Moku Loa Group

            Aloha everyone and welcome to summer.  The four months of rainy, chilly weather are over and the outing leaders have planned some great hikes and outings for the next several months.  Come on out and explore our beautiful island with us.
            Changes to Moku Loa Group Newsletter.  In order to reduce costs as much as possible, there has been a major push by the National Sierra Club for Chapters and Groups to convert from paper newsletters to an online version.  We hope to get individuals to check out the MLG website (www.sierraclub.org) and click on Moku Loa Group to see the updates there.  Our next paper edition will be the MLG election edition for November 2009. 
            We will be sending an e-mail reminder when the August newsletter will be available on line.  If you would like to be notified, e-mail brashear@hawaii.edu. We will be compiling an e-mail data base and coordinating it with the one available from National.  We are trying to utilize our limited resources to get involved with more programs and issues.  We hope you will understand and look forward to seeing you out on a hike or a service trip real soon.
            The Moku Loa Group newsletter and the Chapter Malama newsletter currently have a lot of overlap.  It appears as of now each group gets two pages in the Malama.  If this could be increased to three pages, then there would be no need for each Group to mail out a newsletter which is very expensive for printing and postage, especially now with the postage increase.
            Earth Fair Mahalo.  Roberta Brashear-Kaulfers, coordinator of the Hawai`i Community College 21st annual Earth Fair, would like to thank the sixty-seven exhibitors who participated.  The Moku Loa Group volunteers were Diane Ware, Edith Worsencroft, John Olson, Phil Barnes, Rose Acevedo, Al Beeman, Jimmy Roustio and Paul Scott.  Thank you so much for your time.
            Call for Candidates for Moku Loa Group ExCom 2010.  The nominating committee is seeking candidates.  If you are interested in running for the Moku Loa Group Executive Committee, please submit a short bio (less than 70 words) to edith_wo@yahoo.com by October 1, 2009.  Any interested parties may let Edith or Rose Acevedo know at any time.  We will need at least six or seven candidates. 

Mahalo

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SIERRA CLUB - Moku Loa Group
P.O. Box 1137, Hilo, HI 96721-1137
Phone: 808-965-5460