NMC Committee Minutes Tuesday 15th March 2016 Attending Andrew Shanks (AS), Adrian Wilson (AW), John Dalrymple (JD), Steve Blake (StB), John Spencer(JS), David Angel (DA), Sonia Byers(SnB), Pete Hubbard (PH), Eva Diran (ED), Craig Harrison (CH), Felix Larrieu(FL), Radeck Florczak (RF), Alastair Boardman (AB), Joe Rudin (JR), Joe McCarty(JMcC)
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Apologies Ian Birtwistle (IB), Ed Sciberras (ES)
Approval of Minutes of last meeting Minutes approved with corrections – JS, AW
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Action Points and Matters Arising •
Joe Spoor has been investigating the possibility of obtaining access to another club's hut ◦
He has had some interest from the Lancashire Climbing and Caving Club ▪
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The location was generally agreed not to be ideal
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Lancashire Mountaineering club has been approached and is putting the proposal to their committee
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Opinion is divided on the value of committing to help at working meets for the purposes of obtaining hut access
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ED proposed pursuing an option to make a deal with another club to pay a premium on hut fees for access on members' terms
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StB will inform Joe of the views of the committee
Meets •
The issue of liability for overseas meets was reiterated
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The principle of unofficial meets arranged by members was approved, on the condition that there was no liability on the club.
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AB has booked the Derbyshire Pennine Club hut in Stoney Middleton for the 22 nd and 23rd of July
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JMcC and Tom Curtis are organising North Wales meets, with a view to using the late May bank holiday ◦
AW to suggest locations
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We expect further BMC crag cleaning meets, and will promote these as they happen
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AW will organise a Galloway meet, co-ordinating with JD
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The President's Meal is to be arranged for the first weekend in July