woooooo hooooooo I'm so excited I can't hardly stand it!!! :dance:

Most people don't know that two groups stepped up and volunteered to organize the 2004 MLK holiday weekend cleanup (THE annual Glamis north dunes cleanup), the American Sand Foundation in partnership with Kim Kammer (Kim organized it last year), and DUNERS under the guidance of founder Jennifer Whyte (Jennifer organized it the 5 previous years).

The American Sand Foundation has withdrawn its offer and the task has been assigned to DUNERS.

Now, we've been working on this since the 2003 cleanup and I have to say, we have some great stuff planned. Oh sure, we'll have the usual free t-shirt and hot dogs, but man, we've added so much more. Other volunteer organizations are going to be involved, along with several online Glamis-focused websites (like, oh, for instance, GLAMIS DUNES), and the ideas for making this the biggest and the best ever are awesome. Oh, and there's going to be a little healthy competition if we have our way with it.

And prizes? Just wait until you see what will be there!!!

We've also gotten a lot of good nuts and bolts suggestions on how to improve the cleanups... from keeping the raffle time short to adding a registration booth at the wash road. Keep those ideas coming.

There's a lot to be done behind the scenes right now, and as plans progress we'll post the updates. We really want to enhance the cleanup and find ways to attract more interest. Which of course means cleaner dunes and a chance for the public to see that we really are what's best for Glamis.

Anyone interested in joining the working group for the 2004 cleanup can contact me and I'll put you in the loop with the others. We can't do this without your help. Let's make this the happening that it should be!

Vicki

Hi Vicki, please e-mail some info on what you need help with. I am sure we will be out that weekend so I would love to lend a hand with the clean-up.

Thanks,
Jennifer

Thanks Jennifer! I'll add you to the email list

Vicki

good luck

:shock:

Good luck to DUNERS

The clean up is a huge task and it is good for the sport!!

What is Jennifers Whytes involvement level going to be ?

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Good luck to DUNERS   The clean up is a huge task and it is good for the sport!!

Thanks Grant and you're so right!

Lots of late nights and working weekends in between, but it's a shining moment for the OHV community and worth the effort. I'm sure the ASA will have that corner booth again... how about the buggy scale?

Speaking of scales -- Specialty Scrap (well known throughout southern California) is donating a scale and some rolling bins. The bins, of course, will come in handy for the trash bags but the scale... well, remember that little competition I mentioned? Looks like we're on :shock: (details to come).

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What is Jennifers Whytes involvement level going to be ?

School is keeping her from being too involved, but she's lending her expertise, advice, contacts, and support. She started this cleanup and has five years under her belt with it so we're happy to take any time she's able to give :rollsmile:

Vicki

Naysayers aside. We expect this to be the BIGGEST dune cleanup ever. We are soooo excited to be involved in the best the duning community has to offer. Nothing is more special then seeing all the duners come together and make our GREAT love, Glamis, beautiful again. Can you feel the excitement?
Now I have alot of work to do. So if you interested in getting involved please email Vicki or respond here. We can sure use your help. Thanks everyone. And see ya' at G.

Vicky our fam will be there to help, and i wouldnt doubt the rowdy GD crowd will be kicking it too!

[quote]Vicky our fam will be there to help, and i wouldnt doubt the rowdy GD crowd will be kicking it too![/quote]

Excellent! Actually, if Slappy has his way, the GD crowd will have a really fun part of it... something involving a target plastered on a foe's likeness, water, and well, I can't give it all away yet!

When I say there are lots of good plans I mean LOTS. And we haven't even started talking about the after-party! hehehe

Oh yeah, we'll be talking about this tonight

Vicki

I wonder what rowdys hes talking about...

We will be there tonight. Looking forward to it.

After party.. oh yeah.. I'm thinking Tri-Tip from Rameys.. maybe some carne too.. Get Olen and Big Josh to grill it up. See if I can get Rameys to donate the meat.

Last one was a blast!!! Even got our pics in the IV press paper!!! WOO HOO.. 15 seconds of fame..

We will be there of course.. this year with a buggy and that means I can carry more!!! YUP!!! :bandit: :X: :rant:

I would love to help out, but I have to work on that Saturday . I will get there around 5 or 6 on Saturday, so I can at least enjoy the after party without out doing any of the work :wink:

alway's look forward to the clean-ups everyone really has a great time our group is on no problem we'll even drag along M.Shaw for entertainment ..


vicki i havn't forgot your letter work is just :bandit: smokin right now :dis: :dis: :dis: :dis:

Hot darn Congratulations DUNERS, get yoself some.

Ain't no better folks than dunin folks when joining together to take care of what they love da most, Mother G...OOHHH SLAPPY GOTTA DANCE.

Slap knows there are many people from the GD.com crew that can do wonders in sweepin Mother's ripples...Cruisin her dunes, washes, and roads picking up the trash sounds like a slapptacious good time with friends.

