Chelmsford Mountaineering Club AGM.

12th January 2005.

 

Minutes of AGM :

 

AGM held at The Orange Tree public House, Lower Anchor Street , Chelmsford, at 9pm.

 

Members present :

Tony Walentowicz, Simon Clark, David Stynes, Graham Hewing-Powell, Verity Ford, Ellie Holland, Ian Pegg, Elved Roberts, Piers Harley, Chris Grimble, Martin Hill, Ben Stickley, Andrew Porter, Liz Wally, Marion Leister,

 

Prospective members present:

Katie Base, Josh Boatman, Robert Anstee, Ian Davies, Scott Young, Dan Rawlings.

 

Appologies received from Vic Odell, Wyn Morgan.

 

The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed as being an accurate record. There were no matters arising from the minutes these were duly signed off by Tony Walentowicz.

 

Chairs report: By Tony Walentowicz

It was reported the club had  a good year, with many new members, and club activity was high.

The new meets arrangements are working well, with trips to many UK and European destinations, with Wynns achievements on Cho Oyu being a club high light.

Members were benefiting from the use of the Writtle wall and trips were also going on to Mile End and The Castle.

Tony reminded members that we need to be more pro active in producing the Clubs news letter, as we didn’t manage to produce any during 2004.

A copy of the full report will be posted on club web site.

 

Secretaries Report: By Simon Clark.

Another busy year for the club was reported, with club membership increased.

The club has tried to help novice members, which has been possible through the meets

At Writtle climbing wall.

Some specific meets are planned to give new members confidence outside.

The new meets policy with huts pre booked is working well and will continue in 2005.

Also a meets officer is helping meets to run smoothly.

The benefits of BMC affiliation were summarised and the fact that the BMC affiliation cost would increase for 2005 was mentioned along with the likely need to increase membership fees to cover this.

The club would make a donation of £50.00 to The Ogwen valley Mountain rescue,

For the help they gsve two club members during the Nov N.Wales meet.

Simon reiterated, that the CMC was a friendly club where every one was welcome, and that all club members were encouraged to put their views forward and participate in the club fully. 2004 was a very active year with 2005 hopefully being just as succesfull.

A  full secretary’s report will appear on the web site.

 

 

Treasurers report by David Stynes.

David reported that the clubs total expenditure was £1001.25 with club income at £1043.46.

This gave us a surplus for the year of £42.21, when added to the clubs existing funds the total reserve now stands at £543.93

David said we had a deficit on huts booked of £20 but the revenue from Writtle climbing wall was £74.00 this would increase with more use in the future.

This profit would be used to fund future hut bookings and club meets.

 

Club subscriptions.

David Stynes proposed the clubs membership is increased from £8.00 a year to £10.00 a year to cover the increase in BMC affiliation fees. This was seconded by Simon Clark.

This motion was adopted.

 

Election of officers.

Club Chairman :   Tony Walentowicz      Proposed   Graham Hewing-Powell

                                                                  Seconded    Elved Roberts

 

Club Treasurer :    David Stynes               Proposed    Tony Walentowicz

                                                                  Seconded     Simon Clark

 

Club Secretary :    Simon clark                 Proposed      Ben Stickley

                                                                  Seconded      Ellie Holland

 

The above officers were duly elected for the 2005 year.

 

 

Club Meets.

Meets officers report by Piers harley.

Piers reported the club had a full programme of meets for 2004.

The new arrangements of pre booking huts had worked well and more members had attended meets than in previous year.

Meets had been varied with activity across the main UK climbing areas as well as trips to the Alps, Fontainbleau, and Wynn’s achievements in the Himalaya.

We will continue with the pre booked huts arrangement this year, and this will be put in place early so members can plan in advance.

The meets officers role entails a lot of work so it is proposed to have some one assisting With this role.

 

Meets officer’s assistant: Verity is willing to help, and this was agreed by all present.

Meets list 2005

Members were asked if they had any suggestions for meets in 2005, none came forward, so the committee will organise the meets list this year.

Members can arrange their own trips to supplement the organised club meets and details should be circulated via e mail.

Meets will be arranged on a similar basis to last year.

Piers will circulate the meets once agreed by committee.

 

A.O.B

Concerns were raised by Andy Porter regarding the club and individuals liability in case of an accident.

This was discussed and it was decided we had looked at this issue in great detail in the past and had discussed it with the BMC.

It was concluded that our membership forms carry the BMC approved disclaimer that climbing is dangerous and individuals personally accept the risk to themselves.

 

 

End of meeting.