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*upcoming* Events
- February 22, 2019 Meet Your Mentor Potluck Lacey Community Center
- February 25, 2019 Super Volunteer Recognition Event Matchless Brewery
- February 28, 2019 Mosses Lichens and Some Ferns Friends Meeting House
- March 4, 2019 Wilderness Skills for Families Planning Meeting Home of Dixie Havlak
- March 6, 2019 Adventure Speaker Series. Tami Asars: Day Hiking Mount Rainier Friends Meeting House
- March 10, 2019 Olympia Sea Kayak Pool Play at Evergreen Evergreen College Recreation Bldg
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*most recent* Blog Posts
- New Hike Leader Training - Olympia, March 20
- Equity & Inclusion Update: Meet Our Steering Committee
- Happy 90th Birthday, Jim Whittaker!
- 2019 State Budget: Step Up for Washington’s State Lands
- Jim French on His Service Award and Conserving Our Public Lands
- Take the 2019 Olympia Stewardship Challenge
Olympia Branch Council, Meeting Minutes and Committee Chairs
The Olympia Branch Council is comprised of our elected officers. The Branch Council meets the second Wednesday of every month to conduct general branch business. These meetings are open to all Olympia Mountaineers members. Olympia Mountaineers Activities and Events are chaired by Activity Committee Chairs.
Current Officers
- Chair: Marko Pavela
- Chair-Elect: Bob Keranen
- Past Chair: Siana Wong
- Director: Greg Lovelady
- Community-Relations Social Chair: Dee Ann Kline
- Secretary-Communications Chair: Douglas Hansen
- Treasurer: Kim Pohlman
MEETING SCHEDULe
- Monthly (2nd Wed), 6:00 - 8:00 P.M., Olympia Center (222 Columbia St. NW, Olympia WA, 98501), Room 100
meeting minutes
COMMITTEE CHAIRS
- Adventure Speaker Series Carolyn Burreson
- Alpine Scrambling Tom Eckhout
- Awards/Pins Kerry Lowry
- Backcountry Skiing Tom Eckhout
- Banff Coordinator Mike Riley
- Branch Calendar Bob Keranen
- Branch Editor (Magazine) Mike Kretzler
- Climbing Division Bob Keranen, Andy Weber
- Climbing- Basic Janette Zumbo
- Climbing- Beyond Basic Andy Weber
- Climbing- Intermediate Rich Irwin
- Climbing- Intro to Leading Bolted Routes Douglas Hansen
- Conservation Jim French, Kathy Fox
- Eblast Coordinator Regina Robinson
- Equipment: projectors, laptop, etc. Sergey Frolov
- Family Activities Carla Jonientz
- Hiking/Backpacking Donna Kreuger, Carla Jonientz
- Leadership Andy Weber, Donnie Miller
- Library/Bear Boxes Maxine Dunkelman, Mike Riley
- MOFA/First Aid Bob Keranen, Greg Lovelady, Donnie Miller
- Naturalists Dee Ann Kline
- Navigation Mike Kretzler
- New Member Outreach Jennifer Fortin
- Program Center Liaison Kristina Ciari
- Safety Officer Vacant
- Sea Kayaking Dan Halsey
- Webmasters Mike Kretzler, Julie Dasso
- Wilderness Skills Chris Sullivan
- Winter Travel- Nordic Skiing and Snowshoeing Tom Eckhout
- Youth Program Dixie Havlak, Becky Nielsen
leadership planning calendar
This calendar is for use by Olympia Branch leaders to plan courses and events for the upcoming year. Please see the course listings under Courses for finalized dates.