Pete
Chairman
Website
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Leigh
Secretary |
Marion
Treasurer
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Gary
Outdoor Meets
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Jenny
Indoor Meets |
Deborah
Climbing
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Carolyn
Crux |
Paul
Biking |
| The Hertfordshire Mountaineering Club Committee consists of six people
elected at the AGM for a period of up to two years. The three executive positions
(Chairman, Secretary, Treasurer) may only be held by those who have previously held other
positions on the Committee. Up to two more members may also be co-opted onto
the Committee if required. |
The 2008 Committee
The Committee members elected at the AGM in January 2008 are shown below,
with contact details.
Minutes of HMC AGM's & EGM's
Details of current HMC Committee members
Pete Durkin - Chairman and Website
| Pete joined the committee in 2001,
moved to Treasurer in 2002, and stood down in 2004 to move into the
housing market. Pete was elected as Chairman in 2008. Pete got his first taste of climbing in
Venture Scouts and took it up more seriously when he joined the Manchester
University Mountaineering Club, where he held the post as treasurer in his
final year. In 2002 Pete was elected 'Member of the Year'.
Since December 2006 Pete has taken over maintenance of the website from
Albert. |
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| Leigh joined the club in 2002, was voted onto the
committee as Indoor rep in 2005 and in 2006 was elected as
Secretary. Leigh has been on many club trips,
including the 2003 trip to Yosemite and the 2005 Alps trip to La Grave in
the Ecrins, France. In 2006 Leigh was elected 'Member of
the Year', and organised & led the TMR (Tour
de Monte Rosa) walk in the Italian Alps - 75 miles & 28,500 ft of up in 8 days.
Leigh enjoys skiing, is a good organiser, and comes from
Essex. |
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Marion joined the HMC in the early 2000's and was voted onto the committee in
2004 as indoor meets secretary. In 2005 Marion was elected to position of
Treasurer. In her spare time, Marion is interested in men
from the woodlands.
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| Gary has been a HMC club member since
1997 and has taken an active role in the club as indoor meets, climbing
rep and now outdoor meets. He has traveled and trekked extensively
around various parts of the world. Gary has organised various club trips
to the Alps, Morocco and weekends away. Gary Likes mountain
biking, skiing, mountaineering and walking. |
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| Details coming soon |
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| Deborah has been a member of the
HMC since 2006, and has been making the effort to fall off harder routes
ever since. She is regularly to be found at the Hatfield
climbing wall on Tuesday nights, and often at the Castle in North London
on Sundays, and hopefully on a sea cliff or crag somewhere on weekends
during the summer. |
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| I joined the HMC in 2000 to
find new climbing partners. After the initial shock of being told
the annual dinner was a casual affair (I turned up in jeans, to everyone
else's black tie), I went on to enjoy a really fun and productive year and
a half of climbing with the club. In 2001 I moved to California, but
maintained membership of the HMC, and hosted a meet in Yosemite during my
time there. I returned from the States in 2004, and have been a
regular face at meets since then, these days walking more frequently than
climbing. I will soon be moving to the North West, but that won't
stop me showing my face at meets, or editing Crux for that matter! |
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| Since joining the HMC in
2004, Paul has been on many meets including all at Herts
Snowdonia Center. Often to be found on Sunday mountain bike rides
and participates in and helps organise the September multi-day rides. He's
been skiing, walking and mountain biking since schooldays
but found the HMC when looking for a club to go scrambling with and
develop better all round skills, On the mountains he wants to
improve his scrambling and climbing by working his way through
the 'Easy climbs and Scrambles' book... |
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Sets the tone for the club and the general direction for the next year. |
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Produces Agendas for, and referees at, committee meetings. |
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Makes interesting speeches at the
AGM, Annual Dinner and other events. |
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Deals with membership applications, collects the money, (passes it to the
treasurer), updates the membership lists, issues membership cards |
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Maintains members address & email list, with next of kin contact details |
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Deals with HMC member affiliation to the BMC (insurance etc.) |
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Documents minutes of meetings / AGM |
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Keeps masters of constitution |
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Accountable for all publicity material - posters, welcome pack, car stickers etc. |
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Liaises with the climbing magazines regarding the club adverts |
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Maintains a list of all places where the HMC has adverts, and provides
updates with latest details to all advert locations as necessary |
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Produce meets and membership details for the CRUX magazine for the CRUX
rep |
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Receives the Membership money, updates the accounts and places funds in
the Bank |
