[at-l] FW: Gathering business meeting

["Beau Bushor" <mail2beau@adelphia.net>]

I received this message from Bill O'Brien ALDHA's President in response to
Kahley's recent posting.

See you at the Gathering - East,

Beau Bushor N1MJD
      "bleeder guy"

Backpacking coming events:
There will be loads of backpacking activities including special guest
speakers, trail slide shows, presentations, equipment reviews, used
equipment sales and lots of just plain fun.
**ALDHA - East "Gathering 99", October 8, 9, 10, 11 (Columbus Day weekend)
in Hanover, NH; http://www.aldha.org
**ALDHA - West "Gathering 99", October 1 - 3, At the Mazama Lodge, Mt Hood,
Oregon; http://www.gorp.com/nonprof/aldhaw/


-----Original Message-----
From:	Bill O'Brien [mailto:aldha@aldha.org]
Sent:	Monday, September 20, 1999 12:59 PM
To:	owner-at-l@backcountry.net
Cc:	mail2beau@adelphia.net
Subject:	Gathering business meeting

Hi,

Beau Bushor passed along your post the other day and thought I'd send a
quick response...
As far as issues go, so far it looks like it might be a pretty quiet ALDHA
business meeting... The Saddleback issue is still alive but the deadline for
public comment was at the end of August, and we timed our summer newsletter
so that folks would have time to send in written views to the appropriate
places in time...  The fall newsletter is being mailed this week, but no one
has sent us anything that constitutes a major Saddleback-style issue to
alert folks about for the coming ALDHA business meeting.
There is another environmental issue cooking in Maine, in the Gulf Hagas
region, which we hope to hear more about from ATC folks at the Gathering. If
anything, I would hope folks who really care about the trail will be able to
stick around after the Gathering and actually do something about it, on one
of the two ALDHA work trips we have lined up. One is in N.H., the other in
Vermont.
But predictions of a tame business meeting are likely to fly out the window
once we all show up....   Sometimes you never know what will stir up
discussion.
As far as the Web site is concerned, I'm the first to admit that a lot
hasn't happened with it during my 2-year term as coordinator. But for good
reasons, not the least of which is that very few people have sent anything
to be posted on the site. Whatever I've received in terms of journals, etc.,
is on there. I have not had time to run down other things by myself  like I
used to do, only because of other ALDHA demands during my term as
coordinator. The good news is that I'll have lots more time come Oct. 10,
and I have a batch of stuff ready to post that will be pretty interesting
reading. The main task, though, and the most time-consuming one by far, is
weeding out the old stuff, and that's the job that I need more time for.
We are poised to publish the annual Membership Directory sooner than ever
and get it in the mail during the first half of December. The Web site will
be updated very soon. And newsletters will continue to crank out. But it all
depends on folks sharing their views with us, in the form of journal
entries, essays, letters, editorials, etc., so if you or anyone you know
feels strongly enough about something, let us hear from you.
If I can answer any other questions you might have, please let me know!
Thanks
Bill O'Brien

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