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Meeting of Swiss CCs in Allaman on 3 November 2007

At 3pm, the first participants arrived and were able to consult and buy the various catalogues and clothes brought by Nicole Poty.
4pm start of the official part, attended by 27 of the 53 active members from Switzerland, with 7 members excusing themselves.

2007 activities

Friday 9 March, meeting in Châtel-St-Denis: 15 participants (organised by Jacques Bezzola)
Saturday 21 July, mountain bike outing to Les Diablerets: 18 participants (organised by Pierre Mai)
Sunday 26 August, Swiss Concentration in Les Avants: 16 participants (organised by Pierre Mai)
Saturday 01 September, mountain bike outing in Orsières: 14 participants (organised by Pierre Mai)
A large number of French people were present at each outing.

2008 programme

Friday 22 February, meeting in Châtel-St-Denis (organised by Jacques Bezzola)
Sunday 27 July, Swiss Concentration at Sembrancher (organised by Bernard Besson)
Saturday 09 August, mountain bike outing to Villars sur Ollon (organised by Pierre Mai)
Saturday 08 November, meeting and dinner in Allaman
(More details on these outings soon)

The Working Group (WG) for the catalogue of Swiss mountain passes, which currently comprises 2095 passes, has been re-formed with the following members: Christian Binggeli, Patrick Schleppi, Arthur Ruchti, Bernard Besson and Pierre Mai.
They will check the new collars proposed before submitting them to the Board and including them in the catalogue.
A Swiss member, Christian Binggeli, is now a member of the CERP (Comité d'Ethique, de Réflexion et de Proposition).

TOPO Switzerland

The first TOPO Switzerland is currently being printed, and will include 29 routes and 137 passes, 63 of which are over 2000m high.
Jean-Yves Morard then showed us a 25-minute slide show I had prepared on the year's various outings, followed by an aperitif.
At 6.30 p.m. we sat down to a Mauritian menu prepared by a resident of the village, followed by a dessert prepared by Catherine Mai, accompanied by double cream and biscuits offered by Joseph Charrière, all served by the *Robins*.

Thank you all for your conviviality and see you next year.

Pierre Mai

The photos