SIERRA CLUB DESERT PEAKS SECTION NEWSLETTER #10 February 9, 1951

Dear Desert Peaker: Inasmuch as the large group attending the annual meeting of the Section on January 12th voted enthusiastically to continue the monthly Newsletter initiated last year by Bill Henderson, your new Chairman is herewith presenting the first edition of his regime. May it serve as well as in 1950 to bind our growing band together and to keep the enthusiasm for our ambitious Desert Peaks program. A brief resume of business accomplished at the REGULAR ANNUAL MEETING of the Section seems appropriate because there were about half of the members who couldn't make the meeting. 1. The following officers were elected: Bob Bear, Chairman; Tony Gamero, Vice-chairman; John Delmonte, Secretary; Marie Smith, Treasurer; and Bill Henderson, Management Committee at Large. 2. Nine new members were voted into the Section, with six present to take the oath. See new membership list enclosed. 3. Seven peaks were added to the list of Qualifying Peaks, bringing the total to 25. See revised list attached. (We owe our new Secretary, John Delmonte, a vote of thanks for these two new lists.) 4. The first issue of material for the Guide to the Desert Peaks of the Southwest was made. In order to restore the Section Treasury and provide funds for future installments of the Guide, the group nobly voted to tax even themselves for all issues of the Guide. The rate established for the first 40-page issue is $0.50, plus delivery costs for members. (We surely gave Marie Smith a good initiation for her new job as Treasurer collection all the money for the Guide.) Section COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN for the year are:   Schedule - Toni Gamero Mountaineering - Lloyd Balsam Scrap Book - Willard Dean Banquet - Henry Greenhood Each of these Chairmen has a big job to do. Let's match their loyalty to the Section in accepting the responsibility by gladly helping out when they so request. In the case of the Mountaineering Committee with its major responsibility for the Guide, we should all consider ourselves unnamed members of the Committee to send in write-ups of new peaks, to act as publicity and sales agents for the Guide, etc. Only by making the Guide a Section-wide project, even soliciting help from outside the Section Chapter and Club, can we make substantial progress on our huge project. The EAGLE MOUNTAINS TRIP over the week-end of Jan. 27-28 looked like a complete wash-out by the time our Leader and Asst. Leader had bowed out for health and family reasons, respectively. Even our substitute leader succumbed

Page Index	Prev	Page 1	Next	Issue Index