Echoes from the Chair

By Dan Richter 11/8/95

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In this anniversary Echo we have the opportunity to celebrate our forty years of existence as a section. I want to thank all of you for letting me be your chair during this year. It has been a wonderful experience for me. I have gotten to know many more of you than I would have had you not selected me, and for that I am very grateful.

I am very happy to report to you that our ranks are growing with new members and subscribers. At each meeting we see new faces. This year we have seen three new list finishers in David Campbell, Michael Lorr and Nancy Gordon. We have begun a dialogue with the other climbing sections on common issues and are having a joint meeting of the SPS, DPS and HPS on January 10th. Our finances are in good order and we are already scheduling climbs for next spring.

I want to thank all the people who have served as elected and appointed members of the management committee. The elected positions were: myself as Chair Membership and Archivist, Wayne Norman as Vice Chair and ECHO Editor, Barbee Tidball as Programs Banquet and Mailer, Mirna Roach as Secretary, and Patty Kline as Treasurer and Sales. The appointed positions were: Greg Roach as Outings, Doug Mantle and Duane McRuer as Safety Co-Chairs, Tina Stough as Mountains Records, Julie Rush as Council Representative, Harry Freimanis as Outreach Coordinator and Council Alternate, David Underwood as Conservation, Bill Oliver as Historian, and Ann Kramer as Special Projects.

In closing I would like to say that during the year, I have observed closely the forces of change that are effecting the SPS. The issues and club battles that have colored this year have reinforced in me the belief that what hold us together, and what is of real importance to us, is the climbing of our peaks. This great beauty we share in, this love of climbing is what remains after the clamor and din of our imperfect world is put aside.

© Copyright 1994-2001 Dan Richter

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