The National Association of Memorial Masons (NAMM) has its second National Communications Officer in four months. He is Ian Gostling, the husband of Mandy Gostling, who has worked for NAMM for the past three years.

David Glover, who was appointed to the newly created position of communications officer in September, left in December. "It didn\'t work out," says Jenny Gregson, the President of NAMM.

Ian Gostling had applied for the job last time, but David Glover was felt to have the greater experience with trade associations.

David was appointed more than a year after NAMM had made their chief executive officer, Barri Stirrup, redundant, deciding that the organisation could be run by office manager Liz Perryman and the team at head office in Rugby and the executive committe.

Barri had been appointed after Theresa Quinn, the previous executive officer who had worked for NAMM for 20 years, resigned in October 2000. David Holtom, a consultant, steered the organisation through the transition from Theresa\'s resignation to Barri\'s appointment.

Jenny Gregson says that lately members have been carrying out the functions that used to be handled by head office and that as President now she is busier than she was last time she was President when Theresa Quinn was the executive officer. She wants head office to take more of the responsibilities for representing the association, she says.

It will be Ian Gostling\'s job to represent NAMM externally, drive recruitment and run NAMM\'s Tradex exhibition in Telford in September this year.

Ian has spent most of his working life in sales and marketing and was previously European sales and marketing manager for GSI-Lumonics, who make lasers.

He says the advancement, promotion and expansion of NAMM are at the top of his to-do list.