NMC Committee Minutes Tuesday 6th March 2018 Attending Andrew Shanks (AS),Joe McCarty(JMcC), Ciara Barret(KB), Radoslaw Florczak(RF), Adrian Wilson (AW), Megan Denman-Cleaver(MDC), Craig Harrison (CH), Felix Larrieu (FL)
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Apologies Eva Diran (ED), Steve Blake (SB),Joe Rudin (JR)
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Approval of Minutes of last meeting
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Action Points and Matters Arising •
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FL reported on the status of the Learn to Lead course ◦
The decision not to expand the course beyond one instructor and four students was restated
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JR is to apply to the BMC for a grant to subsidise the learn to lead course when the BMC opens grant applications
FL asked for a replacement meet leader for the Muir Cottage meet ◦
CH will take responsibility
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There is one space to fill, the difficulty of bringing non-members without climbing partners was discussed
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AW will approach the Wanneys' to promote the meet
Meets ◦
The Wednesday meets published in the google sheet were approved
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A Roaches weekend meet is to be added between the North Wales meet and the President's meal
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MDC will lead
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AW suggested the Don Whillans hut and a camping barn near Leek
More day meets were proposed to a lesser-visited Northumberland location, Yorkshire grit and Borrowdale ▪
CH will add these meets to the calendar
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AW reported one attendee for the New Members' Meet so far
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The committee will double check the status of the President's Meal with SB
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CH asked ED to confirm the winter meets program
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Membership report ◦
AW reported that the membership renewals process is ongoing
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AW reported that the BMC subscriptions have been paid
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AW reported that having additional people with access to the membership database is helpful
AoB ◦
JR reported the starred meet was successful in introducing new members to the club
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The committee decided that it should be club policy to require meet attendees to pay for previous meets attended prior to being accepted onto upcoming meets
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KB raised the issue of hut cleaning responsibilities on meets
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It was agreed that the meet leader should be responsible for ensuring attendees leave the hut in the condition desired by the owners
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AW proposed a list of who will be doing what on the last day, including who will be returning to the hut to help share hut cleaning responsibilities
It was reported that IB has created an NMC instagram
Next meeting
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Tuesday the 3rd of April