= CTM Meeting Minutes - 2005

Jan 2005 @ Whole Earth=

Secretary not in attendance.

Feb 2005 @ Whole Earth=

Attendance: 22

Mission Statement

Old business:

Retrobolt day at the greenbelt was held on February 7th. Replaced 2nd bolt on Flintstone's,= one of the chains on Schoolboy, adjusted direction of 1st bolt on Budda, and both chains on I= ronman.

New Business:

Reminder to renew CTM membership dues.
Enchanted Rock Trail Proj= ect will be on February 21st. Work on the summit trail has been completed. Possible ideas for future projects: loop trail (backside), Motorboat trail, Turkey Peak, Carnivor= es.
Climber's Ball will be he= ld Saturday February 14th at Opal Divine's at 6th and Rio Grande. 8pm. Keg.
Bull Creek Maintenance Day will be Feb 28th at 9:00 am. Will be filling in gravel, sandblasting g= raffiti, and building a retaining wall for the base of the climbing area.
Brief discussion about interest in doing this year's Limestoner comp.
Upcoming adventure race a= t Reimers. Major crowds expected.
Trip will be taking over responsibilities and updates of CTM website.
Casey is doing a UT proje= ct on how to minimize impact of climbing on wildlife and vegetation in greenbelt. The study will focus on the contrast between Bee Hive Wall (formerly high traffic area) and Seismic Wall (current high traffic ar= ea). Detail will be on the impact of the rock itself. Proactive in na= ture about preserving our climbing areas. The group study website will be linked to the CTM website.
Discussion of a need for a CTM notice to be posted at all greenbelt kiosks commenting on conserva= tion and involvement through organizations, donations.
CTCC elections coming up = in May. CTCC interfaces with CTM in that it works primarily with the Texas Public Parks.
Discussion of a Friends of Enchanted Rock website link on the CTM website.
Raffle ($2) for film pass= es for an advanced screening of "Touching the Void", based on Joe Simpson's novel depicting his epic climbing trip in 1985 to attempt the unclimbed west face of Siula G= rande in the Peruvian Andes. Also, an alpine climbing pack was raffled off.<= /li>

Mar 2005 @ Whole Earth=

Attendance: 12

Old Business:=

· Over 20 people attended last E-Rock trail project

· Bull Creek Maintenance Day was huge success;= 20 people helped build a new retaining wall and added over 16 tons of pea grav= el

· Climber’s Ball on Valentine’s Day was fun for all

New Business:=

· E-Rock Trail Project will be Saturday March = 20^th

· Limestoner will be May 22^nd; plan= s to have camping Friday and Saturday at Reimer’s; free beer from Real Ale= and bluegrass band

· Granite Gripper will be October 16^{th
this year}

· Possible 4^th of July party at Pace Bend Park

· New ideas for CTM website; historical timeli= ne; re-bolting information; interviews; trip reports; photo gallery; geological information

· Interest in increasing club awareness; broch= ure; kiosk notes at Greenbelt

Apr 2005 @ Whole Earth<= /p>

Attendance: 18= 3 new members

No old business

New business:=

·        May 1^st USA climbing comp at ARG sout= h; juniors and adults

·        Enchanted Rock Trail Project Saturday April = 17^th ; work on Echo Canyon will begin this summer

·        CTCC elections; ballots will be available 4/= 15; vote in person at E-Rock or copy ID and mail in with ballot; election resul= ts will be posted on CTM website

·        Limestoner May 22^nd; need volunte= ers for registration; there will be a keg of beer and possible live music

·        $3000 new in funds for Friends of E-Rock

·        Interest in forming a committee to assemble information for central Texas= climbing timeline; to be conducted outside of CTM meetings

·        CTM brochure to be created by Kasey

·        Interest in new gallery software for people = to post their own photos to CTM website

·        2^nd weekend in May (Saturday) wil= l be greenbelt climbing day @ Gus Fruh; possible retro bolting

·        Camp Coca-Cola youth group is interested in doing a CTM service project at Reimer’s or E-Rock

·        Post meeting entertainment/education: John Myric= k’s slide show of recent trip to Colombia; focus on cultural and social issues; not climbing related

May 2005 @ Whole Earth=

Secretary not= in attendance

Jun 2005 @ Stan’s - pot luck

Attendance: 19 = 6 new members

Old Business:=

·        E-Rock Trail Project; finished trail below H= igh Octane; started trail leading to Carnivores

·        Limestoner was success with 38 competitors; shirts still for sale

·        Gus Fruh outing Saturday June 5^th= ,hosted by Tommy and Trip, was big success with 30+ climbers; 3 people joined CTM; Tommy brought cooler full of ice cream and popsicles

·        CTCC election results:

314 total votes: 70 Barry Wilson, 67 Rick Watson, 60 <= st1:PersonName w:st=3D"on">John Myrick, 60 Kirk Ho= lladay, 42 Gail Billings, 38 Brian Thome, 37 David Kane=

New Business:=

·        Pace Bend climbing outing Saturday July 10^th

·        Work is starting on the 13^th Annu= al Granite Gripper; October 16^th E-Rock; need volunteers for commit= tee (John, Kirk, Trip to help); flyers and registration forms will be out soon<= /p>
·        History of climbing in central Texas project June 2^nd meet= ing; will be compiling data; timeline to be on website; possible publication of = book

·        Upcoming website meeting; Trip is coordinati= ng

·        Mrs. Reimer asked CTM to provide a set stand= ard for bolting applications (approval process) safety and quality; officer mee= ting to follow soon; discussion about CTCC’s r= ole in Reimer’s bolting process

·        Retrobolting at Potrero Chico; CTM to start a plan

·        Tim Wise former CTM president in attendance;= he has copies of local climbing magazine he published called Edge and Smear; will be very helpful in the climbing history project

·        Update of CTM library; if anyone has any literature relating to climbing please get list to Trip

·        Trip would like to set up an email redirect service for CTM website; also possibly submitting name, phone address, emai= l, birthday

·        Trip is looking for geology information and = Texas maps for t= he climbing history project

·        There is a need for a system that updates events, comps and information from Texas climbing gyms

·        E-Rock Trail Project is June 19^th; Carnivores or Echo Canyon

Post-meeting entertainment: Slide show= of Limestoner and Gus Fruh outing

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