CC writes; 'There are various organisations in the country such as The Scottish Music Centre, The National Library of Wales' music collection, The Irish Traditional Music Archive, The National Dance Archive of Ireland, Scottish Dance Archives that may be open to closer collaboration.' While this is true, by your own criteria they would need to change their names to be more cosmopolitan surely? Why is it okay for an organisation to be 'Scottish' by definition or 'Welsh' and yet not 'English'. You would appear very arrogant to approach other groups with the stance, 'we are all embracing so you can work with us'. By the English label we are seen to be the same as the other organisations.
By the way, if you were on the inside of the argument rather than the outside, you would be unsurprised to learn of the close interaction between the EFDSS and all of the organisations you listed.
Nevertheless, the Society is still too 'London centric' and needs to address this in the very near future.