NMC Committee Minutes Tuesday 22nd July 2014
Attending John Dalrymple (JD), David Angel (DA), Ian Birtwistle (IB), Andrew Shanks (AS), Alastair Boardman (AB), Ed Sciberras (ES), John Spencer(JS),
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Apologies Eva Diran (ED),Peter Flegg (PF), Adrian Wilson (AW)
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Approval of Minutes of last meeting Minutes approved
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Action Points and Matters Arising •
Hadrian Leisure have indicated that resetting all routes annually would result in them making a loss if the NMC reduced their use of the Burnside facility ◦
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NMC hoodies and T-Shirts are now available.
Correspondence •
ES has applied to the BMC for Neil Gresham or Kenton Cool to speak, and is investigating the Cluny as a venue. ◦
ES proposed that the club support new members by subsidising first away meets
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JS proposed Stephen Venables to speak on Shackleton at the Lit and Phil, for a $500 fee plus a share of the takings from ticket sales.
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The Stephen Venables talk is to be promoted outside the climbing community
Two members' slide shows are to be scheduled for the beginning and end of the winter season using a variation on the Pecha Kucha format
Communications •
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The committee decided on Kenton Cool
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AW has investigated route setting alternatives and believes that the current price that Hadrian Leisure are paying for route setting is not unreasonable.
IB has produced a prototype for northumberlandclimbing.co.uk ◦
Chris Graham has made the domain name available to the club.
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JD recommends having someone with design experience smarten up the website
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JD recommends scoping the online guide requirements at the next meeting
Events •
The BMC festival of climbing and walking has occurred and filled the venue despite having little local publicity.
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Services for Members •
Summer Edition of County Climber ready for publication
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Autumn edition due mid-October.
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An Adobe desktop publishing package has been purchased for use in producing guidebooks and County Climber
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JS discussed potential future development of County Climber along the lines of scottishclimbs.com
AOB •
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Information signs to be put up at the major crags – JD to take the lead on this, working with John Vaughn.
Date of Next Meeting Tuesday 2nd of September