Meeting Recap

Cory Weight Loss Ideas

• Remove one lung.  Although hiking may be difficult with one lung, Cory could survive with only one.
• Cory could remove his appendix, tonsils, one eye and one ball.
• Have all teeth removed and buy a blender.
• Remove 42% of his intestines.
• Shave off all body hair.
• As a last resort, Cory could eat less and workout more.

Website

Bios are needed from Chad, Dave and Cory.  Dave is going to continue to improve the website.

Winter Expedition

3/5-3/9.  We will depart early morning and be back by three on the 9^th.  2/18 is an alternate date.

JMT

Jimmy is going on a JMT trip the first part of August.  Contact him if interested.

Fridge

Zach’s beer was keeping the fridge open, this issue was addressed immediately.

Chad’s Hike

Chad is going on a solo thruhike of the Superior Hiking Trail in May.

Presentation

Zach did not have his presentation prepared.

Logo

Jim’s logo has been adapted as the official logo of TEAM42.

TEAM42 Member of the Year

Each year the member’s of TEAM42 will select a Member of the Year according to this process.

1.  Each TEAM member will submit a ballet by the 31^st of January.
2. The voter will put the names of two active TEAM42 members on the ballet.
3. The ballot must be typed.
4. The ballot will be placed in a blank sealed security envelope.
5. That envelope will be placed in an envelope addressed to Mary Wherry.
6. Mary will check off who the ballets are from according to the return address.
7. Mary will discard the envelope with the return address.
8. Mary will give the blank security envelope, unopened, to Joe Wherry.
9. Joe will tally the votes.  The top two vote getters will become the finalists.
10. If there is a tie, a one week runoff will be held.
11. Joe will e-mail the candidates for the runoff to the TEAM.
12. If one person has a majority and there is a tie for second place, the person in the lead will become a finalist and there will be a runoff vote for the second finalist.
13. If two people are tied for first, they will become the finalist.
14. If there is any other type of time, a runoff will be held and the top two vote getters will become the finalist.
15. The run off vote will be conducted in the same manner as the initial vote, except that everyone will get only one vote and the votes are due February 6^th.
16. Once the finalists are determined, Joe will e-mail the group with the names of the two finalists.
17. The voting procedure will be the same as before, only each TEAM member will vote for only one of the finalists.
18. The due date for the final vote will be February 15^th.
19. Joe will write the results on a piece of paper and will sign the paper.
20. Joe will place the results into a sealed security envelope.
21. Joe will sign the seal on the sealed security envelope.
22. Joe will give the results to at least two members of TEAM42.
23. The envelope will be opened on the last night of the annual winter trip.
24. The winner will receive the traveling bandana.  The previous year’s winner will be responsible for embroidering the name of the TEAM42 member of the year on the bandana.
25. Chad will be responsible for embroidering the name on the bandana for the 1^st recipient.

Membership

To retain membership in TEAM42, members must attend a minimum of two, two night backpacking backcountry trips in a calendar year.

If a member does not attend the minimum number of trips, they will become an inactive member.

If the inactive member attends two trips in the following year, they will regain their active status as soon as the second trip is completed.  If they do not attend the minimum number of trips, they will no longer be a member of TEAM42.

Inactive Membership

An inactive member will have their bio removed from the TEAM42 website and will lose all rights and privileges of TEAM42 membership.

New Members

After a person goes on two, two night backcountry backpacking trips, they may be nominated for membership in TEAM42 by an active member of TEAM42.

The nominator will nominate the person via a Facebook e-mail to all active members of TEAM42.

The members of TEAM42 will have one month to vote on the membership of the nominated person.

In order for the person to be elected, they must receive a majority of votes from all members as well as a majority of votes from “the ELDERS”.

“the ELDERS”

“the ELDERS” will always be written with small letters for “the” and caps for “ELDERS”.  “the ELDERS” will always be in quotes.

A member of “the ELDERS” will lose their “ELDERship” if they lose membership in TEAM42.  If an “ELDER” becomes an inactive member, they will no longer be an “ELDER”, but will retain the rights to their “ELDERness” should they become an active member again before their inactive status expires. 

If an “ELDER” loses their “ELDERship” and their inactive status, the “ELDERship” will become vacant.

A vacant “EDLERship” will be filled by the most senior member of TEAM42, provided they have a minimum of 4.2 years of TEAM42 membership.  If there are multiple members, that are eligible, that have seniority dates in the same calendar year, “the ELDERS” will vote on who the “the ELDER” should be.

If no one meets the time requirements, the position with “the ELDERS” will remain vacant until the person that vacated “the ELDER” position resumes membership in TEAM42 or another member of TEAM42 meets the time requirement.

There will be a maximum of five “ELDERS”.

Triangle of Communication

Dave is continuing to work on the triangle of communication.

Official Name

The official name of TEAM42 will be printed in all caps with no spaces.  TEAM42.

Topics for Next Meeting

Plan the winter trip.

Create a mission and vision statement.

Create a TEAM42 Bill of Rights.

Discuss the proposal for the TEAM42 Nautical Division.

Vote on Sarge as being the TEAM42 mascot.

Discuss plans for a “Rocky Mountain” division of TEAM42.