HMMM, a little competition??? Slap kinda dig playin like that. Maybe battle of da sites? DeepSand vs DUNERS vs ASA vs GlamisDunes vs Gotdunes vs ????DESERT USA????Do ya think they will show??? Bluesky???...Or maybe even a battle between Off-road organizations? Companies? UH OH, Slap be gettin the jitters just thinkin about it. Bringin Slap back to the days of lining up on the gate...30 second board sideways...BBBRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAABRAAAAAAAAAAAAAABRRAAAAAAAA

You can register representing a site, off-road org or business and most trash bags gathered wins somethin slapptacious (of course braggin rights no doubt). Somethin like a Group Photo of the winners rrrrrrrrrrepresentin and postin it on each of the losing sites front page. Each site entered has to grant the winners front page exposure for a month or so. The ideas be endless. Slap would loooove to click on the ASA and see their front page say, "The GlamisDunes.com website members WON the "TALKING TRASH" competition over the MLK Glamis Cleanup beating out DEEPSAND, gotdunes, DUNERS, ASA, and a host of others. That group was amazing in there speed, agility, stamina, and confidence in bagging trash." HMM, Slap likes the sound of that. ASA do have numbers and is strong, yet DEEPSAND is gathering...DESERTUSA? Could be fun...

CHUMMIN, no wearin the thong in the group photo :wink: ...

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I'll be there like I am every other year. Lots of people showed up last year, looking forward to it.

Andy

Well Slappy if that be the case!!!

The R&R Duners Club will win for sure
We cleaned ALL of wash 7 and then walked down Wash Rd. to Hwy 78 picking up the trash last cleanup.
That stakebed truck was FULL when we made it to those dumpsters..

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CLEAN DUNES,,, is what we want!!!

R&R be bringin it from the git ,feelin the confidence early on, and bustin out a picture to back up the smack... :ninja:

Now that's what I'm talkin about!

We'll be throwing in some interesting competitors too (shhhhhhh it's a secret) so we'll all have to be on our toes

Slap, those are great ideas and you betcha we're going to talk to some of the environmental groups for their participation. DesertUSA is a great site, but I don't think they're really organized into a group (but we'll see if we can't get their participation in another way)... the Desert Protective Council on the other hand, would put up some pretty good competition and from what I've seen so far they're a great group of people (they participated in the south dunes cleanup last year). These guys really DO hike in the dunes so they're in pretty good shape :shock: and may really give us a run for the money.

Sanduners is right... they were machines last year! Jim, we want to make things more "cleaner friendly" for the wash areas this year so we should talk.

Oh and Ride Red... I'm sure someone will find something for you to do to make up for having to work instead of clean :cheese:

We'll have the cleanup website up and running soon (got someone working on it right now) so we'll have a handy way to keep track of the ideas and volunteers and sponsors of course!

Anyone interested in getting together tomorrow night (Saturday), drop me an email. We'll fire up the blenders and formulate some plans :bounce:

Vicki

[quote]Oh and Ride Red... I'm sure someone will find something for you to do to make up for having to work instead of clean
[/quote]

We found our volunteer bartender. :cheese:

Sorry i had to jet last nite (get it jet...) anyways.. ive got an hour sleep last nite, damn work, we will be there to help anyway we can!...

Aaron

God i'm feeling the love. R&R DUNERS are the odds on favorite.
Anyone else up for the challenge?

[quote]Anyone interested in getting together tomorrow night (Saturday), drop me an email. We'll fire up the blenders and formulate some plans :bounce: [/quote]

This offer still holds... the blenders are starting with or without anyone else there (yeah, it's been that kind of week), but if anyone is interested in talking about the cleanup, the sign project, or those other two nasty issues (RAMP and fee increase), you're welcome to do it over a Mudslide or blue 'ritas with us in Corona.

Send me an email... I'll be checking it right up until the time I press the whirrrrrrrrrrr button. :beer:

Vicki

I for one, wish DUNERs the best of luck and hope they are VERY successful in their endeavors! If they win, we all win.

There is PLENTY of tasks that need to be accomplished in this fight to save our sand riding areas and not enough volunteers for any one group to handle it all. If the members of DUNERs are happier working for that organization then the ASA, thats OK by me, as long as they are working with the goal of keeping the dunes open and not trying to compete with any other groups.

The ASA is very busy working on the legal and political issues involving our right to ride in the sand. The ASA has not had enough people to come forth and volunteer to cover everything.

I give DUNERs a lot of credit in taking on this extremely large event. It will take a lot of volunteers and time to make this event successful. If DUNERs can cover this event, it will leave the ASA with more resources to work on the important legal and political issues.

