Again in 2015, we met for our holiday party at Grace and Mary’s house in L.A.
Though SK and Barb leave Los Angeles soon for the frozen north, Barb ran the silent auction for us one more time. We may have heard a mention of our first Washington State GLS event shortly.
The results of the election for the management committee were announced. The management committee for 2016, with some last minute rearrangements, will be SK, Tim, Kyla, Tammie, and Jen. Remember, all GLSers are welcome to attend the GLS management committee meetings/conference calls, which are announced in Tracks.
After meeting and greeting and feasting a while, we gathered around the sofas for some presentations.
Mike’s cousin Michelle Sauceda was there from Takoja Retreats, near Taos, which has hosted GLS for a summer week over the last couple of 
years. She described the place in the mountains of northern New Mexico, some of its history, and some of the hiking and recreational opportunities in the area. Mike is planning another GLS week there in the summer of 2016.
We then had a much-anticipated presentation from Tammie Barta about the new GLS Tracks website (glstracks.org). This website presents the contents of Tracks, the GLS publication, plus leaders’ and members’ forums, an outing calendar, and last minute news about outings. Tracks subscribers can sign up for an email announcement whenever the website is updated. As GLS follows the trend away from print-oriented content toward online content, this website is set to become a welcome part of our official presence.
Then Tim and Dawn then presented awards to GLSers who made important contributions to GLS over the last year.
Outgoing Chair: Marie Ammerman- Many Years of Services: Barbara and SK – (Bookends custom made by Marie A.)
- Party Hostesses: Grace & Mary
- 300 Hikes Award: Nancy Beverly
- 200 Hikes Award: Mike Brostoff
- 100 Hikes Award: Barbara Edwards
- GP Hike Leaders: Nancy Beverly, Dora Olea, Gail Wise and Mike Brostoff, who all led 10 or more Griffith Park hikes in 2015
- New Leaders: Tammie Barta, Kyla Hyerstedt, Gina Masequesmay, and Jan M.
Over the course of the afternoon, we viewed the entries to this year’s photo contest and voted for our favorites:
- Overall Favorite: Heather McNaught
- Overall Favorite runners up:
Mary Pickert and Susan Campo - GLS People Favorite: Nancy Beverly
- Landscape & Scenery Favorite:
Mike Brostoff - Fauna Favorite: Heather McNaught
- Flora Favorite: Heather McNaught
- On The Trail Favorite: Jeff Johnson
- In Camp Favorite: Nancy Beverly
- Humor Favorite: Susan Campo
- Group Shot Favorite: Nancy Beverly
