NMC Committee Minutes Tuesday 2nd February 2016 Attending Andrew Shanks (AS), Adrian Wilson (AW), Ian Birtwistle (IB), John Dalrymple (JD), Steve Blake (StB), John Spencer(JS), David Angel (DA), Sonia Byers(SnB), Ed Sciberras (ES), Alastair Boardman (AB), Joe Rudin (JR), Joe McCarty(JMcC),
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Apologies Pete Hubbard (PH), Eva Diran (ED), Craig Harrison (CH), Felix Larrieu(FL), Radeck Florczak (RF)
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Approval of Minutes of last meeting Approved by JS, seconded AW AGM minutes approved in principle
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Action Points and Matters Arising •
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JD reported on progress on NorthumberlandClimbing website – he has been developing the infrastructure for the site ◦
The current road block is developing a comprehensive system for representing all possible grades a route can have
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The full grade design will be completed offline
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JD to complete basic site maintenance by the end of February
The issue of negotiating access rights to another club's hut was raised ◦
StB thinks this is an interesting idea, but anticipates a large burden associated with attempting to gain hut access rights
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AW believes other clubs are likely to welcome the prospect of more hut use, and suggests Cleveland as a prime candidate to approach
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JS proposed using free entry to NMC organised talks as an incentive to partner clubs
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Joe Spoor is to make inquiries and determine what is practical
Meets •
JS reported that the winter skills meet was well attended
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The most recent winter meet was successful
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StB proposed recruiting volunteers to run an overseas meet in the next newsletter ◦
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AW stressed the need to emphasise the responsibility that individual members would bear both for climbing and travel organisation
JMcC proposed a sunny sport climbing trip