The Loma Prietan
December 1999/January 2000
Chapter and Group Election Results
by Dick Simpson
The Loma Prieta Chapter elected four members to its Executive Committee in November. Joining incumbents Harlo Lenning and Mark Reedy on ExCom 2000 will be newcomers Christine Gardner and John Wilkinson.
Gardner, from San Mateo, has been the appointed Chapter Treasurer during 1999; with her election comes a vote in the group that sets Chapter policy. She brings ten years of professional experience in finance and accounting to the ExCom.
Wilkinson, a resident of San Jose, has been a hike leader and Outings Chair for the Gay and Lesbian Sierrans. He counts participation in the successful struggle to ban off-road vehicles from Black Sands Beach on the North Coast (King Range) as one of his recent accomplishments.
Both Gardner and Wilkinson are natives of the Bay Area, and both see protection of open space as one of the key issues facing the Chapter.
Lenning, of Mountain View, chaired the Information Technology Committee which successfully upgraded the Chapter's office computer system. He has also been a Loma Prieta delegate to the Club's California Convention and evaluated local ballot measures on the State Local Ballot Committee.
Reedy has been the Personnel Committee Chair, a challenging position given the new appointments to the office staff during the past 12 months. A consumer attorney practicing in San Jose, Reedy views sprawl and threats to the Bay Area's natural beauty as high priorities for the Chapter.
In the Guadalupe Regional Group election, Teresa Nemeth and Marj Ottenberg were returned to the Executive Committee; Debra Wiest also won a seat based on write-in votes. In the San Carlos Belmont Group, Wim DeWit was elected Chair, Harold Drake Vice-Chair, Dorothy Meyer Secretary, and Dorothy Young Treasurer. In the Black Mountain Group incumbents Mary Bernstein, Shawn Britton, Tim Sampson, and Paul Worden were all re-elected to ExCom.
Black Mountain Group members also voted in new by-laws with an 82% approval rate. The Chapter and remaining groups will be voting on their own by-law revisions (required by the national Club) during 2000.