OMC Meeting 10/2009

Angeles Chapter Office & Teleconference, Monday, 5 October 2009, 7:30 P.M.
Minutes

Present

Kent Schwitkis, OMC Chair*
John Hinz
Bill Jackson
Tina Bowman*
Sylvia Darie* (by phone)
Mary Morales*
George Denny*
Donna Specht*
Jane Simpson* (by phone)
Barbara Creighton*
Melody Anderson
Wolf Leverich
Mark Hertz*
Phil Wheeler*
Sherry Ross (by phone)
Bob Cates (by phone)

(* indicates voting members)

Call to Order (7:30)
Approval of Agenda.
Approval of Minutes

The August 3, 2009 OMC Meeting minutes were approved without corrections.
Notices
1. Randall Danta has notified Kent Schwitkis that the Mountain Bike Committee will be dissolved.
Committee Reports
1. Treasurer and International Trips Liaison - written report.
2. WTC - 9/15 opening registration - 58 students enrolled to date - lower than last year.
3. LTC - Tina Bowman. LTC Seminar held Saturday - 60 attendees. The next seminar will be 4/10/09.
4. Safety Committee - held meeting - discussed Griffith Park. WTC plans to adopt a new safety policy, but not imminent.
5. LOSC - Sherry has resigned from LOSC. The Los Padres Chapter has a new Outings Chair and is conducting a Wilderness Basics Course. The Cascade Chapter ran a hike-a-thon and raised $6,000. National has put a moratorium on hike-a-thons, developing a policy, may approve on a case-by-case basis.
6. Conservation - John Hinz. Encourage comments to the Park Service on the management of the San Gabriel Mountains.
7. Ombudsman - Bill Jackson. No report.
8. Bus Transportation - Joel Goldberg. No report.
9. First Aid Coordinator - Steve Goldstein - Written report.
10. Land Manager - Patrick Vaughn - no report.
11. ICO - Barbara Creighton - Ralph's and Albertson's have programs whereby customers using their club cards can have donations directed to ICO - need to get the word out. Two of our high school kids did a national service trip.
12. Carbon Footprint - Sherry Ross - the article did not go in the Southern Sierra. Putting meeting together in the fall. Controversial issue - nobody wants to reduce outings.
13. Diversity TF - Melody Anderson - Melody attended conference on diversity, distributed diversity survey at the LTC Seminar.
Old Business
1. Affiliation with Red Cross and SCMA - Kent Schwitkis - no change.
2. Assembly subcommittee - discussed Agenda. Nominations for OMC: George Denny, Mary Morales, Gabe Sende, Marc Hertz, Sylvia Dare, Karen Leverich, David Meltzer and Donna Specht. Nominations for LTC: Beth Epstein and Melody Anderson.
3. NSS Action Plan - NSS will discuss action plan at its management meeting 10/25/09.
New Business / Action Items
1. Station Fire - Bob Cates (by telephone). The Forest Service has closed all burn areas until 9/30/10. Will have a major effect on outings. Building database of persons willing to work on restoration project - 54 so far.
2. WFA Refresher - John Hinz. No one is in place to do a WFA refresher course.
3. Conservation conversation between John Hinz and Jane Simpson - did not take place.
4. AWESOME - Angeles Web-based Support for Outings Management and Execution - Wolf Leverich discussed.
5. Ski Mountaineering Section - Kent Schwitkis will investigate rumors that it is dissolving.
Meeting Adjournment. 9:50 p.m.

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Next regular OMC meeting is December 7, 2009

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