Annual Meeting Minutes for the Mountaineering Section
January 11, 2012
Court Zabel Presiding with 35 attendees.
Executive Committee for 2012
Chair: Court Zabel (3rd term)
Vice Chair: Dave Giacom
Treasurer: Mark Fletcher
Secretary: Vincent Penoso ( 3rd term )
2 Proposals to be voted on at this meeting:
$500. allocation towards ice climbing gear proposal: PASSED
$1000 allocation towards the avalanche training proposal: PASSED
Financial Report: not available in its entirety to the LIST.
- real rock movie fund raiser was a success and was sold out.
- MS needs to settle up with the AAC for the holiday party
- The club is in the black.
- 3274 Great Falls Guide books
- 1786 Carderock Guide books
Merchandise: 100 high tech t-shirts were purchased and we have sold 60 with about 35 remaining mostly mens XL. ( they make great night time shirts for sleepwear) please buy one.
Membership Update: as of this month we have a record 275 paid members which is the most in the history of the club.
2012 marks the 75th year the Mountaineering Section has been a club.
The UPROPE newsletter has been around for as long as there has been a Mountaineering Section. In 2008 a project began to digitize every issue of the UPROPE newsletter as a searchable PDF resource detailing climbing and mountaineering in this area since 1937. Read the full story in the upcoming newsletter soon.
The Court Zabel, chair, gave the state of the section report which are the highlights and accomplishments of the Mountaineering Section for 2011.
The full state of the Section report will come out shortly in the 2012 Newsletter.
The UPROPE newsletter will be coming out shortly this month with Vincent Penoso returning as it’s editor.
Up coming trips for the Mountaineering Section:
Ice climbing in Ouray Colorado
Mount Washington Alpine Skills
Adirondacks Haus Ice Climbing
- More information can be found on the website.
The Mountaineering Section’s very first club trip was to Bull Run Mountain in 1937 on Halloween which will mark 75 years we have been in existence as a club.
WINNERS OF THE ANNUAL PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST IN THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES:
- ICE: Bill Dudley
- JOURNEYS: Bill Dudley
- COLORS: John Watson Jones
- ROCK: Kan-Kan
- ALPINE: Matt Powell
Images will be posted on the website and the Newsletter soon.
New Business:
- 2012 Executive Committee
- Jenny O’Brien brought to the club’s attention of the re-establishment of a climbing area that has been closed for 15 years: SAFE HARBOUR. This was once a popular sport climbing area with 130 routes. It is about 2.5 hours from our locale on the Susquehanna. More information can be found here: http://safeharborclimbing.com/
Disclaimer: There is no way for 275 club members to attend a monthly meeting; I don’t think having 65 people in that room is even allowed by the fire marshal. With that said, for those of you camping out by their computers waiting for the monthly meeting minutes to come out, I try to have the MMM out the same night as the meeting. This is because I am OC. I know if you could attend the meeting(s), you would. If the minutes aren't completely accurate then this will stimulate some discussion on the list. My aim in this task as Secretary is to post the most current information to the membership in the MMM as well as in the NEWSLETTER as the Editor.
We’re gonna have a great year!
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