CHAIRMAN'S CORNER -- Les Stockton
| 1. | This is
the Swan Song of your current Management Committee, and the April meeting and
May Banquet is the end of the official Desert Peaks season. However, the
climbing season doesn't stop. Our 12,000-footers and above just get more
activity during these periods of low level inactivity. |
| 2. | Mark your
Banquet date on your calendar. See particulars elsewhere in this
issue. |
| 3. | Vote on
our proposed changes (pro or con) before the deadlines. I'm particularly
interested in the approval of a five-man committee and Charleston as an emblem
peak, but I won't push too hard in any direction or your editor will leave out
the entire chairman's lament. |
| 4. | My lament
is the termination of the meetings of the staff. (I would advise the new
chairman to have two six-packs available for the Newsletter editor for any
meeting longer than three hours!) Paul Lipsohn was in charge of scheduling and
Chairman of the Mountaineering Committee. Jerry Haven stepped in on short
notice and took over Secretary-Treasurer duties when Ed Treacy became a
southerner. Howard Stephens provided us with outstanding, varied entertainment.
John Vitz kept the electorate currently knowledgeable with his unbiased (?)
presentations in his newsletters. Ben Romero pinpointed our critical
conservation areas. My thanks to all for outstanding
performances. |
| 5. | See you at the May Banquet! (And on Charleston, Wheeler, DuBois, etc.) |
| *** NEW MEMBERS *** Herb Sabin Trenholm Bartlett Edward Rose Clyde Newman Alice Hawkins Delores Holladay Dave Gladstone Earl Kesler |
*** NEW EMBLEMS *** Roy Ward Lois Fracisco Edward Rose Clyde Newman May Heishi Doug Mantle Herb Sabin |
Snow cancelled the scheduled trip for October 23, 1971, so Dennis Lantz went through the planning all over again so that we could drive to the Barcroft Lab and visit the facilities prior to the climb. Unfortunately, Dennis had a mishap and he wasn't "Go" this year. He says he'll lead again in 1973. The third time should be a charm.