7 August 2009
The Mountaineering Council of Scotland (MCofS) has circulated a very informative newsletter, with details of forthcoming events, discounts and courses.
Click below for more information.
Annual Gathering – 5 September 2009: all your members are welcome!
- Final programme of events including a climbing master class and lecture by Dave MacLeod, and presentations by Heather Morning, Mountain Safety Adviser and Geoff Monk of the Mountain Weather Information Service (MWIS).
http://www.mcofs.org.uk/gathering2009.asp
EGM / AGM – 5 September 2009
- Notices for the EGM/AGM; an amendment to the EGM special resolution and director nominations – for latest information concerning amendments, motions and nominations see:
http://www.mcofs.org.uk/agm2009.asp
Clubs Advisory Group (CAG)
- An inaugural meeting of the CAG will be held during the Annual Gathering at Glenmore Lodge at 11.00 on 5 September 2009. Details of Group members and CAG aims may be found at: www.mcofs.org.uk/cag.asp
Website Improvements and New Items
New Section – Club Services http://www.mcofs.org.uk/club-services.asp
- A range of information for club office bearers and members
Update – Club Huts Directory http://www.mcofs.org.uk/huts-club.asp
- The July 2009 revision of the Huts Directory, including updated contacts and booking information, and a new hut – THE CABIN located near Laggan
New Feature – Coachwise by Dave MacLeod http://www.mcofs.org.uk/coachwise.asp
- The fourth in Dave’s exclusive-to-MCofS Coachwise series “Fail Well, Climb it Next Time”
Update – Courses and Events http://www.mcofs.org.uk/courses.asp
- Additional GPS Courses, plus navigation and first aid courses
Club Discount Evenings
- Blacks and Millets stores are willing to organise club discount evenings. Please contact your local manager in the first instance. Contact details for each store can be found at http://www.mcofs.org.uk/discounts-retail.asp
Scottish Mountaineer – subscribe in Digital Format
- Many members now take Scottish Mountaineer in digital format. It’s convenient, easy-to-use, has live web links, and you can search with Adobe reader.
- Your members can subscribe to Digital Mountaineer – just email membership@mcofs.org.uk stating name and address. We will assume that the hard-copy version is no longer required unless stated otherwise.
Subscribe to TGO Magazine and save 30%
- Your members can subscribe to TGO magazine for only £25 – that’s an £11 discount on the full price rate of £36. To take advantage of this offer, contact the TGO subscription hotline on 0141-302-7718 stating that you are a member of an MCofS Club.
Extra GPS Courses
- Due to very popular demand we will be running two more GPS training courses at Glenmore Lodge on October 17th and 18th. The two courses at the beginning of October sold out very quickly, so if you are interested please make your booking as quickly as possible. The cost of the day long courses is £25.
http://www.mcofs.org.uk/navigation-courses-gps.asp
Equity – Please help MCofS
- A separate letter for the attention of, and action by, the Club Secretary concerning MCofS’s approach to the Equity Standard is attached. We hope that you will support MCofS in its drive to achieve the Equity Standard.
Seeking Images
- The MCofS is seeking good quality images of walking and climbing scenes for possible use in Scottish Mountaineer and the website. We are particularly looking for images with people in them.
- We are looking for digital scanned images (jpeg, bitmap, tiff) – >300dpi minimum or digital images (RAW or jpeg) – 2MB min
- If you have any images that you are willing to allow the MCofS to use then please contact mike@mcofs.org.uk. Published contributions to Scottish Mountaineer will be acknowledged in the magazine.
Best wishes,
David Gibson
Chief Officer