- A new and improved edition of the DPS Road
and Peak Guide was written and published by Dave Jurasevich. It is very popular
and many copies have been sold.
- The Section sponsored 50 trips in the 12
month period 4 May 91 to 4 May 92. Champion leader with 8 trips was Larry
Tidball. Igor Mamedalin led 5 and Ron Jones, Bill T Russell, George Toby and
Dale Van Dalsem each led 4. Maris Valkass led 3, five people led 2 each and
eight leaders led one trip. Many thanks to these hard working people and to
those who were deputy leaders. And thanks to Outings Chair John McCully for
putting it all together.
- A list of peaks that are "recommended" by
members for addition to the Peak List was established and will continue to be
printed in the SAGE Leaders are urged to conduct trips to these peaks. The
Management Committee will act to place them on the next ballot and will solicit
informative pro and con statements for the SAGE.
- The Bylaws were reviewed and edited for
clarity. Our Secretary, Christine Mitchell, did much work on this project. A
Bylaw change to delete the one year membership requirement for the emblem was
defeated. In keeping with the Bylaws, the term "management committee" in the
narrow sense, refers to the five elected members. The "extended" management
committee includes the appointed people. Most of us do not make the distinction
in conversation.
- Conservation activities were energetically
pushed by Chair Pat Acheson. The DPS cooperated with the Desert Committee of
the Angeles Chapter on several work projects.
- The price of the SAGE was changed from $9
to $10 to cover increased costs.
- A new 27th edition of the Peak List dated
September 1991 was published.
- The membership meetings had record
attendance. The programs were excellent, Many thanks to Bill Gray, Programs
Chair for these programs and for managing the banquet.
- The SAGE continues to be a winner, thank
you Editor Ron Jones.
- The DPS has excellent fiscal health. Fiscal
and property affairs were admirably handled by Treasurer Wendy Ruess who also
was assistant banquet manager.
- A complete computer data base of all
members since the birth of the Section is being formed by Member Records Chair,
Ron Bartell and Secretary, Christine Mitchell. Christine did a great job of
preparing minutes and acting as membership chief.
- The DPS has 274 current members, an increase
from a year ago. During the year, five people earned emblems to make a total of
491. Four people finished the list, giving us 75 list finishers. Ron Jones and
Dale Van Dalsem finished the list twice to make five people with that
accomplishment.
- Patty Kline dutifully attended Chapter
Council meetings and kept us well informed.
- We are well started on a program of keeping
records of the condition of peak registers and of encouraging people to carry
containers and books to the summits. Dale Van Dalsem led that
effort.
- The Archivist/Historian, Bill T Russell,
wrote two pieces for the SAGE. One listed all officers of the DPS since the
beginning and the other identified the members through 1949. Work continued on
putting the permanent records of the DPS into bound and organized
form.
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