I read barely half of that article. Life is too short to continue reading responses which don’t answer the question.
An inquiry was started into some questionable practices. At the same time the Board was suffering interpersonal clashes.Two directors resigned and the Chair offered his resignation. Then the Director conducting the investigation resigned stating that he was being obstructed. Then the Chair did resign along with another Director.It has subsequently transpired that the Board have not been communicating openly with National Council - the body supposed to represent members' interests. Also two of the resigning Directors were NC appointees thus reducing their influence over the board.The whole saga has been notable for the lack of information actually provided to the members and questions have been raised about the extent to which the President and others felt able to represent the membership.It's thrown up a lot of associated issues....!
The BMC Board has decided to divide the role of CEO and Head of Access, Conservation and Environmental Sustainability into two separate positions. This follows a review of the BMC senior leadership team.
The BMC and the world in which we operate is changing: climbing, hill walking, ski mountaineering and indoor climbing are rapidly growing, competition climbing is now an Olympic sport and the challenges of Covid-19 have forced us all to think differently about how we work.
At the same time, the realities of climate change mean that we must focus more resources on access, conservation and environmental sustainability.
The BMC has undergone significant organisational change following the Organisational Review Group report in 2018 and the subsequent work the Organisational Development Group has taken this forward. It is only right that the BMC’s leadership continues to evolve to ensure we have the expertise and experience to deliver on our strategic goals.
Following a review of the current make-up of the senior leadership team, the BMC Board has decided to divide the role of CEO and Head of Access, Conservation and Environmental Sustainability into two separate positions.
The original combined role has significantly expanded in recent years and it is no longer viable to have one person fulfil both sets of responsibilities. Separating the roles will enable us to increase the resources behind our access, conservation and environmental work, and create a more tightly defined CEO role to lead the organisation. It will also allow the Board to step back from day-to-day operations, and focus on strategy, effective governance and oversight.
It has been agreed that Dave Turnbull will retain his role as the Head of Access, Conservation and Environmental Sustainability, whilst the current Interim Executive, Paul Davies, will temporarily take on the CEO role.
This change will take place on 1 December 2020, the Board will start the recruitment process with the aim to appoint a new CEO by early next year.
This change will allow Dave to focus his substantial experience on the BMC’s wide-reaching Access and Conservation work across England and Wales. No other issue is more important to our members, and this structural change will allow the BMC to simultaneously accelerate our Access and Conservation work, whilst also ensuring that our broader strategic goals and on-going organisational development can be achieved. Dave has an access and environmental background, has been CEO for 18 years and has steered the organisation through many challenges over this time. Most recently and notably, during COVID-19 where the BMC worked with multiple agencies, partners and stakeholders to ensure government advice was clearly interpreted and effectively communicated to members and the general public. We are immensely grateful for Dave’s contribution as CEO and look forward to his continued leadership as Head of Access, Conservation & Environmental Sustainability.
QuoteAt the same time, the realities of climate change mean that we must focus more resources on access, conservation and environmental sustainability.Access is my main reason for joining the BMC but I’m uneasy about this statement. To an extent climate change has knock on secondary effects to climbers and hillwalkers but not primary effects. I hope that the BMC has not been hijacked by the climate change lobby to the extent that direct and tangible initiatives for climbers and hillwalkers are not trumped by nebulous hard to measure global climate change campaigns.
I’d favour money spent on tangible outcomes like mending footpaths which it can do over mending the weather which it can’t.
I’d love to attend a local meeting but won’t be doing so until all the ORG tedium is sorted out. The last one I went to had about 10 mins rush on everything else inc access and the remaining 2-3 hours was the governance stuff.
I know the feeling. Planning on trying to enforce 10 minutes max on ORG stuff next year unless there are compelling reasons not to!
Quote from: spidermonkey09 on November 26, 2020, 10:28:25 amI know the feeling. Planning on trying to enforce 10 minutes max on ORG stuff next year unless there are compelling reasons not to! Didn’t realise you’d been appointed Yorkshire Chair. Belated congratulations.
Quote from: shark on November 26, 2020, 11:43:32 amQuote from: spidermonkey09 on November 26, 2020, 10:28:25 amI know the feeling. Planning on trying to enforce 10 minutes max on ORG stuff next year unless there are compelling reasons not to! Didn’t realise you’d been appointed Yorkshire Chair. Belated congratulations. Are you moving Spidermonkey, or are you like one of these absentee MPs? 😄Congratulations, or maybe commiserations!