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Minutes - 2012
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January 2012
Arizona Trailblazers Hiking Club
Meeting Minutes
January 17, 2012, 7:00 PM
Duke’s Sports Bar & Grill, Scottsdale.
- Welcome, Introductions
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Reports
- Treasurer
- As of January 17, there are 54 paid memberships.
Balance in checking is $2238.
[Wendy Rennert]
- Webmaster
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Ted’s survey of trip reports asked,
“When you search the trip reports, what are you usually looking for?”
Here are the results:
| 19 |
Reports on a specific hike, such as the Peralta Trail. |
| 16 |
Reports from a particular region, such as the Mogollon Rim. |
| 5 |
Reports of a certain time frame, e.g. 2003. |
| 1 |
Reports in which a particular person is mentioned. |
| 3 |
Something else. Please explain: |
Thanks to all who replied to the survey! This information
will be used to plan improvements on the Trip Reports web page.
[Ted Tenny]
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Previous Hikes
Record number for November through January.
| Nov. 19 |
Oak Spring Trail |
Pine | Sandy Dwyer |
| Nov. 26 |
Papago Park GPS |
Phoenix | Michael Humphrey |
| Dec. 4 | Peak 5426 |
Mazatzals | Bill Zimmermann |
| Dec. 10 | Badger Springs |
Agua Fria Nat.M | Wendy Rennert |
| Dec. 17 | Black Mesa Loop |
Superstitions | Cyd Cassel |
| Dec. 24 | Hill 2685 |
Goldfields | Ted Tenny |
| Dec. 31 | Dixie Mine |
McDowells | Ted Tenny |
| Jan. 7 | Pyramid Trail |
South Mountain | Wendy Rennert |
| Jan. 8 | Mine Mountain |
Mazatzals | Bill Zimmermann |
| Jan. 14 | Bulldog Wash Ridge |
Goldfields | Ted Tenny |
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Upcoming Hikes
| Jan. 21 |
Vulture Peak |
Wickenburg | Wendy Rennert |
| Jan. 28 | Otero Canyon |
Mazatzals | Bill Zimmermann |
| Feb. 4 | Oracle State Park |
Oracle | Wendy Rennert |
| Feb. 11 |
<<open>> |
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| Feb. 18 | Ben Avery Trail |
Eagletails | Michael Humphrey |
| Feb. 25 | Little Saddle Trail |
Mazatzals | Debbie M. |
| Mar. 3 | Picketpost Mountain |
Superior | Wendy Rennert |
| Mar. 10 | Marcus Landslide |
McDowells | Wendy Rennert |
| Mar. 17 |
<<open>> |
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T-Shirts
Eileen Root reported that with a $50 setup fee for the club logo we can
order t-shirts in several styles and sizes. They can be sold, and offered
as incentives to AZHC hike leaders.
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Hike Leader Training
Wendy Rennert’s Survey for First-Time Hike Leaders provided valuable
feedback on how the club can help hike leaders get started.
The Arizona Trailblazers will offer Hike Leader Training on Saturday,
February 18, on the Ben Avery Trail day hike.
Anyone can attend, but please join us if you have ever thought of leading
a hike for the Trailblazers or just want to know what hike leadership is
all about.
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Guest Speaker:
Michael Humphrey presented a slide show of memorable pictures
taken on the Aravaipa Canyon Backpacking Trip, October 16-19,
2011. Almost as good as being there — but not quite.
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Next Meeting
Tuesday, March 20, 2012, 7:00 PM, location TBD.
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Executive Council, January 11, 2012
attendees: Chuck Parsons, Becky Johnson, Wendy Rennert,
Michael Humphrey, Eileen Root, Ted Tenny
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January 17 Meeting
Will be at
Duke’s Sports Bar & Grill in Scottsdale.
There are big screens in the back room, which might be usable for
PowerPoint presentations.
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T-Shirts
Years ago the hike leaders received t-shirts for leading at least
two hikes during the year. Ted also recalled Sierra Club hike
leaders receiving cloth patches which could be sewn onto caps,
jackets, etc. Eileen to follow up, and check with Cyd Cassel.
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Hike Leader Training
2012 training will be on the Ben Avery Trail hike in the Eagletail Mountain
Wilderness, led by Michael on February 18. We need to decide who will
be the instructors, and what topics each of them will cover.
Wendy suggested sending a survey to those who attended previous training
but have not led hikes, and will draft the questions.
- Guest Speakers for 2012
Cyd Cassel is scheduled for January, and Michael Humphrey for a
later month. For the remaining months we will contact the following:
- Upcoming Events
Wendy will lead a hike at
Oracle State Park
on February 4 to celebrate the park’s re-opening. Ted suggested the
Rainbow Rim Trail as a pair of key-exchange hikes on some future North
Rim trip.
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