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The Mountaineering Section of the PATC 2012 Club Officers and Coordinators

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Chairman

NAME: Court Zabel

Having fallen in love with the mountains of the Pacific Northwest during a visit to Portland, Oregon in 2005, Court has been climbing and mountaineering ever since.  He discovered the Mountaineering Section in 2008, and has been climbing with the club ever since.  "Thanks to the mentoring and camaraderie of the people in this club, I've gone farther and higher than I ever thought I would when I started climbing." 

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Vice Chair

Name: David B. Giacomin

 A native of Washington, DC, Dave Giacomin has been a member of The Mountaineering Section of the PATC for the past two years. He rock climbs, ice climbs, hikes and surfs whenever he can. His true passion is in high altitude mountaineering and some of his summits include Mt. Whitney, The Grand Teton and 10+ 14,000 ft peaks in Colorado. He hopes to climb internationally in the coming years to head above the 14,000ft range. He lives with his wife and dog near downtown Silver Spring, MD.

 


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Treasurer:

NAME: Mark Fletcher

Mark Fletcher has been climbing for 18 years and has done sport climbing, alpine climbing, trad climbing, aid climbing, ice climbing, and mountaineering.  He has climbed in North America, South America, Asia, and Europe.  Mark grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area, but has now lived on the East Coast for almost five years.  Mark is a co-owner and Field Service Manager for Turner Designs Hydrocarbon Instruments in Fresno, California which manufactures, sells, and services hydrocarbon in water monitors and analyzers.  Mark was a president of the California environmental organization Forests Forever for 12 years.

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Secretary:

NAME:  Vincent Penoso

Returned to the area in 1998 and in 1999 was the UPROPE newsletter editor until 2007. During these years he served as secretary (3rd term), vice-chair, gearmeister and webmaster. He was induncted into honorary member status in 2010 for continued service to the club. 


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  Coordinators Reporting to Chairman
 
Listserve
Coordinates, monitors, and regulates use of the club listserve. This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
Outreach Seeks partnerships, endorsements, and sponsorships (or other  funding) with and from the local community and businesses.  Proposes all opportunities to the EXCOM for approval.

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Access Maintains liaison with local and national climbing access organizations.  Stays abreast of access issues, informs the PMC membership of the issues, and recommends PMC involvement as appropriate. This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
  Coordinators Reporting to Vice-Chairman
 
Expedition Solicits, evaluates, and make recommendation to the EXCOM to about which proposals should be sponsored bi-annually.
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Training Solicits, coordinates, and organizes training events for the membership throughout the year and posts the details to the club calendar.
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Elections Solicits candidates and establishes procedures and deadlines as outlined in the PMC Bylaws.  Coordinates the election with the PMC Membership via the PMC membership data-base.
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  Coordinators Reporting to Secretary
 
Membership Solicits new membership at local climbing events, particularly Carderock and Great Falls climbing.  Assists with and collects new membership paperwork (applications & waivers) and forwards those to the Secretary.
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Women's Events Solicits, coordinates, and organizes women-only events for the membership throughout the year and posts the details to the club calendar.
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  Coordinators Reporting to Treasurer
 
Publications Editor Coordinates, organizes, publishes, and distributes the club newsletter quarterly.  Coordinates all publishing, reproduction, and sales of PMC quidebooks and other printed material.  Maintains liaison with PATC HQ to maintain inventories of all PMC published materials. This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
Gear-Meister Purchases (as directed by the EXCOM), stores, maintains, and accounts for all club gear and library materials.
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Web-Meister

Responsible to maintain the function and content of the PMC website as directed by the EXCOM Pete Grant
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Robert Siegel
 

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