December Monthly Meeting Minutes

PMC Monthly Meeting Minutes: December 13:2006
Mini Ice Festival Show and Tell

27 attendees: 2 visitors and 3 new members

2007 Club Officers

Dave Raboy-chair
Judith Wu- vice chair
Dave Green-treasurer
Vincent Penoso- secretary
Expedition Proposals
Katahdin 2007:Dates: Feb/Mar 2007Trip Leader: Wayne StoneSynopsis: 1 Week of backcountry, alpine, and water ice routesParticipants: 8 members committed, 2 additional spots availableSupport Requested: $1000 grant to fund miscellaneous team expensesWhat's in it for the club: Post trip Uprope Article and Slideshow2. Zion Aid:Dates: SEP/OCT 2007Trip Leader: Duncan ThomsonSynopsis: 1 Week of aid climbing in Zion Natl ParkParticipants: 2 members committed, any number of additional spot availableSupport Requested: An unspecified grant to fund miscellaneous team expensesWhat's in it for the club: Post trip Uprope Article and Slideshow3. Sierra Adventures:Dates: JUL/AUG 2007Trip Leader: Ross HessSynopsis: 1 Week of backcountry, alpine climbing in the Sierras: Palisades Glacier,Temple CragParticipants: 1 member committed, 4 additional spots availableSupport Requested: An unspecified grant to fund miscellaneous team expensesWhat's in it for the club: Post trip Uprope Article and Slideshow

Financial report
$11,500 in account
*the club is typically $1000 ahead every year, but this year we have had some big ticket expenses, and we are in a $1000 deficit. Royalties are down from the guide sales.

1. $1000 on the new club projector.
2. $1,200 on a raft of Club T-shirts

Mack Muir Proposed: that the club donate $495.00 to Friends of Seneca.As you might know, Friends of Seneca (FOS) placed a rescue box on the East Face. The plan was to move reuse equipment from the box that sits on the Gendarme shop front porch but two problems were encountered. First, even though the box was well thought out, it turned out just slightly too small for the existing stokes litter. Second, it was discovered that that litter doesn't meet current "standards" so local rescue squads might have to carry their own up anyway. It was then decided that FOS should acquire one that does fit and meets the standard. This has been done and paid for (the cost was $495.00).Reimbursing the FOS operating account would enable acquisition of further items and to pay for other projects as needed (and there are some really large conservation/erosion projects on the horizon). I believe this is something that benefits us and is something we as a club should do.Officially, the source of the funds is the FOS operating account that derived from donations (like the can in the Gendarme shop, and from sale of stickers), but in actuality, I'd be willing to bet that the major contributor was Diane and Arthur Kearns, the Gendarme owners. They already give an inordinate amount to the local climbing there.

The chair agreed to consider this proposal as new business in 2007.

Ross Hess: Proposed creating a new page for the website that tells the visitors what we as a club do GOOD for the community in general. Adopt a crag, friends of Seneca, Friends of great Falls, Fred Hutchinson Breast Cancer sponsorship etc…..The club’s webmaster will begin this project as it is an excellent idea.
The Club’s minister of media called for the club members to once again bring their climbing and ski related DVD’s to add to the club’s depleted ROCKBUSTER LIBRARY for members to check out at the monthly meetings. The Club has 3 VHS titles and 5 DVD titles available for checkout down from nearly 25 titles WE HAD IN OUR CLUB’S COLLECTION.