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Looks after the Club's cheque book, writes cheques, obtains authorisations |
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Receives bank statements, cross matches to cheques issued, updates club's
accounts accordingly |
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Produces Accounts for the committee meetings and AGM |
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Reads out Treasurer's report at the AGM |
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Investigates and suggests possible new Meet venues - Huts and Camping |
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Organises the Outdoor Meets - Huts & Campsites |
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Deals with other clubs regarding hut bookings, and pays deposits as
required |
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Deals with hut receipts and balances owed after a meet has taken place |
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Arranges indoor events during the year, including speakers (list of
speakers available from the BMC). Books a room for the speakers, arranges the
projection equipment (projector & screen), & looks after the speakers on the
evening |
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Organises meet venues in
Hertfordshire, arranges the room, sets up the
projector & screen, conducts the evening, and re-arranges the room afterwards |
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For Snowdonia based meets
(winter), picks the meet that the
preferred speaker is available for. A projector may have to be provided, but there is a
screen at the centre |
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Collects monies to cover the costs of the meets, where practicable |
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Looks after the HMC projector & screen |
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Encourages choice of club meets to localities with quality climbing potential |
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Promotes climbing both within and outside the club for climbers of all experiences |
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Informs members of climbing possibilities, good crags & climbs, prior to meets |
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Ensures those wishing to climb have someone to climb with at meets |
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Informs members of associated climbing events eg. slide shows, boulder
competitions |
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Informs members regarding weekly trips to climbing walls |
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Maintains the climbers email list & notifies climbers of ad-hoc climbing
events |
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Encourages all
members to write articles and take photos for CRUX |
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Collates all articles and photos received from the keen
(or reluctant) members |
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Puts together each edition of CRUX in a thorough and professional manner |
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Obtains latest meets list and membership lists / labels from the Secretary |
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Co-ordinates the printing, enveloping and distribution / postage of each issue of
CRUX |
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Passes details of the latest CRUX to the CRUX web maintainer, as a PDF file |
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Organises mountain biking trips on the wettest weekends, through loadsa
mud, over puncture generating terrain |
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Tries to keep Pete (swimming with Dolphins) in order |
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Holder of the
HMC YHA membership card - gives discounts at YHA's to HMC groups |
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Maintains the HMC &
CRUX
websites and email forwarding via the domain
name - www.thehmc.co.uk |
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Updates the website on an adhoc basis, trying to reflect the HMC ethos in
the comments |
Alex
Pender
Alex joined the HMC a few years ago, and at the 2004 AGM
elected to
the onerous role of mountain bike rep (and re-elected in 2006). Alex is a keen mountain biker and
organises lots of wild weekends on muddy hillsides in pouring rain with many punctures
and a long way to go to the pub. Alex is also the holder of the HMC
YHA discount card. In his spare time Alex lives in the wilds of North
Herts, looking for the ultimate off road bike experience. |
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Caroline
Cook
Caroline joined the HMC in the early 2000's and was voted onto the committee in
2004 as outdoor meets secretary (and re-elected in 2006), taking down details of members in her meets
book. Caroline retired from the committee in 2008. Caroline was
a very enthusiastic meets secretary, booking
meets months, and even years in advance. In the past Caroline has
lived in Vietnam & Hong Kong, had Malaria & Dengue fever, and ran
with the Hash House Harriers. |
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Kevin
Blissett
Kevin joined the HMC in Jan 2004 with the intention of getting out more and doing wild and exciting things on mountains. Having spent the first two months of 2006 in plaster from the knee down, he has decided this is far too dangerous and so joined the committee as indoor meets rep. Kevin lives in St Albans and is particularly adept at arranging beer and curry evenings. |
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Bill
Marsh
Cool shades Bill is our former Crux editor, seen here in reflective mood. Having been a member
since 1990 and avoiding any responsibility within the HMC, Bill finally succumbed to the Crux Editorship in
2001 (and re-elected in 2003 & 2005 AGMs). A keen all-round sportsman, as well as being a keen climber and hill walker, Bill still manages to play cricket, tennis and a enjoys a bit of mountain biking.
