- COMING EVENTS -
Consult Angeles Chapter Schedule No. 172 for full particulars
 
March 21 Annual business meeting Chapter headquarters
April 3 Annual Banquet Blackwatch Steak House
May 4-5 Calico Pk. (4542') Watt Wheelock
May 18-19 Palmetto & Macgruder Mts. Watt Wheelock
May 30-June2 Grand Canyon Traverse Robert Greenawalt

HIGHLIGHT OF FEBRUARY 14th BUSINESS MEETING        HP

Meeting called to order by Chairman John Robinson with 18 present.

Treasurer's Report showed a balance of $32.03 for the section.

A motion was passed to amend the By-Laws statement "qualifying peaks" to read "Peaks of the DPS List". A motion to remove Pinnacate Peak from the DPS list was defeated, Old Dad Mtn, was voted onto the peaks list, making a total of 57 peaks now on the DPS list. A motion was made to refer the question of adding Navajo Mtn to the DPS List to a committee composed of Tom and Trudi Hunt (passed).

A motion was made (Robinson-Hunt) to amend Article IV, Section 1 of the By-Laws. The proposed change, to be voted upon at the March 21st meeting, reads as follows:
A regular meeting shall be held in February of each year. At this meeting members of the Section shall select from the membership a minimum of five nominees for the Management Committee of the Section. Those names shall be placed on a ballot and mailed within two weeks to all members of the Section who are entitled to vote. Completed ballots must be received by the Secretary of the Section by April 1st. They then shall be counted by an election committee. The five nominees with the highest number of votes shall constitute the new Management Committee, They shall meet within two weeks and select from their number the following officers: Chairman, Vice-Chairman, Secretary-Treasurer, and two Members-at-Large. They shall take office June 1st as the Management Committee and supervise the affairs of the Section for the ensuing year.
Officers were nominated for the 1963-1964 year. The following were nominated:
 
Chairman: Trudie Hun
Vice-Chairman: Abe Siemens
Andy Smatko
 
Secretary-Treasurer: Hugh Parshall
Members-at-Large; John Robinson
Harry Melts
Smith Mtn. (595O') in the Black Range southeast of Death Valley was suggested for addition to the DPS List. It shall be voted upon at the March 21st meeting.

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