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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" height=92 BGCOLOR="#CC9900" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Times New Roman" ><I>Akatarawa Recreational Access Committee</I></FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B> </B></FONT><B>    |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Akatarawa Recreational Access Committee"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id18.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Mission"><U>Mission</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id20.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The ARAC Divisions"><U>The ARAC Divisions</U></A>   |   <B>News</B>   |   <A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Regional Council Event Calendar "><U>Regional Council Event Calendar </U></A>   |   <A HREF="id29.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Us"><U>Contact Us</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id30.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Publications"><U>Publications</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Calendar"><U>Calendar</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id28.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Related Links"><U>Related Links</U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> <td valign="top" rowspan="2" width=200 BGCOLOR="#663300" TEXT="#F7F7FF" background="03fc8c00dvmwfe.jpg"> <div> <B> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="77" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 86 WIDTH="71"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="86" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="71" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <bR> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=388 BGCOLOR="#FFCC80" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I>News</I></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>Reestablishing Trust with GW</B></div> <div> February 2011</div> <bR> <div> ARAC has beeen in dialogue with GW to find solutions to ongoing problems centred around management of the Akatarawa Forest and how both parties to the Management Guidelines can feel empowered.</div> <bR> <div> Things took a bitg knock when the new Management Plan ignored all of ARAC's submissions around Zones and home tracks should be managed. Much of this is before the Ombudsman at present, so not much can be posted here - watch this space</div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I><B>STOP PRESS</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Orange Hut Rebuild Complete - </B></I><A HREF="id22_orange_hut_is_now_orange_.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Akatarawa Forest Division"><U><I><B>Full Details</B></I></U></A></div> <div> October 2009</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="0cd8dea0.jpg" border=0 width="653" height="490" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><I><B><IMG SRC="0bd6d6f0.gif" border=0 width="109" height="111" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I></FONT> <A NAME="10th"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>Tenth Anniversary</B></FONT><B>    </B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <I>"Male menopause is a lot more fun than female menopause. With female menopause you gain weight and get hot flashes. Male menopause — you get to date young girls and drive motorcycles."</I></div> <div> <I>  </I>John Wayne b 26 May 1907, d 11 June 1979</div> <bR> <div> OK, so it's 100 years since the birth of Marrion Robert Morrison (aka John Wayne), and it's also 10 years since that fateful night way back in 1997, when ARAC was born of the public meeting held at Belmont Hall.</div> <bR> <div> Not being ones to sit back on their laurels, those intrepid folk at ARAC chose to celebrate by way of hosting a Trip-Leader refresher course.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="0c177d90.jpg" border=0 width="631" height="473" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="0c577d90.jpg" border=0 width="631" height="473" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="0c777d90.jpg" border=0 width="631" height="473" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="0c977d90.jpg" border=0 width="631" height="473" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> ARAC Executive members Grant Purdie, Murray Dean, Ken McAdam and Andy Cockroft gave of their time and knowledge to make sure all Akatarawa Trip leaders stay abreast of all the changes in management and policies over the years.</div> <bR> <div> A hot topic was a photo-quiz asking delegates to identify key locations within the Forest - even the Exec had trouble here.</div> <bR> <div> Paul Adams, President of CCVC 4WD Club proposed a vote of thanks to the four arganisers, but the real accolade must go to Grant Purdie for a huge personal commitment.</div> <bR> <div> Thanks guys.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>