In his spare time he works in the Graphics industry as a self-employed Designer using
AppleMacs. See Bill if you want any T shirts or promotional material designing & printing, including the HMC T shirts, sweat shirts & hats. |
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Geoff
Deans
Geoff was elected onto the committee in 2001 as the Walking rep,
took on the
role of Secretary at the 2003 AGM & elected Chairman at the 2006 AGM. Geoff
retired from the committee in 2008. Geoff is a keen
walker & in 2001 completed the Welsh 3000's and
the Lakes 3000's in
2002. Geoff has organised trips to Milan and Majorca, and was co-opted leader of the
trek to Mardi Himal in Nepal in
2001.
2005 saw Geoff being elected 'Member of
the Year', completing the Welsh 3000's (again)
& cycling
3000 kms from the UK to Greece. In 2006 Geoff
Completed the Bob
Graham Round in 23hrs 28 mins (75 miles &
28,500 ft of ascent). |
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Adrian
Jones
Adrian joined the club many years ago and managed to
avoid the committee until 2005, when he was elected as climbing rep. Adrian has organised many climbing meets for the HMC over the years
including the trip to Yosemite in 2003. In his spare time Adrian is an engineer with an IT
leaning. |
Ann Peden
Ann joined the HMC in 1998,
after completing a "Martin Moran - Scottish Winter Mountaineering" course in 1997. She later took up rock
climbing and completed further courses in Improver Climber and Self-Rescue for Climbers, at
Plas-y-Brenin. Ann has climbed in the Alps with the Club almost every summer, ticking off many summits,
including Nadlehorn, Lagginhorn and Mont Blanc de Cheillon, as well as occasional
ice-climbing in winter. Ann was elected to Outdoor meets in 2002
& Chairman in 2004, standing down in 2006 due to TA commitments. |
Ian Gibbon
Ian joined the HMC in 2000, elected to climbing rep in 2002 and at the
2004 AGM took on the onerous role of Treasurer. Ian stood down in 2005. Ian is a keen climber and used
to maintain the climbing email list, plus a list of local walls and climbers. |
Stepan Ptacek
Stepan came from the Czech Republic in 1997 with lots of experience in
climbing in the Czech mountains. After joining the HMC, Stepan was first elected to
climbing rep in 1998, standing down at the 1999. In 2004 Stepan was
re-elected as climbing rep and stood down in 2005. In his spare time Stephan is a qualified medic
and drives ambulances around Herts & Beds. His medical skills could be very
useful on the crags, so no excuses for the climbers - 'you push your grades, why not'. |
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Bill Burt
Bill was elected as outdoor rep at the 1999 AGM, elevated to Chairman at the
2000 AGM and stood down at the 2004 AGM to work in Norway during 2004. Bill joined the HMC in order to get cheap mountain insurance from the BMC for a
trip to Mont Blanc in 1997! He turned up to a few Tuesdays and then decided to go on a
meet. He is now hooked (a man's got to have a hobby). Bill started walking in the Lakes on
family holidays, started climbing and mountain climbing at school including an
"expedition" to Norway. Climbed a bit in the Avon Gorge when in Bath, then gave
up for almost 20 years, until he decided to "do" Mont Blanc.
