2026 Mountaineering Scotland AGM club online voting form

Club voting form

This proxy form will be used by the club secretary/committee to submit club votes for the Mountaineering Scotland AGM and EGM being held on Sat 14 November 2026 at 10am.

Clubs have been allocated a number of votes via email. Not received your voting allocation? Get in touch.

Clubs are asked to submit all votes in advance of the meeting meeting due to the complexity of the club voting process. To ensure your club votes are included these should be submitted no later than 5pm Tuesday 10 November 2026.

Appoint a proxy:

I/we (name of club):

Enter the name of the club you represent

being a member of Mountaineering Scotland and eligible to vote, hereby appoint the Chair of the meeting or the person named below (who must attend the meeting) to be my proxy at the meeting:

If appointing more than one proxy, please complete a proxy form for each one. Number of votes given to this proxy:

Name of proxy (club representative attending meeting):

First NameLast Name

Please enter the number of votes you wish to allocate to the options available for each vote, up to the total number of votes allowed for your club. For example, if your club is eligible for 20 votes you could split them 16 for and 4 against. You can enter 'X' to allocate the full amount to one option.

I/we instruct my proxy to vote on the motions tabled in the Annual General Meeting agenda which are subject to a vote as follows:

Rows	For	Against	Abstain
b) Approval of the draft minutes of the 2025 AGM as published at www.mountaineering.scot/about-us/business-matters/agm/agm-minutes-archive
e) Approval of the draft minutes of the 2025 EGM as published at www.mountaineering.scot/about-us/business-matters/agm/agm-minutes-archive
e) Fixing of the members' annual subscriptions - Proposal to increase members subscriptions from 1 April 2027. See www.mountaineering.scot/about-us/business-matters/membership-fees for full details and supplementary information.

f) The election of the President, Treasurer and Board members
For information: Under Article of Association 6.5, and in the absence of competing nominations, there are five directors eligible to serve and continue until the 2027 AGM without the need for a vote: Anne Butler (President); Brendan Hughes (Director for Mountain Safety); Hugo Allan (Director for ClimbScotland); Steven Johnson (Director for Clubs); Andrew Tait (Director for Landscape & Planning);

Alistair Todd (Director for Snowsports Touring) and Ilona Turnbull (Director for Governance, HR and Equalities) will be stepping down from the board having served their full term of 6 years.

Andrew Walker (Director for Member Services & Communications) & Pete Crane (Director for Access & Environment) have served their initial 4-year term and are proposed for re- election for a further two years under article 6.6.2.2.

Five candidates have been nominated for election to the Board and following the changes to the Articles agreed in 2025 the appointments of Chair and Commercial Director are proposed.

(See the Mountaineering Scotland website for more information about the candidates)

Motion: To approve the following appointments:

I/we instruct my proxy to vote on the motions tabled in the Annual General Meeting agenda which are subject to a vote as follows:

Rows	For	Against	Abstain
Andrew Walker: Re-election to the post of Director for Member Services & Communications under Article 6.6.2.2
Pete Crane: Re-election to the post of Director for Access & Environment under Article 6.6.2.2
Jo Dytch: Nominated for election as Chair.
Phil Reynolds: Nominated for election as Director for Finance/Treasurer.
Alison Thacker: Nominated for election as Director for Snowsports Touring.
Brogan Sinclair: Nominated for election as Director for Governance, HR and Equalities.
Calum Lewington: Nominated for election as Commercial Director.

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