New news letter out this morning, clarifying some of the points raised by the fee debacle.
No Annual charge, but a one-off fee to all NEW AW's from this morning.
New point of contact.
Annual Subscription to Operate as a DMQ Approved Witness
In your last Newsletter it was announced that during 2019, DMQ intended introducing an annual fee to remain registered as a DMQ Approved Witness.
Following consideration by the DMQ Board which has taken account of the substantial good will of AW's that exists within the DMQ process, an annual charge to remain on the AW list will not now be introduced. An initial 'one-off' application/registration fee will however be introduced and will apply to all new applicants in the future.
Approved Witness National Briefing
The last country wide AW briefing took place in 2013 when Edition 6 Portfolio was introduced. During October 2019, all paper portfolios will become time expired and witnessing activities will be confined to electronic versions. To keep you up to date with this and other relevant matters, a series of AW briefings in different parts of the country is being planned to take place this autumn. The details with venues and dates will be announced in our next Newsletter.
Approved Witness Management
You have previously been notified that your AW management is now directly under DMQ. If you have any questions or issues concerning your role as an AW please email your enquiry to
deermanagementqualifications@gmail.com It would be helpful if you quote your AW number in all correspondence. If you would like a telephone conversation please include your number and a member of the DMQ Working Group will contact you as soon as possible. You are also asked to use this contact when giving notification of any change of address or contact details.
Please do not address AW issues to your former sponsoring Assessment Centre or Mandy Short who is no longer dealing with AW matters.
Electronic Individual Cull Records (ICR’s)
DMQ would be grateful if you ensure you are using the most recent version of the ICR which is downloadable from the DMQ website
www.dmq.org.uk Would you also please complete these as soon as possible after a witnessed event and email them direct to the candidates allocated Assessor whose name and contact details should be supplied to you by the candidate you are witnessing.
Thank you all again for your continued help and support in your witnessing roles.
John Thornley OBE – Chairman of DMQ