Committees and Working Groups
Committees and working groups support and advise our officers. Article of Association 10.1 enables the Board 'to establish such Committees and Working Groups as it deems necessary to advise on and oversee the implementation and operation of policy and to deliver the Company’s annual operational plan in line with the current strategic plan in conjunction with the Staff of the Company'.
Each committee is required to have a remit which is approved by the Executive, and to operate to the 'Principles for the Good Governance of Committees' which was approved by the Board in October 2008.
Committees and working groups currently operating include:
The Mountain Safety Committee
The remit of the committee is available here.
Working with other mountianeering organisations
a) The Scottish Mountain Safety Forum (SMSF)
www.mountaineering-scotland.org.uk/safety/smsf.html
The SMSF is administered by the MCofS. The chair of the Mountain Safety Committee is chair of this forum. The forum meets a minimum of twice a year and the MCofS Mountain Safety Adviser acts as secretary to the forum.
b) Mountain Leader Training Scotland (MLTS)
Three members of the Mountain Safety Committee are directors of MLTS. The Mountain Safety Committee chair is an ex-officio director; two other members of the committee are nominated as MLTS directors.
c) Mountain Leader Training UK (MLTUK)
The chair of the Mountain Safety Committee attends MLTUK Board meetings. There are four meetings each year, held in the four countries of the UK MLTUK Board meetings include representatives from the national councils (BMC, MCI and MCofS) and all the MLT 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.
The Access and Conservation Committee
The remit of the committee is currently in preparation
The Membership Services Committee
The remit of the committee is available here.
Working groups reporting to Membership Services Committee
a) ITCTSG (Information Technology & Communications Technology Steering Group)
Remit: to devise a general strategy as regards ICT. (This includes UKIT project.)
Chair: Peter Willimott
b) Web Site Steering / Development Group
Remit: to oversee the implementation of the new website and its daily maintenance
Chair: Peter Willimott
c) Huts Working Group
Remit: provides advice and assistance to hut managers of Club Members.
Liaises with BMC Huts Group, publishes information
Chair: John Leftley
d) Fund Raising
Remit: to investigate sources of funding/investment
Chair: Brenda Clough
e) AGM & Gathering
Remit: to consider and advise on the AGM and Annual Gathering event
Chair: John Wylie
Page added 9 October 2008