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The Loma Prietan
February 2002

Special 'Thank You' to Year 2001 Volunteers

The Loma Prieta Chapter owes a debt of gratitude to all the volunteers who show up for tabling events, mailings, phone banks, office work and all the other times the Chapter puts out a call for help! The staff would like to give a personal thank-you to those of you who volunteered beyond the call of duty in 2001.

The Executive Committee meets monthly but the time these leaders devote to the Chapter extends beyond these meetings. A special thanks to Christine Gardner, who after four years as the volunteer Chapter Treasurer is moving on to other endeavors. Mark Reedy also volunteered in several capacities over the past four years, including the Chapter's Personnel Chair. A special thanks to those who served on the Executive Committee this past year, but are not returning in 2002: Peter Drekmeier (Conservation Chair), Tim Sampson (Black Mountain Group Rep.), and John Cordes (IT Chair).

First and foremost the Chapter staff thanks Emily Renzel and Tom Harder for faithfully showing up every Tuesday morning to process donations. Their dedication to the Chapter is outstanding and we would not be able to do it without them.

Without financial resources the Chapter could not function, so thanks go out to volunteers and leaders who helped with fundraising. The Executive Committee along with Carol Wolf, Bob Carlson, Jim Goeser, Francis Goeser, Ruth Troetschler, Marj Ottenberg, and Bob Wallace participated in fundraising phonathons. The June fundraising mailing was staffed by Mary Bernstein, Jane Kos, Ginny Laibl, Elizabeth Perrier, Paul Feder, Harold Drake, Marilyn Walter, Val Williams, Carol Jacobsen, Bob Black, Gertrude Sherr, Laura Dravenstott, Dorothy Young, and Bob Young. Judy Kaufman, Ginny Laibl, Paul Dorian, Mark Reedy, Rafael Reyes, Velma Gentzsch, Dorothy Young, and Harold Clausen helped label, stuff, and seal envelopes for the end-of-year fundraising mailing.

The year 2001 was the first year the Chapter participated in the Human Race. This fundraiser turned out to be a lot of fun and volunteer Ginny Laibl was key in helping get the Human Race off the ground. We had participants from both San Mateo and Santa Clara County: Georgia Stigall, Sandra Costa, Connie Alonzo-Frisz, Merrily King, Dick Simpson, Laura Dravenstott, Bonnie McClure, and Judy Kaufman walked at Coyote Point. Rob Corrigan, Madeline Zimmeramn, Neil Zimmerman, Jon Blackner, Eric Larkin, and Tina Engel represented the Chapter at Almaden Lake Park.

It takes a great group of volunteers to staff phone banks. Thanks to Bob Carlson, Jim Goeser, Francis Goeser, Sylvia Gregory, Aline Bier, Gretchen Burke, Laura White, George Kranen, David Smernoff, Pat Walker, Tim Gerard, Davida Rabbino, Kathy Diamond, Sylvia Gregory, Peter Drekmeier, Jeff Segall, Mark Watson, Susan Bremond Peter Schmidt, Leslie Weise, Paula Hartman, Linda MacKay, Angela Mallett, Merrick Kosken, Darren Daukas, Fran Goeser, Pat Walker, George Kranen, Kari O'Driscoll, Michele Cohen, Lewis Scarpad, Wim deWit, Patrick Moore, Ginny Laibl, Erin Reddy, Ted Raczek, Lisa Costello and Kirsten Price for their participation in the Chapter phone banks regarding the SFO Airport expansion.

The Chapter was well represented at Coastal Cleanup Day. This event gave the Chapter an opportunity to get the word out about our position on the SFO Airport expansion. Judy Kaufman headed up the event with help from Danielle Harris, Hugh Harris, Vernon Andrews, and Peter Drekmeier .

Conservation Issues are the highest priority at the Chapter and it takes a dedicated and high-energy group to work on the many issues in which the Chapter is involved: Peter Drekmeier (Chair), Bill Michel (Vice-Chair), Richard Zimmerman (SFO Task Force), Joyce Eden (Air Quality), Suparna Vashisht (Sustainable Land Use), Kurt Newick (Global Warming and Energy), Georgia Stigall (Native Plants), Ruth Troetschler (Pesticides), Bill Hill (Population Committee), Patrick Moore (Transportation Committee), Irvin Dawid (Transportation Committee), Mandy Rose (Water Resources/San Benito), Ed Smith (Wildlife/Wilderness), and Peter Niemann (Sierra Singles Conservation Representative).

The Political Committee owes special thanks to Gary Bailey, Jessica Couleur, Paula Hartman, Karen Maki, Jeff McCartney, and Patrick Moore. Their contributions were tremendous: researching issues, coordinating meetings, interviewing candidates, discussing decisions, and lobbying legislators. Rafael Reyes , Chair of the Political Committee, gets special thanks for keeping this group active and motivated. His dedication has made all the difference in the success of this committee.

Once again, we thank Ann Harding for her invaluable editing skills and overseeing the editorial process for the Loma Prietan. The LP is one of the best ways to communicate with all Chapter members. We are lucky to have many talented contributors and would like to offer our thanks to them: Kay Bushnell, Karen Maki, Carl Ziochella, Autumn Berstein, Shannon Tracy, Kaitilin Gaffney, Suparna Vashisht, Georgia Stigall, Cindy Russell, M.D., Denise Dade, Ernie Goitein, Eric Reiter, Debbie Mytels, Patrick Moore, Doug Bevington, Teri Shore, Mark Jordan, Sue Hennike, Richard Zimmerman, Rafael Reyes, Dale F. Mead, Chris Corwin, John Maybury, and Rebecca Block.

And last, but not least, are the volunteers who gave their time helping out at the Chapter office: Ginny Laibl, Jane Kos, Danielle Harris, Nate Bowen, Lisa Costello, Erin Reddy and as previously mentioned, Tom Harder and Emily Renzel . Their smiling faces and willingness to pitch in make the Loma Prieta Chapter a great organization.

For anyone who volunteered last year and does not see his or her name, please let us know. We do our best to keep track of all the volunteers but sometimes one or two names slip by us.

The Loma Prieta Chapter is only as good as the members who volunteer their valuable time to help make a difference. We cannot do it without you and we appreciate it any time we see a new or familiar face at a volunteer event. Our sincerest thanks and we hope to meet even more of you in the coming year.

—Dan Kalb & Carrie Hudiburgh