Surely Dick, the point of the choir is not the output but the participation. I dislike the music that community folk choirs produce but that's not the point. They enjoy what they do and there are people who DO enjoy hearing what they do. They are an activity, not a documentation of the state of a tradition.

re: Robyn's point:

Where is the footage of people like Fred Jordan, Ray Fisher, or even Coppers or Kippers. Surely the archives have some treasures they could add?

It makes the assumption that there exists a systematic operation to document folk music and archive it. There is no EFDSS archive hit squad going round filming and recording people. There ARE a lot of members such as myself who variously record, film, document or support such activities. If they decide to deposit their artifacts in the VWML then it's possible that the EFDSS could disseminate them IF the relevant copyright clearances have been put in place. Should they decide to do so, it's unlikely that YouTube would be a suitable resource to use, given the copyright/ownership issues that would arise.

I've no longer any management role in the society, but it would seem to me that he EFDSS YouTube channel just allows a peek at what the society is up to rather than providing a resource. It's just an informational tool.