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THE CANBERRA BVSIILKINGWA CLVII j INC. NEWSLETTER t GPO Box 160, Canberra ACT 2601 VOLUME 36 FEBRUARY 2000 $ NUMBER 2 walks or social activities that The focus on the social programme President's Prattle have the potential to impact on over the last couple of months has the viability of their thps. meant that valuable work being done Recent Letters to the Editér the Committee should provide• by the Committee in other areas has (December/Jaicuary' IT)' have nOtice for any activities that'the been less'visible than I would have generated much debate amongst Committee expects will be liked. In my first Prattlei noted that members about what sort of Club we attended by a large number of the Committee's priorities would be are and what sort of Club we should members in at least the three to improve the walk prograrmne, to be. In response to the issues raised in issues of IT preceding the event. give increased attention to our duty of care obligations and to adopt a this debate, the Committee has the Cámmittee should not accept developed the following guidelines more proactive approach to for the Club programme non- conservation issues. It seems timely to asiist leaders, the Walk Secretary bushwalking activities of other and the Social Secretary in their to provide you with an update of our organisations that have the progress in'each of these areas. efforts to put together a balanced potential to conflict with the programme of activities for Club's walking activities. Walk Programme: ,Rob Horsfield members: held a short forum on the - Walk I have discussed these guidelines Programme with interested members • a viable social programme that with Meg McKone. Meg has after the November General Meeting complements the Club's walking subsequently advised thathe and has already acted on a number of activities is important for the guidelines address the issues that led suggestions raised at that meeting. overall health of the Club to her foreshadowed motions (see December/January' IT for (January IT) and that she will now • members who are prepared to details). - Rob has also organised a not prdceed withthese totions at the six part Navigation Refresher Course lead walks for the Club need to February General Meeting. be given adequate notice of other that commences later this month (details in this IT). We are conscious of the need to look Advisory Committee. This would at ways of better supporting our be a first for the Club and would give regular leaders and this must be a us a greater opportunity to influence priority task over the balance of the decisions on the management of life of this Committee. some of the areas in which we walk regularly. Duty of Care: A Working Group (David Campbell, Dave Drohan, The Committee has also lodged a Meg McKone and Allan Mikkelsen) submission on the Ginini Flats draft has been set up to examine current Plan of Management and has had legal issues related to.the operation preliminary discussions about of volunteer organisations such as anticipated proposals for changes in our own, including issues of the management arrangements for the aCcreditation and liability. The Gudgenby Valley area and for the group held its first meeting in early participation of indigenous December and is focussing communities in the management of specifically on the way the Club Namadgi National Park. The Club is recruits its leaders, how it ensures expecting to prepare formal that they have the necessary skills to submissions on both these issues lead walks and what sort of support later this year. and training they should be offered. The Committee is also considering Rob has set up an e-mail distribution It is similarly looking at the level of bushwalking skills possessed by the whether or not the Club ought to list for leaders and now regularly have a formal policy on the use of forwards the draft walk programme general membership with a view to making recommendations on the natural areas. Such a policy would to interested leaders to make it easier better equip us to prepare timely for them to fill gaps if they are able. most effective way of raising these skill levels and on the possible need submissions of a high quality - to It is hoped that this process will help government agencies on conservation to reduce the unevenness, clashes and for some skills to be mandatory for certain activities. The Working issuei that are relevant to our gaps that have plagued the activities. programme from time to time. Group has yet to address the extent (Please contact Rob if you would to which the documentation the Club like to be added to this distribution provides to its members and leaders Ann Gibbs-Jordan's Letter to the list). The published programme also (including trip gradings/descriptions) Editor (January fl) posed a number indicates more clearly what gaps needs to be expanded or revise& of speific questions and sought a exist in the programme-at the time of David is due to present a progress. response to these questions from the printing. report on the group's work to the President/Committee. The above Committee later this month. report on our recent work addresses Rob continues to personally solicit some of the issucs,raised,by Ann. .1: walks from those members who have Conservation Issues: Changes to will attempt to resjond in coming indicated a willingness to lead walks the timing of the Monthly Committee .Prattles-to other issues sh& has raised. on their membership renewal forms meetings have removed the clash that I must, however, disagred with Ann's and the results of this are starting to existed between these meetings and assessment of the current 'hCilth' of bear fruit with a number of 'lapsed' the regular• meetings of the the Club. It can be argued that the leaders now programming walks Conservation Council of the Smith nature of the Club has changed in the again. East Region and Canberra: Allan pasi five years and that a debate on A list of prospective new leaders has Mikkelsen is now able to take part in whether this is desirable/undesirable/ been developed by Rob and Stan these council meetings. Allan's inevitable is ovSdue. Jt is worth Marks from feedback received from participation in the council will allow noting, however, that in the last leaders checking, in their walks and us to renew our links with other local decade, our size has remained from those who booked on last groups with a conservation fOcus and reasonably stable at about 300 year's various Aspiring Leaders work together more effectively on -members. The ratio of more active Weëkends. The current programme. areas of-common interest. to less -active members and the -rate 'includes, walks by four new. leaders Allan has iecently submitted of turnover of -rnembets appears to and more walks from other new expressions of interest to the NSW be about the same as it was in 1990. leaders should start appearing on the National Parks and Wildlife Service Requests -for -infonnation -kits from programme in the next month or so that, if successful, will see the club piospective members keep Roger represented on a number of NPWS Edwazds -constantly busy. The Canberra Bushwalking Club JTFebniazy 2000 page 2 Supplement to February 2000 IT Page 6 DRAFT CBC Membership List —2 February 2000 (Only page with your details - final list next month will be all pages) (Household members grouped in draft - will not be in final list) Trip S Renew TELEPHONE Lead & Date Due NAME ADDRESSS HOME WORK D W R Join Corrections to Roger & Rosemarie Edwards 6288 7863(h) ASAP Please * POWELL, Tony P0 Box 82, RED HILL ACT 2603 62395902 N N D12/199712/2000 PRVAN, Tania 7 Vickery St, COOK ACT 2614 62531172 62012513 N N D 4/1998 4/2000 p PRVAN, Tania School of Maths & Stats, UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA ACT 2601 REDDY, Mike 1/4 Maria P1, LYONS ACT 2606 62813686 62445688 N N El 1/1996 3/2000 p REDDY, Mike P0 Box 1813, WODEN ACT 2606 REIFFEL, Marlene 128 Burrinjuck Crs, DUFFY ACT 2611 62889288 62753465 N N D12/199512/2000 REYNOLDS, Lauraine 66 Harrington Cct, KAMBAH ACT 2902 62316591 62341454 N N 012/199712/2000 RODELY, Peter KAMBAH ACT 2902 N N Dl 1/199711/2000 ROOKE, Lee 33 Erskine St, MACQUARJE ACT 2614 62512617 62464954 N N D 5/1999 6/2000 ROPER, Chris 94 Blackwood Tce, HOLDER ACT 2611 62871243 62725151 Y N A10/I 99312/2000 ROSEBY, Margaret 14 Burgan P1, RIVETT ACT 2611 62883679 Y N E 9/1975 2/2000 RUSTOMJI, Paul 99 Erldunda Crt, HAWKER ACT 2614 62543500 Y Y A 2/1994 5/2000 SADLOWSKI, Eric 51 Archdall St, MACGREGOR ACT 2615 62547943 62565401 N N E 7/1992 9/2000 SATRAPA, Henry 25 Bundey St, HIGGINS ACT 2615 62542195 0407008863 Y Y A10/19961 1/2000 SAYERS, Keith 6 Clambe P1, CHARNWOOD ACT 2615 62583268 Y N B 9/199010/2000 SCOTF, Mark 40 Cotton St, DOWNER ACT 2602 62570087 62714438 N N D 2/1999 2/2000 SELDON, Stephen 3 Beeston St, MACGREGOR ACT 2615 62552437 N N D 4/1999 4/2000 SHAUGHNESSY, Gwen 38 Harris St, HACKETT ACT 2602 62421760 0417210017 N N D 9/198810/2000 SHAW, Steven 2 Mewton P1, MELBA ACT 2615 62587541 0413606783 N N £ 3/1992 3/2000 # SHEEN, Robyn II Alice St, QUEANBEYAN NSW 2620 62975718 62403291 N N D 3/1999 3/2000 SHEFFIELD, Sylvia 15/102 Henderson Rd, QUEANBEYAN NSW 2620 62992430 N N E 9/1991 9/2000 SHIRLOW, Megan 28 Ridley St, TURNER ACT 2612 62485857 N N C 9/1994 9/2000 SINCLAIR, Ian 43 Braine St, PAGE ACT 2614 62547034 62075700 Y Y B 9/1988 9/2000 • SKURR, John 7 £Ieanora St, FISHER ACT 2611 62886049 62880163 N N E 9/1986 9/2000 • SKURR, Marianne 7 Eleanora St, FISHER ACT 2611 62886049 N N £ 9/1990 9/2000 SMEDLEY, Mike 40 McClure St, EVATT ACT 2617 N N D 4/1994 3/2001 p