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Phil Whitehurst
Phil joined the HMC in 1995, was elected to the committee at the 1996
AGM as Climbing Rep and moved to Secretary at the 1997 AGM, taking over the editorship of
Crux, the HMC's quarterly magazine. During 1997 Phil created and developed the HMC
websites, using some information from the membership packs. Phil stood down as
Secretary at the 2000 AGM to travel the world for 18 months.
He has given some very good
slide shows since his return, and married Helen in 2005. |
Debbie Smith
Debbie joined the HMC in 1998 and at the 2002 AGM volunteered to take on the
role of indoor meets. Due to her work commitments (working in Helsinki is not
convenient for Herts), Debbie stood down from the committee in 2003. |
Rupert Priestnall
Rupert joined the club in 1998, and was elected to Climbing Rep at the 2000
AGM.
In 2001 Rupert was elected to Treasurer, and retired at the 2002 AGM to buy and
decorate a house. Rupert has now married Jo. |
James Hargreave
James joined the HMC in 1998, and in 2000 'volunteered' to take over the
creation and publication of CRUX from Phil W. James stood down in 2001, handing CRUX
over to Bill Marsh. |
Anne Noon
Anne Noon was elected indoor rep at the 1999 AGM, then moved to Walking Rep and
Secretary before retiring from the committee. |
Jane Whitrow
Jane joined the HMC in 1996, and was elected to the committee in 1997,
as Indoor Meets sec, and at the 1998 AGM she was elected to Treasurer. Jane stood
down at the 2000 AGM to start a family - 2 little Whitrow's so far. |
Michael Baldwin
Michael joined the HMC in the late 70's and has held a number of
positions on the committee over the years. Michael stood down as chairman at the
1998 AGM and now owns and runs La Source, a Ski Chalet in Villard Reculas, near Alpe
d'Huez, France. For further information, call 0033 476 803032, email
Lasourcefrance@aol.com
or visit the LaSource web site: www.lasource.f9.co.uk
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Charles White
Charles joined the HMC in 1995, and was elevated to the Outdoor Meet Sec
at the 1997 AGM. Charles stood down at the 1999 AGM to paint his house & put
boards in the loft (you guessed it - he just got married). |
Dave
Nicholson
Dave joined the HMC in the early 70's, and was one of the early
climbing tigers of the HMC, along with Dave Goodey, Mick Bail, Dick
Enstone, etc. Dave was elevated to Chairman in 1984 and held the
club together as Chairman for 7 years. Dave is still in the club. |
Dave
Goodey
Dave joined the HMC in the early 70's, and was one of the early
climbing tigers of the HMC, along with Dave Nicholson, Mick Bail, Dick
Enstone, etc. Dave rose the position of chairman in the 80's, and is still
in the club. |
Dick
Enstone
Dick joined the HMC in the 70's at the tender age of 16, and had to
get special dispensation from his mother to come to the Station Hotel in
Knebworth where the HMC met at the time. After his time as chairman
in the 90's, Dick moved to Geneva where he is now lives & works -
occasionally returning to the UK. |
Mike
Jones
Mike joined the HMC in the 80's, was very well spoken, and rose the
position of chairman in 1991. Mike also ran a private outward bound
business organising & leading walks, etc. |
Albert
Sillwood
Albert first joined the HMC in 1969, and apart from one year in
Baghdad and 9 years in South
Africa, has been with the HMC ever since, serving in most
positions on the committee over the years. At the 2001 AGM for services to the club,
Albert was elected a life member of the HMC. Peaks climbed include
Kilimanjaro, Mt
Kenya, The Drakensbergs in South Africa, Toubkal in the Atlas Mountains, Mardi Himal in
Nepal (almost) & the southern mountains of Turkey, plus a few in the Alps. There was also a walk
up a Kurdish mountain in northern Iraq in 1978, hastily cut short to avoid being seen by an Iraqi
army helicopter. In his spare time Albert works for IBM, and occasionally rides his
Brompton bike on meets. |
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