Agenda for the Virtual Annual General Meeting

Thursday 02^nd MARCH 2023, Start time: 13:00 hrs BST (time zone: London, Dublin), entrance opens 30 mins earlier
Assembly format: fully virtual online meeting with electronic polls and elections;

• TOP 1 Welcome and formalities; determination of whether a quorum is present
• TOP 2 Acceptance or correction of last AGM’s minutes (from year 2022)
• TOP 3 Report by the Board
• TOP 4 Report by the Arbitration Board
• TOP 5 Report by the Cash Auditor
• TOP 6 Discharge of the Board of Directors
• TOP 7 Election for members of the Board
• TOP 8 If necessary: Elections of the cash auditor, deputy cash auditor or members of the Arbitration Board if someone may resign
• TOP 9 Motions
  • - If requested: Motion and voting for approval of Honorary Members
• TOP 10 Miscellaneous
  • - The ERCA board to inform on a plan to adjust the certification fees for training certificates
  • - The ERCA board to inform about plans for the inclusion of non-European companies in the ERCA certification system

Nominations for the Board Elections

Nomination for the position as:	Nominated by:	Name	Self-Introduction
Executive Board: President This position is due to vote on in the regular period.	ERCA Board	Ulrike Mai   (Germany)	My name is Ulli and I work as a psychologist in a social institution for children and their families. The institution operates one adventure park, which also contains traditional rope course elements. Ulli is part of the management team. After her election to the ERCA board as a sector representative for adventure parks in 2014, she switched to the position of president in 2015. She will focus on being the main contact person for personnel matters and promoting the internationality of ERCA as a community for the exchange of knowledge and experience. Ulli lives with her husband in the rustic Hunsrück Mountains in Germany and loves to read, paint or have a cozy dinner with friends in her free time.
Third Member of the Executive Board This position is due to vote on in the regular period.	ERCA Board	Nick Moriarty   (United Kingdom)	Nick has more than 30 years’ experience in the outdoor industry and has retired as a Director of Zip World. As a founder of Zip World he was instrumental in helping to build the business from a small "start-up" with 5 employees to a business worth over £45,000,000 and 500 employees in less than 5 years. Founder and former managing director of Ropes Course Developments Ltd (RCD). RCD constructed over 1000 ropes courses in 33 countries. Over 25 years’ experience as a ropes course builder, designer, inspector and trainer. Owner and operator of recreational and educational ropes courses in the UK – including Tree Top Trek in the Lake District. Former President of the European Ropes Course Association (ERCA). Wire rope examiner. Convenor of the European Ropes Course Standard: EN15567. Expert witness. Co-author of UK Ropes Course Guide.
Representative: "Inclusion" This position is due to vote on in the regular period	ERCA Board	Thomas Woesthoff   (Germany)	Thomas is a social worker (MA) and elementary school teacher from his first profession. Thomas has been active with groups in rope courses for more than 15 years and has played a key role in the conception of 3 inclusive rope courses over the past 10 years. According to the mission of the ERCA working group 'Inclusion', it is also very important to him that every group is welcome in rope courses. His additional qualifications (case manager DGCC, experiential pedagogue, ERCA trainer for low ropes course constructors, adventure-based counseling trainer, ropes course instructor & rescuer) provide the necessary pedagogical tools to realize the projects on an equal footing with the groups.
Representative: "Inspection" This position is due to vote on in the regular period	ERCA Board	Craig Palmer   (United Kingdom)	I have been involved with ropes courses for over 15 years now. Having set up Technical Outdoor Solutions back in 2009 this has grown to be one of the leading Construction, Inspection and Training companies in the UK. We have achieved ERCA Training body and Inspection body status as well as ADIPs certified inspection body. We have had our training courses audited by ROSPA and are a certified training centre. I am personally a certified inspector and trainer, hold a professional trainers certificate from the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health & NVQ Assessor. I have been running the ERCA inspector training courses in addition to wire rope, PPE and wood ploe courses.
Representative: "Training" This position is due to vote on in the regular period	ERCA Board	Jim Bacon   (United Kingdom)	Jim has been working in the outdoor industry since 2006, and the ropes course sector since 2010. Starting off as an instructor working on ropes courses, he has worked through the ERCA system, becoming an ERCA trainer and ERCA master trainer. Based in North Wales, Jim currently works as the operations director for Vertex Instructor Training Ltd. running training all over the world. Jim is standing for re-election in the sector of training, and hopes to be able to help ERCA and its members and assist the ERCA community in growing.