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L( CANBERRA BUSHWALKING CLUB INC. NEWSLE I I ER Po. Box CANBERRA BUSHWALKING CLUB INC. L!] L( NEWSLE I I ER po. Box mo. Canberra city, ACT. 2601. REGISTERED FOR POSTING AS A PERIODICAL CATEGORY B SOc VOL 16 OCTOBER 1980 No 10 EDITOR Frank Rigby, 77 Creswel I Street Campbel ACT 2601 Phone £191198 (H) USEFUL CLUB CONTACTS PRESIDENT Rod Peters .512580(H) 482863 (w) WALKS SECRETARY Ann flibbs-Jordon 1 80066(W) MEMBERSHIP SECRETARY Lydia Rojicek 951529(H) CLUB DIARY Wed 15 Oct GENERAL Meeting CSIRO Landuse Research Building, Black Mountain 7.45 pm followed by "Bushwalking in the McDonnell Ranges' ' Tues 21 Oct "JOG-IN BREAKFAST BARBECUE Cotter Road pine forest Wed 22 Oct WALKS PLANNING EVENING 81 Bonython Street Downer (See Ann's Antics) Sun 26 Oct ENVIRONMENT WALK AND FAIR Tues 28 Oct COMtITTEE MEETING It Leneham Street fliralano 8 pm Wed 29 Oct IT CLOSING DATE (all contributions to Edi tor) Wed 5 Nov BUSH SONS EVENING 9 Moss Street Cook 8 pm Tues 11 Nov IT COLLATION 56 Walker Crescent Narrabundah 8 pm Thurs 20 Nov BUSH DANCE-THE BIG SOCIAL EVENT* * see description in this issue Page 2 OCTOBER 1980 EDI2ORIAL A new broom is trying to keep clean! In the September IT the previous Editors referred to the "ebb and ebb" of IT; this is indeed a sad state of affairs given the vast collective store of adventures, enthusiasm, intelligence and education emanating from the member- ship of this club. Ideally IT should be informative, stimulating and entertaining. To be so, the contributions MUST come from a wide cross-section of the membership , not just from office-bearers or a handful of willing workhorses. So when YOU go bushwalking ski touring or take part in Club socialising etc., THINK ABOUT IT and about how your fellow-members would like to hear about your experiences and impressions. You may be surprised at just how curious human beings can be? And please remember, we are bushwalking, not fcvnous authors—outs tcmding literary talent is NOT essential although naturally, the more interesting you can make your writings the more they will be appreciated by your readers. A few specifics. I Both serious and hwnourous (and of course, inbetween) contributions are required for balance. 2 You don't have to describe, for exanple, a whole walking trip, sometimes just one highlight picked out and expanded upon can be more interesting. 3 Letters to the Editor on matters of Club interest are always welcome—but sign them fully please. 4 Pen-names for non-controversial articles can be used if desired, (but knowing who wrote the article always adds to its value). 5 Material for a new series called "One More Month" witl be snapped up gratefully: odd incidents, snippets of harmless gossip, almost any item of interest to bushwalkers, ski-tourers and conservationists and preferably in writing. The editor will lick them into shape if necessary. 5 Is there a cartoonist in the Club? 7 The Editor does reserve the right not to publish a contribution, but this will be exercised with discretion and good reasons will be given. IT is your newsletter.. For a better IT, how about writing IT as well as reading IT? OCTOBER 1980 Page •3 YOUR COMMITTEE FOR 1980-1981 The following committee members were elected at the A.C.M. held September 17. PRES I DENT Rod Peters Vice - PRESIDENT/TREASURER Alison Currie CORRESPONDENCE SECRETARY Doug Wright MINUTES SECRETARY Pat Miethke WALKS SECRETARY Ann Gibbs-Jordon SOCIAL SECRETARY Lyndali Langman MEMBERSHIP SECRETARY Lydia Rojicek CONSERVATION OFFICER Henry Burmester EDITOR Frank Rigby COMMITTEE MEMBER John Ashman PUBL I SHER Sue Vidler NON-ELECTED OFFICE BEARERS The following were appointed by Committee at the Committee meeting held September. 24, 1980. Committee's thanks go to these volunteers: CLUB CONTACT FOR REPORTING SAFE RETURN OF TRIPS Len Medaris * EQUIPMENT HIRE OFFICER Rod Peters LIBRARIAN Al ison Street* PUBLIC OFFICER Lorraine Tomlins* AUDITOR John Hogan ARCHIVIST Thea Exley CLUB STATISTICIAN Heino Lepp *If willing to serve again FROM YOUR COMMITTEE A couple of items of general interest: We will continue to use the off-set printing method for future issues of IT as the quality is excellent and the cost very reasonable. 2 An up-to-date version of the Constitution is to be prepared by Alan Vidler and will be published in IT. In future, new members will receive a copy of the constitution with their first IT. NB All members are reminded that they are welcome to committee meetings, attending either as observers or contributors, or both. The only thing you won't have is a vote, although you probably wouldn't miss that privilege at all. and of course there's .... SUBSCRIPTIONS Annual membership subscriptions for 1980-81 are now due. If you have not already paid up, please do so promptly because the Club's expenditure never really stops at any time and there's nothing worse than an empty kitty. At the A.C.M. the follàwing membership fees for 1980-81 were determined: ORDINARY MEMBERSHIP $10 FAMILY MEMBERSHIP $15 FULL-TIME UNDERCRAD STUDENTS/UNEMPLOYED $ 4 A membership form is included at the end of this issue. 