NMC Committee Minutes Tuesday 12th April 2016 Attending Andrew Shanks (AS), Adrian Wilson (AW), John Dalrymple (JD), Steve Blake (StB), John Spencer(JS), David Angel (DA), Eva Diran (ED), Craig Harrison (CH), Felix Larrieu(FL), Alastair Boardman (AB), Joe Rudin (JR), Ian Birtwistle (IB)
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Apologies Pete Hubbard (PH), Joe McCarty(JMcC)
Approval of Minutes of last meeting Minutes approved – StB, JS
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Action Points and Matters Arising •
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The issue of making a deal with another club for preferential bookings was discussed ◦
StB is to communicate the NMCs position to Joe Spoor
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£150 a year is suggested as a ball park figure to inform negotiations
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In negotiations with hut-owning clubs, the benefits of increased usage are to be stressed.
Meets •
The 2016 meets calendar is in the handbook ◦
Planning the 2017 meets is to start before November
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JR is in the process of booking a week-long meet in Torridon
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£200 is owed for the printing of the handbook
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The President's meal is to remain at Stickle Barn and there is no hard-and-fist upper limit on attendance ◦
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IB to book Stickle Barn
CH asked for advice on expanding the Laggan meet and was advised to book the remaining two beds in the hut
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Website Development •
Northumerlandclimbing.org.uk is currently non-functional due to incompatibility with the latest version of php that has been installed by the hosting provider ◦
IB and JD to investigate a temporary reversion to a previous version of php – JD estimates updating for full compatibility to be very time-consuming