2026 AGM

Glasgow HF Outdoor Club AGM
11th of February 2026 19:30 by Zoom

The committee seriously considered whether to hold the 2026 AGM in person, but decided on balance to run it by zoom again.
We welcome members' input into proposals that must be decided only at the AGM. These include, for example, the fixing of membership fees, committee nominations and any changes to the constitution.
We provide below a provisional agenda with details of current nominations for committee posts.
According to the club's constitution, any member of the club may nominate another member of the club for any committee post if they have the support of a second member (and of course the agreement of the person nominated).
Members may also submit any other motions that would require AGM approval.
The deadline for submission of any motions or committee nominations is 28 days before the date of the AGM.
Please feel free to raise with us any suggestions or issues you think the AGM should debate, either in advance or under AOCB.

PROVISIONAL AGENDA
1. Apologies
2. Approval of minutes of AGM 13 February 2025
3. President’s report
4. Financial statement by Treasurer
5. Secretaries’ reports
6. Motion submitted by the committee

Increase in membership fees
See the attached note below for an explanation of the proposed increases.
Purely to cover the increased cost of affiliating members to Mountaineering Scotland (MScot) from 1 April 2026 (including the introduction of personal accident insurance agreed by affiliated clubs at the MScot AGM in November 2025), the committee is proposing that our own membership rates from April 2026 should be increased as follows:

• from £35 to £37 (adults);
• from £30 to £32 (concessionary rate) for members over 60 years old, registered students or unwaged;
• from £52.50 to £55 for a joint ‘Adult plus Youth’ membership.

7. Election of 2026 committee members
All those listed are willing to stand and have been duly nominated and seconded by members of the committee

Executive posts (3 y renewable, except president)
Retiring
President: Paul Harrison (2024)
Treasurer: John Paul Marley (2023)

Mid-term, ongoing
Vice-president: Laura Nava (2024), willing to continue
Communications officer: Joseph Rodgers (2025), willing to continue

End of term, willing for post to be renewed
Secretary: Alessandra Tanno (2023)

New nominations
President: Neil McCluskey
Membership secretary: Shaun Breen
Treasurer: Alex Davis
Mountaineering Scotland Liaison Officer (proposed new committee post): Anne Weatherston

Non-executive posts (1 y, all renewable)

Retiring
Programme Coordinator: Robin Gordon [post discontinued]

Willing to be renewed
Weekends secretary: James Nimmo
Social secretary: Gail Baxter
Training officer: Caroline Reilly
Walk secretary: Richard Botting
Low level walk secretary: (post currently in abeyance)
Holidays secretary: Sia Gancheva
Media officer: Alex Moss
Safeguarding Officer (child protection): Caroline Reilly

New nomination
Safeguarding Officer (adults) (proposed new committee post): Nikki Curtis

Coopted posts (for those who have not served on the committee before, 1y renewable, up to 3y maximum in total)
Date of first appointment in brackets

Retiring
Lucy McCorkell (2023) (end of maximum 3 y term)

Willing for post to be renewed
Laura Banks (2024)
Alice Nicol (2025)
Robert Reilly (2025)
Kenneth Sinclair (2025)

New nominations
Davide Mori
Paul Stanley
Francesca Mancuso