NMC Committee Minutes Tuesday 7th March 2017 Attending Andrew Shanks (AS), Felix Larieu(FL), Radoslaw Florczak(RF), Adrian Wilson (AW), John Spencer(JS), Steve Blake (SB), Megan Denman-Cleaver(MDC), Emma Smith(ES), Claire Robertson(CR), Camilla Mapstone(CM), Craig Harrison (CH)
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Apologies Joe McCarty(JMcC), Joe Rudin (JR), Eva Diran (ED)
Approval of Minutes of last meeting Minutes approved
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Action Points and Matters Arising •
RF reports that the new T-shirts are ready and he plans to begin selling them to club members at the meets on Wednesday the 8th
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CR reported that it would be possible to track traffic to the websites thenmc.org.uk and northumberlandclimbing.com ◦
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CH reports that Chris Hayworth has volunteered to run an Assynt meet on a nonbank holiday weekend that would require a three-day weekend and wants an indication of likely numbers ◦
AW recommends initially booking 6 places
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The committee agreed to book 8 places following an update from FL and CH
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The meet will be publicized via email and the newsletter
Handbook Issues •
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StB asked if it would be possible to track views of material posted to issu, CR will investigate
AW notified the committee that the handbook had gone to the printers, costing £174 for 220 copies
Guidebook Issues •
StB reports that the different contributors to the Wired guidebook have agreed to subcontract layout work to Don Sergeant to ensure a consistent style ◦
StB reports that a representative of Cordee was at the Wired guidebook meeting and believed that the Northern Rock guidebook could sell as two volumes
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StB reports that so far there is only one volunteer for the NMC guidebook subcommittee and that he will put out a call for volunteers on Facebook
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The extent of regrading that may be required was discussed
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StB reported that a number of crags were being re-photographed with drone photography