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MCofS
Newsletter 4 Clubs, number 8.
Below is Newsletter 4 Clubs number 8. |
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MCofS
Newsletter 4 Clubs, number 8.
Below is Newsletter 4 Clubs number 8. |
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News 4 Clubs
News 4 Clubs Bulletin Number 8 19th February 2010
Changes to MCofS website If you haven’t visited the MCofS website for a few months then please log onto www.mcofs.org.uk and check out the changes that have been going on there. Our home page has been upgraded and the new fast link buttons are a great improvement in terms of enabling you to navigate more quickly around the site. We have more changes planned for the site, so keep checking back and make use of the RSS feeds that we have recently introduced. As always, we welcome feedback, so if you have any comments about the website then please send me an e-mail to mike@mcofs.org.uk.
Tiso Evenings Tiso are running a couple of Discount Evenings for MCofS member clubs. These will be at the stores in Dundee on March 2nd and the Glasgow Outdoor Experience on April 28th. For further information go to: http://www.mcofs.org.uk/discounts-shorttermoffers.asp
Reciprocal Rights Card for Alpine Huts For those wishing to purchase a Reciprocal Rights Card for obtaining discounts at alpine huts please check out the following page on our website: http://www.mcofs.org.uk/discounts-reciprocalrightscard.asp
From the Clubs Director's Keyboard – February 2010 The Club Research Questionnaire is now with you. To date there has been a 10% response rate. The cut off date is the end of March; however it is easier for me to process the returns if they arrive in small batches. So please do not all wait until the deadline! The returns so far are revealing valuable information on our clubs and it all becomes statistically more valid as the response rate increases.
I was in the office recently and saw how the new Membership Database is taking shape. It is going to deliver real benefits in managing and servicing you. Club members now have an MCofS membership number. So for the first time we will be able to issue club members with membership cards. This will enable you to enjoy services and benefits which up to now have only been available to individual members. However, this will take time and you will be unlikely to see these until next spring.
Planning for the Club Seminar at the Gathering in Aviemore in September is progressing. I have recently issued a draft programme to the Clubs Advisory Group for comment and suggestions.
Ron Payne Director Club Affairs and Development
Two more Chicks courses We recently advertised two ladies only GPS courses to be run by MCofS Mountain Safety Adviser Heather Morning and Rosie Goolden of Chicks Unleashed. These two courses have turned out to be so popular they have already become fully booked, so Heather and Rosie are going to run two more the following weekend. The additional one-day courses will be held at Glenmore Lodge on Saturday 22nd and Sunday 23rd May. The cost will be £25. Further details can be found at: http://www.mcofs.org.uk/chicks-gps.asp.
Please note there will be a further 4 GPS courses at Glenmore Lodge in October for male and female participants. For further details of these courses go to: http://www.mcofs.org.uk/navigation-courses-gps.asp.
Clubs that welcome ex-members of Student Clubs A couple of months ago in News4Clubs we asked you to get in touch with us if your club would welcome new members who are leaving university or college and therefore leaving a student club. So far, we have had 15 clubs respond to this request. By the time the current crop of final year students are preparing to leave university or college in May we would like to list the clubs that would welcome new members on our website, so if there are any clubs that haven’t responded yet, but who would like to appear on this list then please send an e-mail to mike@mcofs.org.uk.
Mike Dales Membership Development Officer News 4 Clubs is the MCofS monthly News Bulletin for clubs |
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