Executive Committee meeting of 31 December 1969
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Executive Committee meeting of 31 December 1969
The Montpelier Section of the Green Mountain Club held its annual meeting on April 12, 2013, at the Bethany United Church in Montpelier. After a social hour and potluck dinner, the president, Charlene Bohl, called the meeting to order at 7:00 pm.
I. OLD BUSINESS
A. Approval of the minutes of the 2012 annual meeting. MOTION: Accept the minutes as written. MOTION CARRIED on a voice vote.
B. Reports of officers. Reports were distributed at the meeting; they are also available on the website. MOTION: Accept the officers’ reports as written. MOTION CARRIED. The budget for the fiscal year 2013-14 was presented by the treasurer Bob Lorenz, and discussion ensued. One member suggested that we should consider balancing the budget in the near future and also should make our donations to the main club more focused on specific projects. A visiting board member opined that the donation should go to the Winooski River bridge project because that will be expensive. MOTION: The entire donation from the section should go for the bridge project. MOTION CARRIED on a voice vote. MOTION: Approve the budget. MOTION CARRIED by voice vote.
C. In recognition of his three years of service as treasurer to the section, Bob Lorenz was awarded a picture of Camel’s Hump.
D. Ken Hertz announced that the town of Duxbury is celebrating its 250th anniversary and would welcome reports and stories of people’s adventures climbing Camel’s Hump.
II. NEW BUSINESS
A. The Year at the Main Club
1. Jean Haigh, GMC president, spoke about activities in the Northeast Kingdom, in the vicinity of Avery’s Gore, where a trail is being relocated and a new trail is being constructed. Also, the owner of a camp on a nice pond in the region is hoping to sell the camp to the GMC.
2. Will Wiquist, GMC executive director, spoke about Bolton Lodge; he feels the GMC should manage it. He emphasized the magnitude of the Winooski bridge project and expressed his appreciation for the Montpelier Section’s contributions to it. He said it is “feeling real” and moving forward.
B. The Winooski Crossing. Dave Hardy, director of field programs, stated that we should know by mid-May whether the bridge project is receiving a permit. The GMC also will need an Act 250 permit for relocating the trail on the south side of the river, which is necessary to get rid of some of the road walk. Volunteers will be needed at all stages. Dave extended thanks to Fred Jordan for his work on the project.
Dave also spoke of some upcoming changes to the Long Trail in Smugglers’ Notch, including a relocation to the area around Barnes Camp.
C. Report of the Nominating Committee and Election of Officers. George Longenecker, Nominating Committee, announced the slate of officers, which is as follows: president, Reidun Nuquist (first year); vice president, Kathryn Gohl ( first year); secretary, Mari Zagarins (first year); treasurer, Kenneth Hertz (first year); membership coordinator, Ken Hertz (third year) (bylaws permit one person to serve as both treasurer and membership coordinator); trails and shelters coordinator, Fred Jordan (first year); alternate director, Eric Seidel (first year) (this position carries a three- year term). The following position is filled: director, Michael Wetherell (second year) (also a three-year term.) The following positions are appointed by the section’s Executive Committee and not elected: editor of Trail Talk, publicity coordinator, webmaster, and members of the Trails and Shelters Committee. The Nominating Committee consisted of George Longenecker, Andrew Nuquist, and Eric Seidel. MOTION: Accept the slate of officers as proposed by the Nominating Committee. MOTION CARRIED: The entire slate of officers was elected by the membership.
The meeting was adjourned by the president at 7:35 pm. There followed a program by Pete Antos-Ketcham, director of operations at the GMC, titled “Life at 4,400 feet: Caretaking the Randolph Mountain Club’s Gray Knob Cabin.”
Respectfully submitted, Priscilla Daggett, ActingSecretary, secretary