Wellington Tramping and Mountaineering Club
Enjoying the great outdoors since 1947
Here is the latest news on FMC advocacy and significant developments of importance to trampers, climbers and all interested in safe outdoor recreation. FMC Opposes Government Investigation of Mining on Conservation Land At the end of August, the Minster for Energy and Resources, Gerry Brownlee, announced that the government wants to assess the mining potential … Read more
If you’re one of the wonderful people who’s organised a club trip over the last few years, you may have noticed that someone often nags you afterwards to find out how it went. This is all part of the statistics process, and it’s one of the ways our club’s valiant leaders keep an eye on … Read more
Greetings All Tips for Leaders can be found on https://wtmc.org.nz/for-trip-leaders Promoting Make sure the trip sheet is on the trip noticeboard – check with the Chief Guide or Assistant Chief Guide if it is not. Make an announcement about your trip to get others to sign up at Wednesday night Club meetings. Restrict your trip to … Read more
FMC Bulletin Survey The Federation is planning to contact all clubs and individual members to seek suggestions on how our flagship publication, under the expert editorship of Shaun Barnett, could be further improved. For example: What additional features would you like to see? Have you any ideas about improved format, or even a name change? … Read more
(or the Federated Mountain Clubs of New Zealand Annual General Meeting 2009 in non-acronym speak) On the 20 of June your Treasurer (Steven Austin) and Vice-President (Marie Smith) headed off to Kilbirnie for the FMC AGM. It was a cold, wet and miserable Saturday morning, so being at the Brentwood was marginally better than being … Read more
Here is a summary of activities by the Federated Mountain Clubs of New Zealand in June 2009, including highlights from the AGM, plus news on significant developments of importance to trampers, climbers and all interested in safe outdoor recreation. If your club would like special assistance, please contact your local Executive representative or email the … Read more
This year’s AGM went smoothly, ably officiated by Sue Walsh. There are plenty of familiar faces on the 2003-2004 committee. We welcome Andrew, Glynne, John, Sylvia and Pete who are familiar faces about club to the Tuesday night brigade! For a full listing of club officers, check out the back page. Just a reminder, that … Read more