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Summary: A petition to include a resolution at the 2024 BMC AGM to disclose withheld financial information 

The BMC is expected to make a record loss in excess of £300k in 2023. Most of that loss is expected from GB Climbing overspending. In the five years prior to this the BMC has spent well over £1.5million subsidising GB Climbing when including shared costs and subtracting grants. This growing level of support is unsustainable and far larger than to other areas valued more highly by most members, such as Access.    

The BMC has not been open and transparent about the costs of GB Climbing and how grant funding has been allocated even when it has been repeatedly requested. Withholding this sort of information from the membership and the culture of secrecy that currently pervades the BMC needs setting straight and is addressed in the the proposed resolution.

Therefore I am seeking support for the following resolution to be included in the upcoming 2024 AGM. 

The Board is required to publicly disclose a full and detailed breakdown of the finances for GB Climbing for the financial years 2022 and 2023 and its budget for 2024 within 6 weeks of this AGM and is urged to be more open and transparent in its affairs and more responsive with specific requests for information 

Because this resolution does not require article changes it will be presented as an ordinary resolutions which requires 50% of voting members to pass it (as opposed to 75% if classed as a special resolution). 

For this resolution to be included in the AGM there is a requirement for it to be supported by 0.5% of the BMC membership (i.e. about 450 BMC members). 

To register your support for the inclusion of this resolution please can you add your name to this petition.

Thank you.

Simon Lee