AGC News

Attendees:	Ian Gilbert (Chairman)	Jeff & Carol Cooper
	Alison L Gentleman (Secretary)	Paul & Helen Russell
	Steve Gentleman (Treasurer)	Charlie Silverlight
	Mark Holloway (Booking Secretary)	Lynne Burberry
	Laurence Conisbee (Equipment Officer)	Karina Gilbert
	Andrew Gentleman	Debbie & Neil Robertshaw
	Alison M Gentleman
Apologies:	Craig Coates	Thomas Gilbert
	Helen Cunningham

Minutes of the last AGM

The minutes of the last AGM were read out by the Secretary and were found to be a true and accurate record.

Treasurer’s Report

The club has £464 in the bank (before subscriptions for the coming year) with £50 in various deposit banks. Paul Russell, Helen Russell and Helen Cunningham have not yet paid their subscriptions for 2006.

Equipment Officer’s Report

The equipment officer has purchased four new 60m x 10mm ropes (green) as part of a programme for ‘refreshing’ the clubs aged equipment. All existing club ropes, aside from the four new ones, are to be appropriately disposed of. All of the ropes are currently labelled and their details/log books can be seen on the club website. Details of any incident with a club rope should be reported immediately to the Equipment Officer.

The equipment refresh programme would also entail:

• Replacement of all club helmets with 4 new helmets (2x child size, 2x adult size)
• Destruction of all ‘Whillans’ harnesses
• Replacement of all slings
• Textile elements of the club rack will be replaced (to be carried out by Ian as the current custodian)
• Purchase of 4x rope bags for the new ropes

The club has a virtual storage system: there is no central location for equipment. Each piece of equipment listed on the web site has the name of the current custodian next to it. Anyone wishing to borrow a piece of equipment should contact the corresponding custodian's) and then inform the Equipment Officer when they have the kit so that the web site can be updated to reflect the new custodian.

The Chairman thanked the parting committee members: Alison Gentleman (Secretary), and Mark Holloway (Booking Secretary). He expressed his delight that the number of children on this meet almost outnumbered the adults. It was the highest AGM turnout for many a year.

Subscriptions

It was decided that adult subscriptions (18 years or older) should stay at £20 per annum, and £10 for children/students/unemployed over 16 years old. There will be a new fee of £1 for children of club members under 16.

Election of Auditor

It was agreed that Mrs J M Gentleman should retain her role as auditor of the club.

Election of Committee

It was decided that the function of Booking Secretary would become a responsibility of the Club Secretary role. There were two self-nominations for this revised post: Paul Russell and Helen Russell. They were co-opted to cover this new position as a job-share! They were seconded by Alison Gentleman.

Meets

There will be four meets arranged for the club in 2007:

0. February - North Wales (booked)
0. April – Fallcliffe Cottage/Bosigran/Don Whillans Hut? TBC
0. September (15^th?)- Geneva – Via Ferrata trip to be organised by Ian Gilbert
0. November – AGM – possibly in Devon. TBC

Christmas Drinks

It was decided to have Christmas drinks at 8pm on Thursday 28^th December at the Tide End pub in Teddington.

AOB

There was discussion about people wanting to join the club via the internet. It was agreed that new people were to be welcomed to join the club and that all new people will be directed to the Chairman. The Secretary will change the current information held by the BMC and put the Chairman’s details as the first point of contact.