2 RUSHOANCE AND- DINNER to be held at the Showground Hall in Hall Music by SLACK STUMP SAND I TMURSDAY NOVEMOER 20 Come and partake in a bush dinner of chicken bread, salads and fruit from 7pm and dancing from 8pm B.Y.O.G, fruit juice, cup, plate and fingers Tickets cost $8 each and are available from 7 H Doug Wright 814418 (') Alan Vidler 545373 (ii) Alison Ann Gibbs-Jordai 480066(w) Tuckels have to be purchased by Friday November 14 OCTOBER 1980 P age 5 PRESIDENT'S REPORT for the year 1979 - 1980 In presenting this overview of the Club's activities over the past year, I would like to stress that the operation of the Club has been a team effort. I'd like to thank each member of the outgoing committe for their efforts, and also Ann Bayliss and Lydia Rojicek for standing in on the committee for several months. The only change in the committee during the year was caused by the resignation of Tony Herit, the Publisher, due to a broken leg. He was replaced by Dave Sutton. The Clubs activities program, as usual, offered day and weekend walks each weekend. A number of visits were made to the Northern Blue Mountains area, previously little visited. Day walks were concentrated in the southern ACT, while ski tours dominated the winter program. We must thank all walks leaders for their contributions to the program. Social events of the year were the annual dinner at the Hellenic Club, a Christmas party at Lake Glnninderra and a surprise 70th birthday party for Fred George. Conservation issues continued to be of major concern. Activity centred on South West Tasmania and the Kosciusko National Park, with the Club making major submissions on those ateas. Henry Burmester Was appointed as a Federation and CBC representative on the Deaua-Wadbilliga National Parks Advisory Committee. Another major issue was the management of the Gudgenby Nature Reserve. There were no S&R callouts during the year. The Club became affiliated with the ACT Emergency Services. I would also like to thank Bob Story for opening up the meeting room for us each month, and John Hogan for agreeing to be our auditor for another year. Penny Le Couteur September 1980 NOTICE OF MOTION FOR OCTOBER GENERAL MEETING That CBC donate $ 50 to the Native Forests Action Council )ACT) towards purchase of a copy of the film 'Let Trees Live'. Mover Henry Burmester POSITION VACANT Typist required to type the November IT during the period Oct 31 to Nov 5. (No stencil cutting nOw, just type on ordinary paper.) Since no:wages are paid , a seftse of dedication to the Club appears to be a desirable qualification. Please apply to the Editor. FOR SALE 2 Pairs walking boots size 6 1 pair Blundstones, 1 pair Rossi Purchase price by negotiation Phone Karel Seewen 49 8168 OCTOBER 1980 Page 6 ONE MORE MONTH .. Anatomy of an election: There was intense lobbying in the Clubroom. Only minutes before the A.G.M. there were still no nominations on the board for the all- important post of President. NOONE, but NO-ONE, seemed interested. But when nominations were called from the floor, there was one, then two, then • three, and finally, no fewer than four. This puzzle isstrictly. for the psychologists. The briefest "policy speech" of the presidential candidates must surely have been that of Stephen Gisz when he announced with an air of finality "you all know me". Perhaps this would qualify as the quote of the month From the Committee meeting: during a discussion on printed T-s.hirts, one female member of the committee who must remain anatonomous however, was heard to say, ''You can't expect all of us to fit into the one size of T-shirt''. While many members have been recreating in the frigid Snowy Mts. during the winter, a surprising number of others escaped to the sunny warmth (sometimes heat) of Central Australia. Penny Le Couteur, Charlie Leedman, Bob Harrison and Andrew Thompson with two Sydney friends (as one party) and Frank Rigby, Meg McKone, Meg Boyd and John Ashman (In another party) have all take their rucksacks to the Western McDonnell Ranges. Let's hope this is not the last of the good seasons, a few locals in Alice Springs are predicting the onset of another great drought. CONSERVATION NOTES Kosciusko At the Conservation meeting there was general agreement that the Planning Statement on fire management was generally satisfactory as far as it went.
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