BOF Insurance Update

BOF has changed its insurance policy. The bottom line is that we need to be more careful in collecting names of non-members who are attending local events (it won't be good enough to note, for example, "Kylie + 3". Please see the paperwork below, and the sample participant record for what we need to collect.

If there is other information that could be shared here, please let me know

David Nicol

BOF Membership Scheme

I attach a paper from BOF which includes an extract from the BOF AGM Minutes. I summarise my understanding of the implications:

  • Existing BOF members become BOF National Members
  • Orienteers who are not members of BOF will now have to become BOF Local Members
  • BOF will issue membership cards to all
  • The cards will be needed to obtain discounts at events
  • There will be pressure to renew membership for 2007 early

Two more papers are expected from BOF on the implications of their new membership scheme in the autumn

David Nicol

AGM & Club Committee

Links on the left to here to the references in my article "The Bermuda Affair" in the March/April Forth Columnist

  • Minutes from recent AGMsThe Bermuda Event
  • Minutes from recent Club Committee meetingsSOA Diagnostic Report
  • Club Constitution

Club Development

Links on to the club development policy drawn up in July 2004.

Charging Statement

A general statement stating our standard charges for:

  • Club membership
  • Event charges
  • Maps we otherwise sell
  • Subsidies to members taking part in club events

Club Policies

These are general good practice club policies, which the club requires its members to adhere to. These have been drawn up so that the club can meet its requirements under various bits of legislation including - in particular - those on data privacy and child protection. For a background to understand why it is necessary for the club to have such policies and to require its members to adhere to them - read the articles in the section below: "The Bermuda Affair"

Club Administration

Members doing business on behalf of the club may find the links on the left useful. They contain

  • Headed notepaper
  • Sample "with compliments slips" (you'll need to edit)
  • And a file containing SOA logos of different sizes

The Bermuda Affair

Links here to the references in my article "The Bermuda Affair" in the March/April Forth Columnist