Advisory Groups
The MCofS Board may establish Advisory Groups to inform strategy development and contribute to operational plans in a specific area of activity.
Members will be drawn from the MCofS membership, and others with appropriate expertise.
Advisory Group remits are shown below:
- Clubs (including Huts)
- Climbing on Rock and Ice
- Finance
Volunteering Opportunities
Any member interested in volunteering to work with the MCofS is encouraged to check the ‘Get Involved’ section of the MCofS website and the Volunteering Vacancies page.
Advisory Groups and their remits
Mountain and Hill Walking
The remit was updated and recieved Board approval on 26 August 2010, and is available here.
Chair: TBA
Secretary email: msa_mcofs@hotmail.co.uk
Mountain Skills and Safety - working with other mountianeering organisations:
a) The Scottish Mountain Safety Forum (SMSF)
The SMSF is administered by the MCofS. The chair of the Mountain and Hill Walking Advisory Group is also chair of the Forum. The Forum meets twice a year and the MCofS Mountain Safety Adviser acts as secretary to the forum. Click here for the remit and membership of the SMSF.
Chair: TBA
Secretary email: msa_mcofs@hotmail.co.uk
b) Mountain Leader Training Scotland (MLTS)
MCofS nominates 3 directors of MLTS. The MCofS Mountain and Hill Walking Advisory Group chair is an ex-officio director; in addition MCofS Development Director Martin McCallum and member Andy Cloquet are MCofS-nominated members of the MLTS Board. The MCofS Chief Officer attends MLTS Board meetings on an ad hoc basis.
c) Mountain Leader Training (MLT)
The MCofS Mountain and Hill Walking Advisory Group chair is an ex-officio director of MLT. The MLT Board meets four times a year, with meetings held in the four countries of the UK. MLT Board members include representatives from the national mountaineering councils (BMC, MI and MCofS) and the MLT home nation boards.
d) the Mountain Rescue Committee of Scotland (MRCofS)
The Mountain Safety Adviser represents the MCofS on the Mountain Rescue Committee of Scotland.
e) Mountain Safety Adviser - Other Organisations
The Mountain Safety Adviser also represents MCofS with the British Association of Mountain Guides and is a paper member of the BMC Training and Youth Committee, BMC Technical Committee and the UK Search and Rescue Operators Group.
Access and Conservation
Access & Conservation work is undertaken by a specialist officer, supported by a volunteer Advisory Group. The team keeps up-to-date with access and conservation issues, and works in partnership with a number of environmental and land management organisations to deliver a structured work programme, which forms part of the MCofS Operational Plan. The work includes providing information and advice, promoting members' interests, providing responses to consultations, and contributing to partnership projects.
Chair: Ron Payne
Clubs Advisory Group
The Clubs Advisory Group (CAG) is to advise the Board, via the Director for Club Affairs and Development, on issues pertaining to Clubs. These issues will be primarily identified by the Director in consultation with the Board and MCofS staff but they may also be raised by CAG members. The CAG will be chaired by the Director and members will be drawn from MCofS clubs at the discretion of the Director. Members of the Group will liaise and communicate with other clubs according to guidelines issued by the Director. The CAG will input to MCofS Strategy reviews and enable MCofS to fulfil it's Operational Plans.
Chair: Karin Froebel Overton
Huts Advisory Group
Remit: to provide advice and assistance to hut managers of Club Members. Liaises with BMC Huts Group, publishes relevant information including the Huts Newsletter and Club Huts Directory, and reports into the Clubs Advisory Group.
Chair: John Leftley
Climbing on Rock and Ice Advisory Group
The remit of the group is to identify ways to further develop the activity of climbing in the outdoor environment. Climbing has many forms, including climbing on rock, snow and ice; and participants often aspire to climb in more isolated and difficult to access areas of Scotland as well as the greater ranges of mountains across the world. The spirit of adventurous climbing has long been associated with Scottish climbers. This group will aim to identify ways to help enable climbers from Scotland to further develop their activities and push the horizons of Scottish climbing.
The full remit received Board approval on 22 February 2011, and is available here.
Chair: Martin McCallum
Finance Advisory Group
The remit of the group is to monitor income and expenditure and report to the Board quarterly; audit expenditure in light of strategic aims and objectives; review and modify financial risk management including reserves policy; recommend the budget, authorisation limits for expenses and expenditure, subject to Board approval; review banking and other procedures to ensure good practice and value for money; and review and update financial procedures.
The remit received Board approval on 22 February 2011
Chair: TBC
Updated 9 September 2011
