2025 Minutes, Wednesday, May 14
Officers
President: Mary Smith
Vice President: (vacant)
Secretary: Bobbie Berkman
Treasurer: Al Peters
Past President: Anne Squire
Group Reps
Amblers: Carol Evans & Lena Birch
Ramblers: Nancy Verner & Harriet Schwartz
Trekkers: Rich Kinsey & Bill Patten
Scramblers: Marcelle Welch & Slava Tetelbaum
ROLL CALL: Bobbie Berkman
Approval of March Minutes: Mary Smith
REPORTS:
Treasurer's Report: Al Peters
Approved
Club Membership & New Members: Joanie Boyle
50 new members joined year-to-date and with latest totals as follows:
- 24 Amblers
- 17 Ramblers
- 6 Trekkers
- 3 Scramblers
- 8 Monday Morning Walkers
Current breakdown of membership:
- Amblers 32%
- Ramblers 37%
- Trekkers 12%
- Scramblers 11 %
- Social 2%
Trail Steward Report: Larry
The trail crew finished work on the plywood steps project. Eighty-five hours of hard work has been put in by the the crew on this project.
Upcoming Events: Kathy Devine & Molly Clopp
June 3 picnic, Hosts: Marsha Thrall, Kickan Wilson & Carolyn Walkling
Aug 21 picnic, Hosts: Joanie Boyle, Pat Kramm & Jan Jones
Oct 28 Annual Meeting, Hosts: Mary Smith & Jackie Stuart + Jan Jones, Pumpkin Carving Contest
Nov 13 Notable Volunteers Brunch, Hosts: Mary Smith & Anne Squire
Dec 11 Holiday Party, Hosts: Shirley Wiegand & Janet Jolley
Contract
A license for bartending will be obtained to allow alcohol to be served. The menu is listed under the Contract (above) and will be posted on the website. Suggestions for music to be played for dancing would be appreciated.
Dec 20 - Last Hike, Hosts: Dave & Gloria Kern
Molly and Kathy will work on the calendar for next year’s events.
Publicity: Ellen Gilman & Mary Smith
Rossmoor Club Fair: June 5
Rossmoor Farmer's Market tables are available but It was agreed that the club did not need to be represented at the market.
Technology
Anne is keeping the announcement space up-to-date. Upcoming events are also posted on the website.
The calendar has 3 new fields to include:
type of hike such as trail, pavement or mixed.
elevation gain
There is one more field that can be added. Mary suggested posting a phone number for the leader. It’s noted that this presents privacy issues as it will be a searchable field. The AllTrails link is already available and is not a required field. Anne suggests making the length of the drive put into a required field. Harriet suggested assigning a season of the year that would work for a particular hike. Another suggestion for the field would record elevation change over the length of the hike.
The "Where" field label has been updated to “Driving Directions (trail head/ parking with map link)” The trail head often appears on the Google map.This information in our database will be useful for organizing future hikes. Anne plans on training the quarterly captains to require this data in order to post a hike to the calendar.
Anne monitors comments and suggestions via “Contact us” on the website. Also, anytime someone registers for an event that information comes into this mailbox.
Mary reported that a workshop for quarterly captains on the “TeamUp” app will be included in future training.
Safaris
2025
Sisters Safari: Mary Smith & Ros Carol
Mary, Ros and Anne will be getting together to work out logistics.These include how people are getting there, number of cars and thinning down the number of hikes to make it manageable. Anne and Mary have been looking into arranging a wildflower hike and a stargazing session at a local ranch. A logistics meeting is tentatively scheduled to be held after the next board meeting on July 9. Booking rate for the hotel will be honored through June 1.
Joshua Tree: Harriet Schwartz via Road Scholars (full)
Arrangements made by Harriet Schwartz to be offered by Road Scholar. It is fully booked for 18 people. Harriet wants to work with the hike leaders to be sure to have easier hikes for Amblers. For those who wish to fly, the airport is 3 miles from the hotel.
2026
Updated Tucson Safari: Sue Margolis, Carolyn Saito, Marcelle Welch
Contract
The hotel is La Prasada. Registration will begin in September and maximum of 40 hikers.
Room rate is $145.00 /night. Members can book their own rooms. Shirley
presented information on logistics for getting to Tucson and the amenities
available at the hotel.
MEMBERS FORUM: Mary Smith
Outings: Ros Carol
May 18th Outing to Tunnel Tops, Carolyn Walkling - host
MEMBERS FORUM: Mary Smith
OLD BUSINESS: Mary Smith
Thanks
Spring Potluck
Idelle, Molly & Rich for hosting
Mark Forrette for the slideshow
Chico Safari
John Walkinshaw & Anne Squire for organizing
John Muir Land Trust Presentation
Thanks to Shirley Wiegand and Kathleen Stavis for arranging
NEW BUSINESS: Mary Smith
Long time Trail Steward, Larry Barclay, resignation
Replacement options
Ask trail crew members?
Ask membership?
Other? (GRF Landscaping declined to assume role)
Review of By-laws: Marcelle Welch & Richard Levy
Current (last updated October 2024)
Draft update (dated March 2025)
Motion and vote to accept changes or amend
Proposed changes to tenure of officers: Anne Squire
Move to 2 year terms
Proposed change from bi-monthly to quarterly Board meetings
Interim decisions via Zoom
ANY OTHER BUSINESS
MEETING CLOSE
trailsclubofrossmoor.com is your best source for information about the Club activities, events, hiking information, etc.
Next Meeting:
July 9th 2025