June 2007 Monthly meeting Minutes

June 2007 Monthly Meeting Minutes

18 attendees
Visitors: Shyka, John and John : welcome

The meeting opened to a thunderclap.

The first order of business was a unanimous vote to not fund the Sierra trip due to not meeting the required number of participants. Bob Graver, expedition coordinator, was on hand.
Trip proposals are submitted to the coordinator by December and the new executive committee’s first order of business decides in January.

PATC DUES Update:
Vincent Penoso represented the mountaineering section at the June 6th PATC council meeting, along with the chairman of the ski touring section, Peggy so-n-so. After his presentation to the council, the response was that the council had addressed this issue in depth last September. The council will change the language in the PATC constitution to clarify the position on this matter. There will be NO MANDATORY obligation for section members to also be members of the PATC, except under the following circumstances or status quo:
Section Chairs are required to be PATC members
Expedition members are required to be PATC members
Trip Leaders are required to be PATC members
The council recommended that each section make amendments to their by-laws to reflect the above requirements.

The Mountaineering Section has about 46% of the membership PATC members.
MS encourages membership.

4th of July Seneca Rocks Trip
Arrive Friday June 29th-Leave Sunday June1


group site-D at Seneca Shadows campground
If there is interest in adding Sunday night we could add it no problem.

Trip Details:
1. Trad climbing at Seneca Rocks- bring your own leader (BYOL). pair up with someone who leads, bribe them with beer, rolaids or Pizza. This aspect of the trip is beyond the control of the trippin leader: so chat it up, pair off, have fun!
2. Sport Climbing: Franklin 30 minutes away!- bring a stick clip.
3. Camping: Great Campground with warm showers and crappers nestled smack dab in the middle of West By-god Viginny! Our warm friendly host, Billy Pistein!
4. Mountain Biking
5. Hiking: all over the place.
6. Swimming: with or without, water wings.
7. Temperatures: can be chilly to blazing saddles to monsoons...dress accordingly.
8. Vittles: PMC springs for burgers and pups Saturday night; local pizza joint is awesome; local grocery stores; elkins 30 minutes away or so.
9. Gendarme: Climbing Shop has competitive prices for all climbing gear 2 minutes from the campground, with a climbing school, guides and rentals.
DOGS WELCOME:
Little Stoneyman: nothing new to report except members have been climbing more and more at this crag and we are becoming more and more familiar with the ratings of the routes.
ROMP: Nothing new to report

Gear proposal:
· Briefly discussed the idea of purchasing used ice climbing boots for newbies to use this ice climbing season .
· James Pasterchek suggested buying general purpose crampons, like the Black Diamond Sabretooth clip that can be used for alpine travel as well as vertical ice.
· Ask the membership in order to POOL used ice climbing gear to lend for newbies .
· Another point brought up was the issue of storage space for more and more gear…I just had a major donation of gear and I already see I need to build shelves or do something to manage this gear.
Slide Show By Mike Danhardt on multiple trips through the Grand Canyon.