and running order for our concerts. It meets formally only once or twice a cycle, but has occasional informal discussions. You can speak to any of the MAC members below for any queries relating to the repertoire or music.
The music & Artistic committee members for 2025 are:
Music Director: Nicholas Forbes
GALS Members: Anthony Young, David Reeves, Jeremiah Elley, Michelle Williams
Librarian: Jeremiah Elley
Both Committees have their members nominated and elected at our AGM, which is held usually in February of each year.
AGM 2026 - Tuesday 17 February 2026 (6:00pm):
Any active GALS members are able to submit their nomination to be elected on to the Executive or MAC Committees. If there are multiple candidates that have been nominated for a particular position, then it will be voted on by the GALS members at the AGM.
While you can nominate / be nominated for any position in either committee, these are the known vacant positions that will require filling at the upcoming AGM.
Executive Committee:
- Secretary
- Non-Portfolio