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: Neal Kirby
- Chair-Elect: Scott Carlson
- Past Chair: Bob Keranen
- Director: Mike Kretzler
- Community-Relations Social Chair: Maxine Dunkelman, Virginia Haas
- Secretary-Communications Chair: Dean Taylor
- Treasurer: Beth Peden
MEETING SCHEDULe
- Monthly (2nd Wed), 6:00 - 8:00 P.M. via Zoom. Contact Neal Kirby for a link.
meeting minutes
COMMITTEE CHAIRS
- Adventure Speaker Series Carolyn Burreson
- Alpine Scrambling Paul Kallman
- Awards/Pins Kerry Lowry
- Backcountry Skiing Brent Williams, Jeff Williams
- Banff Coordinator Mike Riley
- Branch Calendar Bob Keranen
- Branch Editor (Magazine) Mike Kretzler
- Climbing Division Julie Dasso
- Climbing- Basic Julie Dasso
- Climbing- Beyond Basic Tristan Steed, Doug Souliere
- Climbing- Intermediate Marko Pavela
- Climbing- Intro to Leading Bolted Routes Douglas Hansen
- Climbing- Self Rescue Roland Lanoue
- Communications Dee Ann Kline, Dean Taylor
- Conditioning Hiking Series Donna Krueger, Becky Andrade
- Conservation and Stewardship Jim French, Kathy Fox, Jennifer Fortin
- Eblast Coordinator Regina Robinson
- Equipment: projectors, laptop, etc. Sergey Frolov
- Family Activities Michelle Garcia
- Hiking/Backpacking Monty Pratt
- Leadership Marko Pavela
- 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
- Safety Officer Mike McIntosh
- Sea Kayaking John Dunlap
- Trail Running Julie Dasso
- Webmasters Mike Kretzler, Julie Dasso
- Wilderness Skills Jennifer Goodwin
- 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.