Sunday, December 14, 2008

News from our friends in the Black Hills

Black Hills Climbing Coalition
December 2008

The next meeting of the BHCC will be 7 pm Tuesday, December 16, at the Gaslight in Rockerville.
Nominations will be taken for 2009 Chairperson and board of directors at this months meeting. This is a good meeting to attend if you are interested in the future direction of the BHCC.
We need some new energy. I didn’t sign up for BHCC chair for life. Anyone interested in taking over the helm of this organization?
We definitely need a new publicist, as Aaron Costello has gone into Rapid City politics, winning a runoff for city council (Congrats Aaron!) and will have his hands full keeping all his constituents happy.
We also need to address issues with our bolting committee procedures, and welcome input and workers.
The hike to the Hall of Records is shut down due to a liability issue, someone fell and broke their ankle. But Todd said he still working on the possibility of a small group of BHCC members going..
For this year’s holiday/New Year celebration, world renown climbing photographer Andrew Burr will be giving a slide program in Rapid City Tuesday, Jan 6th, 7:00 pm at Dublin Square. Mark your calendar!

Remember for next year — Pinfest will be held on Saturday, July 18, 2009. Beans and Biners will be on Saturday, September 12, 2009.

Climb Hard and Climb Safe

Bruce Junek—Newsletter Editor

2008 BHCC BOARD OF DIRECTORS:
Bruce B. Junek, Chairperson 605-348-3432
Lyle Clapp, Vice Chairperson 662-7764/440-0718
Becky Wood, Secretary
Jim Slichter, Treasurer
Aaron Costello, Publicist
Ron Yahne, Member @ Large
Peter Lev, Member @ Larg

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