members will not be able to participate in outings using ice axes/ropes/climbing gear. They remain welcome on other trips. The membership requirement and the medical insurance coverage reflect. the Club's recognition that members are less likely to sue 'their Club" than non-members, and that accident victims with adequate medical coverage are also less likely to sue.
For at least another year or so, formal fee-charged training courses, such as Basic Mountaineering Training Course (BMTC) and the RCS class, will remain prohibited. Some major past accidents have occurred in training courses, and insurers remain yet shy in covering them. This does not prevent, however, the Leadership Training Committee (LTC) from conducting M and E checkoffs for rock and snow, nor does it prevent qualified leaders from conducting an ice axe/rope practice session as part of a mountaineering outing.
Credit for insurance restoration belongs also to the Club's Board of Directors for recognizing mountaineering as a high-value traditional Club activity, an activity which attracts and retains members and which feeds capable leaders into all aspects of
the Club's endeavors. Credit goes as well to all of us who passionately voiced our concerns and frustrations at the loss of climbing and who patiently hung in there even when prospects appeared hopelessly dim.
Details of implementing the restored mountaineering program are in process at National. Leader certification is one item under review. This should not be a problem for Angeles Chapter M and E rated leaders. Trips can at least tentatively be scheduled now for next spring and possibly a little sooner. No longer a Club member? Regular Sierra Club membership is available for $35/yr for individuals ($43 joint). Seniors, students and limited income categories are $1 5/yr ($23). Your Club membership number appears on the mailing labels of Sierra magazine and the Southern Sierran. Lon Ives, Schedule Editor, can now quickly and easily verify anyone's current membership status. (Her database is updated electronically twice a week.) Give her a call or jot. So, sign-up or renew already!

Bill Oliver, Activities Administration Committee Chair, 11/06/93
From The Secretary

The two month period ending in October was rather quiet. The first DPS management committee meeting was held October 6th followed by the first monthly meeting for the season. The minutes and summary for the two meetings are presented elsewhere in the Sage. At the end of October, the DPS is starting out the new climbing season with 269 members and 49 subscribers.

Let us welcome one new member to the DPS:
Bettie Hines
2213 Alia Court
Las Vegas, NV 89102
(702) 252-0466

During the same two month period, one address change and one address correction were reported:

Thomas Moumblow
2579 Kickapoo Tr.
Landers, CA 92285
(619) 364-3331
Devra Wasserman
1418 South Bentley Ave. #102
Los Angeles, CA 90025
(310) 444-9015

Finally, I would like to acknowledge and congratulate one achiever in our Section who has climbed enough peaks to claim the DPS emblem:
New Emblem Holders

#510 Debbie Smith September 18, 1993 Montgomery Peak
Igor Mamedalin
 
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