Black Mountain Group Executive Committee Meeting - Minutes
Sept 18th, 2008, 7:31 PM
Peninsula Conservation Center, 3921 E. Bayshore Rd., Palo Alto
Black Mountain Group Executive Committee Meeting – Minutes

Meeting called to order by Cynthia Bollinger.  Also in attendance:  Paul Worden, Jay Michlin, Kitty Lee, Sharon Chuang and Cynthia Denny.
1)	Cynthia B. described the nature of Dick Simpson’s upcoming Grand Canyon talk, and urge those in attendance to help advertise the event.
2)	Holiday potluck logistics discussed.  Suggestion of potential site at a church as suggested by Carl Essex and Beth Beach.  Cynthia D. mentioned the possibility of a club house for the party.
3)	Cynthia B. mentioned the need to appoint a nominating committee for the upcoming Excom election.  Cynthia D. stepped up to search for candidates; Jay volunteered to help candidates write up statements. Paul confirmed his resignation in December.  
4)	Future of Excom -- brainstorming session.  
Paul: need to put activities together as a group in order to facilitate the Sierra club framework overall.
Cynthia B.: need to have self-motivated volunteers to contribute according to their preferences and keep the group engaged.
Jay: need to keep BMG activities.
Sharon, Cynthia D.: the Excom should have the flexibility to improvise and to take on spontaneous events.
Kitty: we need more activities as potlucks to get the core hike  leaders and participants engaged and be interested in joining the Excom.
Jay suggested we keep Excom in maintenance mode and focus on recruiting; Cynthia D. proposed to use Loma Prietan as media to recruit.
5)	Activities – Jay proposed to have no meeting in October and schedule one in December to decide on the logistics of holiday party.  All agreed to work on party logistics over email exchanges.  Sharon reviewed the latest hike schedule with updates on its status.
6)	Conservation – Cynthia D. said her efforts are going well and updated the group on the Redwood City OSP, the San Carlos Meeting, the Shark park resolution, the HOV resolution, CNRCC funds, high speed rail route, off-road driving, and proposition 4 involvement.  
7)	Sharon reported on the LP Excom meeting which mostly covered political endorsements. A communications task force proposed by Gary was approved.
8)	Jay reported on the state of BMG accounts – all in order.
9)	Other business – Kitty confirmed that Paul’s name had been removed from the sign-in sheet download link.  Need to ensure hike leaders have first aid kits if desired as agreed upon by attendees.
10) Next meeting scheduled for Nov 10th.

Meeting adjourned at 8:45pm.
Respectfully submitted,
Kitty Lee