On the day of our annual meeting one of our members, Bob
Holder, wrote a very nice piece to the San Marcos Area Trail Walkers, a
MeetUp group that Bob founded and that has ballooned into one of the
healthiest, happiest groups I know. They hike our natural areas regularly.
Here is the text Bob wrote:
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The bigger picture
Those of us Trail Walkers who
attended the [annual] board meeting of the San Marcos Greenbelt Alliance today
learned something: we are the beneficiaries of a powerful alliance of San
Marcians. This alliance has a proud history and it operates wisely and
efficiently to preserve and maintain the hiking trails we regularly use. Some
of us walkers in attendance already understood this.
Although we Trail Walkers want to
network and support the outdoor mission in San Marcos, we are very much the
junior partners in this coalition. This effort to maintain natural areas is
very much a coalition as there were members from other groups beside the
Greenbelt Alliance at this board meeting. As upstarts and junior members, it
would be good for us to become aware of the system already in place and
understand that we cannot remain just beneficiaries; we must start doing our
part. The natural areas in San Marcos can be viewed as a gift for us to enjoy
but, when the real picture is seen, we realize that we have an obligation. We
must give as well as take.
My recommendations is that we hikers:
Seek other opportunities to network with members of this
coalition
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Slowly become aware of the nature
of the alliance and coalition in place
Begin to appreciate the work done
in our behalf
Investigate the webpage of the SM
Greenbelt Alliance
Join, if you have the means, the
Greenbelt Alliance
Eventually, I recommend that we:
Become aware of other organizations
in this coalition (such as the San Marcos River Foundation, the San Marcos
Healthy City Taskforce, and others)
Consider volunteering on the trail
maintenance crew of the Greenbelt Alliance
Seek other opportunities to network
with members of this coalition
Thanks Bob for those very kind and motivational words. It is
people like you who make life here such a pleasure….t.o.d.
