The members of the Burns Statue Sub-Committee of the Renfrewshire and Inverclyde Association of Burns Clubs (RIABC) are:

Joe Harkins, President of the RIABC. Joe is a member of the Greenock, Alamo, and Barrmill Jolly Beggars Burns Clubs. He is the Press Officer of the Greenock Burns Club and is a Past President of the Alamo Burns Club.

Joe lives in Neilston, works as a Fireman and has recently been involved in setting up a benevolent society for retired members of the Fire Service.

As a member of the P.G. Wodehouse Society (UK) he has been a regular contributor to their quarterly journal "Wooster Sauce" and his work has also appeared in other publications, most notably in the form of major articles in the "Burns Chronicle."

He is devoted to fostering a wider understanding of Burns and is the organiser of the Renfrewshire Schools Burns Poetry Competition.

Iain Shaw, Immediate Past President of the RIABC. Iain is a member of the Greenock and Barrmill Jolly Beggars Burns Clubs, and is Past President of both. He is a retired Police Officer and is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquarians (Scotland).

Like Joe Harkins, Iain also shows his commitment to the Burns movement by helping to organise and judge the Renfrewshire and Inverclyde Burns Schools Poetry Competitions, but still finds time to research and present the life and works of his other great poetic inspiration, R. W. Service.

Iain now lives in Ardrossan.

Iain Skene, Vice President of the RIABC. Iain is President of the Alamo Burns Club and has twice been President of the Barrmill Jolly Beggars Burns Club. In 2004 he was made Honorary Life President in recognition of his services to the Barrmill Club.

In 2005 he enjoyed his first experience as a Judge at the Ayrshire Burns School Poetry competition held in Ardrossan, and recently a number of his articles have been published both in the local press and in national magazines.

Iain, a Sales Manager, has lived in Paisley for most of his 57 years, but was unaware of the Paisley Burns statue's existence until his mid twenties. The statue made an immediate impression on him although, like many others before him, he immediately realised that it was in the wrong location. He has spent much time and effort over recent years campaigning to have it moved to a prominent site in the town centre, as the original donors intended. Adding force to the committee's case, his latest researches have revealed the many injustices which led to the statue's current inappropriate location.

All of the Committee members are in demand as speakers and as readers of the Bard's works.