Minutes of the Volkssport Club of West Point

October 14, 2006

Volkssport Club of West Point met for a pre-walk breakfast on 14 October 2006. Six members were present at the Park Restaurant, Highland Falls. 

• Treasurer, Andrew Schmidt, was not present and there was no treasurer's report.

• Tom Nisonger told the group about his recent trip to South Africa with Walking Adventures.

• Members present discussed event walks for 2007.  President, Joan Kimmel, said the feed back from the Hudson Valley Ramble walk in Cold Spring was very positive. The Ramble organization would like for the club to hold the same walk next year. As part of the walk, Scenic Hudson will provide a docent at the West Point Foundry site as part of the walk..

• Joan will contact Sandy Gordon about a walk in New WIndsor. This might include the Order of the Purple Heart Museum which will open this fall, as well as the New Windsor Cantonment.

• It was agreed that we will continue to have the Nyack/street fair walk, Bear Mountain/Earth Day walk, Goshen/Girl Scout/St. Patrick's Day walk, and Round Pond/ MWR Octoberfest walk.

• The club will also continue to have monthly walks of the YRE in Highland Falls, Cornwall, Rhinebeck, Hyde Park and West Point.

• At the conclusion of the meeting, three walkers registered to join the club for the Highland Falls YRE. This was also the Fall Festival street fair in the village.

Nancy Patrick

Secretary

Volkssport Club of West Point