User:Charles Ashburner
| Charles E.F.Ashburner | |
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| File:CharlesAshburnerRiverRoom2011.JPG | |
| Council of the Flag Institute | |
| In office October, 2007 – November, 2008 |
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| Organiser, Flag Institute Spring Meeting | |
| In office May, 2009 – November, 2010 |
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| General Secretary, Flag Institute | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office November, 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Dr Mike Kearsley |
| Personal details | |
| Born | July 8, 1969 Neath, Wales, UK |
| Nationality | British |
Charles Ashburner is a flagmaker and vexillologist, and General Secretary of the Flag Institute.
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[edit] The Flag Institute
Ashburner has been associated with the Flag Institute since childhood, and his father (Robin Ashburner) was President of the Institute between 1997 and 2005. Ashburner briefly sat on the council of the Flag Institute himself from October 2007 to late 2008. He organised the Flag Institute Autumn Meeting 2008, and Flag Institute Spring Meeting 2009. On 15th May 2009 Ashburner was appointed as Organiser of the Flag Institute Spring Meeting until 2012. In November 2010 Ashburner was elected unanimously to the newly created post of General Secretary, thus assuming responsibility for directing the Institute's activities.
[edit] Vexillology
Between 1997 and 2003[1] Ashburner owned and operated the FlagWire vexillological newsfeed, which was edited by the late Devereaux D. Cannon, Jr.[2]. Ashburner's area of special vexillological interest is propaganda and UK politics, and he has made flags for various campaigns including Go Fourth [3], and Wage Concern [4]. Ashburner owns and hosts FOTW.net, the UK mirror of the global flag reference website.
[edit] Vexillography
Ashburner is a self-taught vexillographer, using Adobe Illustrator CS2 + CS3 + CS4, Adobe Photoshop CS3, and CorelDraw X3. His commercial designs include the All Faiths Flag[5][6] and a range of rugby flags related to the UK's 6 nations tournament[7]. Ashburner has also designed flags for many high profile individuals, notably Alastair Campbell[8] and Jason Salkey[9].
[edit] Media
Ashburner is the subject of numerous newspaper articles [10][11][12] [13][14][15][16][17] and is a regular contributor to radio [18] and television news programmes [19]. Ashburner occasionally writes and is published in Flagmaster, the journal of the Flag Institute[20]
[edit] Sponsorship
Ashburner sponsors and hosts the Flags of the World website [21]. He sponsors the Commonwealth Games Council for Wales [22], Morriston Orpheus Choir[23], South Gower RFC [24], and the Gala on the Green at RAF Linton-on-Ouse [25]. Ashburner sponsored the delegate-packs for the International Congress of Vexillology in York in 2001, and in 2009 donated the 5mx3m Welsh Flag presented to the Welsh community in Patagonia by Lord Dafydd Elis-Thomas on behalf of the Welsh Assembly Government[26]
[edit] Other Interests
Ashburner sits on the Team Wales Village Design Committee for the Commonwealth Games Council for Wales. He owns the flag retailer MrFlag.com [1]
[edit] Wikipedia
Ashburner's most recent contributions to Wikipedia includes work on the Canadian Parliamentary Flag Program and Modern Use of Nazi Flags.
[edit] References
- ^ FlagWire Snapshot
- ^ Noted Vexillologists
- ^ Go Fourth Campaign
- ^ Wage Concern Flag
- ^ All Faiths Flag
- ^ All Faiths Flags: Motives
- ^ Rugby Character Flags
- ^ Alastair Campbell
- ^ Jason Salkey
- ^ Western Mail 29 November 1995
- ^ Western Mail 30 November 1991
- ^ The Sport 31 January 1991
- ^ South Wales Evening Post 3 September 2004
- ^ Sunday Post 1 May 2011
- ^ South Wales Evening Post 17 November 2010
- ^ Wales on Sunday
- ^ Western Mail 1 August 1991
- ^ BBC Radio Wales Phone-in
- ^ BBC Wales Today "A New Flag For Wales?"
- ^ Flagmaster #122
- ^ fotw.net
- ^ Commonwealth Games Council of Wales - Sponsors
- ^ Morriston Orpheus Choir
- ^ South Gower RFC
- ^ Gala on the Green
- ^ Welsh Flags flies again in Patagonia
[edit] External links
- Morriston Orpheus website
- A flap in the cream tea county
- Flying the flag
- Give the Union Flag a dragon makeover, says MP
- On cars, in shops and on the house: every day's a flag day
- Britons ask for flags to ward off US friendly fire
- Union Jacks on order against 'friendly fire'
- America at War: Counting the cost: US flag frenzy
- New Flag Causes A Flap in South West
- BBC Wales Today; "New flag for Wales?"
- UK Troops Buy Flags To Prevent US Fire
Category:1969 births Category:Vexillographers Category:Vexillology Category:Businesspeople
