Central Texas Mountaineers

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Central Texas Mountaineers

• February 2007

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Central Texas Mountaineers

• Officers for 2007
• President Gary Ellis
• Vice Pres. Luke Bowman
• Secretary Amy Connolly
• Treasurer Roni Beer
• Events Coordinator Stan Ostrum

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Old/New Business

• CTCC update
• ERock trail project
• RRCC update
• Reimers maintenance
• CTM update
• Financial standing
• Limestoner update
• Greenbelt maintenance
• CTM events outings

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Central Texas Climbing Committee

• ERock - Texas State Natural Area
• Central Texas Climbing Committee
• (CTCC)

David Cain Barry Wilson Gail McClanahan Corey
Fields Ryan Ray Jimmy Forester Bryan Thome
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Central Texas Climbing Committee

• Trail projects
• 3rd weekend of every month.
• Free entrance camping.
• Tour of Main Dome
• 3rd Saturday of every month at gazebo 9am.

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Reimers Ranch Climbing Committee

• Taking nominations until Feb 15th
• Elections from Feb 15th to Limestoner
• Current committee New nominations

Tommy Blackwell Jordan De Long Thu Doan Minna
Miller Emily Mathon Luke Bowman Jeff Olson
Evan Jackson Eric Patrick Ann Raber
Need ballot for the web-site. Ballot boxes for
NARG SARG.
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CTM Business

• 13 members paid so far ( 6 from PayPal).
• 68 members last year (17 from PayPal)
• Only 15 membership / 15 T-shirt !
• Encourage your friends to join.
• Helps with political clout.

Help support the Central Texas Mountaineers

• 15 membership fee will contribute to
• climbing access
• bolt and route maintenance
• trail projects

Join today online with PayPal! www.ctmrocks.com
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CTM Business

• 2/15 Meeting with Sarah Macias John Wright.
• Review the Greenbelt MOU.
• Bandit bolting
• in December?
• by Urban Assault?
• 2/24 Meeting with Mike Brewster of Travis Co.
• Discuss Limestoner.
• Fire ring by Dead Cats at Reimers.

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CTM Business

• Texas Parks Wildlife Dept.
• Texas Historical Commission budget cuts
• Hueco Tanks transfer?
• Jason Kieth Access Fund
• Visiting March 12th
• Lobby House bill on sporting goods tax cap
• 100 million/yr (currently 32 million/yr)

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CTM Account

• CTM has about 1500.
• RRCC has about 400.

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CTM - APF Its My Park Day

• April 14th.
• Austin Parks Foundation.
• Looking for 50 projects with 1500 volunteers.
• Will help CTM with a trail project.
• APF provides publicity, snacks, drinks, T-shirts.
• 9am to 1pm.
• Need an idea and volunteers.

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CTM March Meeting at REI

• 7-9pm, March 7th
• REI downtown.
• An Inconvenient Truth with Christina Mauro.

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CTM 8th Annual Limestoner

• March 24th (rain date March 31st)
• Friday camping.
• Saturday competition bouldering.
• Awards, silent auction, dinner, slide show.
• Sunday clinics
• Proceeds to general route maintenance fund.

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Limestoner Guest Speaker Clinics

• Slideshows
• Merrick Ales
• Jason Kehl
• Clinics
• Joe Schwartz
• ARG
• Rock About
• Shoe demo?

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Limestoner T-shirt Design
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Limestoner T-shirt Design
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Limestoner T-shirt Design
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Limestoner T-shirt Design
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Limestoner T-shirt Design
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Limestoner T-shirt Design
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Limestoner Sponsors
Prizes

• REI 70m ropes to make Reimers ropes.
• Need crash pads. Gift certificates. Maybe 1st
  2nd only.
• North Face 12 items tents, sleeping bags, etc.
• Royal Robins 2 outfits (shirt/pants).
• Rupesh sessions.
• Metolious chalk, hat, T-shirt (door prizes).
• ClimbOn/Rock Ice registration packets.
• ClimbTech - 200.
• Whole Earth - 600 to help with T-shirts (1200).
• Central Mkt./Whole Foods maybe food.

Auction
2000 in retail
Misc
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CTM Limestoner Budget

• Cash assets
• 600 Whole Earth
• 200 ClimbTech
• 2500 registration (25-30 X 90 contestants)
• 1500 auction
• 500 clinics (10 X 50 participants)
• 5300
• Expenses
• 1500 prizes
• 1200 T-shirts
• 1000 Kehl Merrick
• 100 misc
• 3800
• 1500 total proceeds from the Limestoner

ARG ? Web-site 3 PayPal registrations 25 hits
per day (typical 11 per day)
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2007 Calendar
Each month 2nd Wed. - CTM meeting 3rd Sat. -
ERock trail project
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Knot of the Day - Double Fishermans
Used for joining two ropes for a double rope
rappel
http//www.animatedknots.com/