Rambler

Social Co-directors Holley Richards Incumbent
and Cynthia Crass
Co-directors
Winter Sports Walt Haas Incumbent
Trustee 2011--2015 Cheryl Soshnik Incumbent
The WMC Nomination Committee is looking for a candidate to take over as WMC treasurer, either alone or as
a co-director with the incumbent, Tricia Lee. If interested and have some accounting or financial background,
contact Knick Knickerbocker 801-891-2669 or knick.sold@comcast.net or contact Fred Tripp 435-649-4507 or
fredtripp@gmail.com
If anyone wants to become more involved with the WMC they are welcome to volunteer (self-nominate) for
governing board or coordinator positions. Nominations will be officially closed at the Nominations Banquet at
the Golden Corral, 6 PM on January 8, and a final slate will be published in February. All candidates must be
published in the Rambler and on the ballot. Write-in candidates are not allowed at the election meeting.
4) From the President:
The long process of repositioning the lodge as an historic site operated for public benefit reached a major
milestone on December 1, 2010 when the representatives of the WMC and the WMC Foundation met at a
lawyer’s office and signed the transfer documents. Thanks to Heidi Shubert who kicked off the effort, to Bob
Myers who has stepped up to lead the foundation, and to all the others who have volunteered their time and
skills to this process. Thanks also to all the members who asked questions and provided feedback as the ideas
developed, and who ultimately voted for the transfer. The membership vote was overwhelming, with 408 in
favor and 18 opposed to transferring the lodge.
The lodge now belongs to the WMC Foundation, but will still play an important role for club members. On the
survey attached to the ballot there was strong willingness to make an annual donation, as well as one-time
gifts to the lodge. Survey results as compiled by election judge Cheryl Soshnik were:
Annual donation:
50 $0
77 $5-15
52 $25
15 $50+
One Time Major Gift:
36 $100
8 $500
2 $1000+
Volunteer to work on the Lodge:
31 Never
111 One day/year
57 Several days/year
The willingness of members to volunteer is one of the great things about the WMC. Keep it up!
We will be having the Governing Board elections at the General Membership meeting, February 10th. Let’s
have a good turnout for both the business and an entertaining travel talk on the process of visiting all the
National Parks.
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