If DUNERs keeps going in this direction, working with other groups and not trying to compete, I will consider joining, and I would urge others to join as well. There is nothing wrong with being a member of many groups. I have joined ASA, SDORC, CORVA, BRC, Friends of Lake Powell, but I spend most of my money and time with the ASA as I want the dunes to remain open and I like work ASA does. (The ASA does a lot more than exhibited on this BBS, in fact this BBS really doesn't reflect the true nature of the ASA as an organization at all, it just reflects an individual's opinion that may be an ASA member, or not even an ASA member as the ASA allows non-members access to the BBS.)

I would like to urge all of us to give DUNERs the courtesy of trying to work together for the betterment of all.

[quote][quote]Oh and Ride Red... I'm sure someone will find something for you to do to make up for having to work instead of clean
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We found our volunteer bartender. :cheese:[/quote]


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Good luck Vicki, we'll be there to help!

I will help also! Of Course. Will try to round up the troops and bring the
Posse! Representin the San D. (San Dimas)

Cat~ :kitty:
Member of DUNERS

Thank you AZSandrider, and to everyone for their support. Of course this is a wonderful event and if even half of what we've been scheming since January comes through it will be better than anyone can imagine!

But it's not the only thing DUNERS is about... like I said in one of the forums on the ASA message board:

[quote]Ooooops. I do have a personal agenda. Damn. And I think I've infected the rest of the DUNERS organization. So much for that.

We're not going to ever be satisfied with just keeping Glamis open. It can and should be so much more. The potential for making this a true world-class recreation area is incredible.

We have a wilderness area that's never been fully tapped. Hell, I don't have to ride over there, I'd love to WALK over there (or take a camel ride, right Jerry?), but there's no safe place to park... it needs some serious attention.

There used to be some great hunting in Imperial County... that hasn't been fully realized either.

And as for the dunes? We don't want people turned away because there's no room at the inn... instead, we want more camping spaces added, roads extended, better services offered.

The ISDRA can be to Yuma and Imperial what Disneyland is to Anaheim and Orange County.

That's what we want.

You can sit back and wait and see. Me? I've got things to do.[/quote]

DUNERS is focusing on this cleanup of course, but our members are demanding much more and we're answering the call.

I also forgot to add that we're doing the things we're doing because so many Glamis lovers want it that way.

And we're listening

Vicki

The cleanup website is up and running... www.glamisdunescleanup.org

We'll be adding pages here and there and some more forms... if any website gurus have some extra time we could sure use an extra pair of hands 8)

Vicki

There is a cleanup planning meeting scheduled for 11:00 am this Saturday, July 26th, at Featherly Park on the border of Anaheim and Corona.

A brief information meeting about changes coming to Glamis and a no-host BBQ will follow.

Come for one or all of the above... everyone is welcome.

Vicki

My oh my the time is getting SO CLOSE! Lots of stuff to do and we're working more on the front lines from this point on.

If you're interested in helping in the organizing of the shindig, or if you want to sign up as a sponsor, or if you just want to make sure your name is on the pick-up list, visit the 7th Annual Cleanup webpage.

Vicki

as long as my buggy runs ill be there also. im gonna put a little trailer hitch on it so i can tow around a trailer i got for my lawn tractor. itll work great.

It's gettin closer, Slap can feel the excitement...Mother Glamis is gonna be one happy lady when this event happens...Sure hope y'all can get out there and rub on Mother Glamis like you've never rubbed her before. Believe Slap, she remembers everything. Slap has been rubbin her for quite some time, and she has given Slap the best ripples you could ever ask for. Not too hard to please her, she is easy ...Rock and roll time is comin!

So who's going to bring in the biggest item?

Who's going to bring in the most unusual item?

Who's going to bring in the most bags?

Trophies will be awarded with some extra raffle tickets too.

And honey, wait until you see the prizes!

Vicki

Hey Vic,

Yes the gas powered thingy has arrived. I am tempted to use it too!!

But we will wait for some" lucky winner " to start the thing up. I hope it's me!!

Yeap... I have some really neat things sitting in my office here to raffle off. Been getting prizes and things daily for a couple months now. I can't wait to have some space back in my office.

Okay... see ya all soon... remember stay for the RAFFLE!!

Cat!
Cathi~
DUNERS secty.

Wow, John from Outback Motorsports today.. gave us some nice things too! I ran right over and picked them up today. Raffle prizes all over the place.

Thanks to all so far, who are so giving! Man, if I knew all I had to do is ask and I would receive, I would of done this sort of work all the time.


Thanks again to all for their support!

Cathi~
DUNERS Secty.

John is awesome...always come through.

Oh Idea,

Rickredline.. is that from the "Redline"? I think I need to call over there..
I forgot all about Mike. I need to ask Mr. Porter for some stuff. Politely of course.

Thanks for the reminder!

Cat!
Cathi~
"THE WARDEN"
DUNERS Secty.

No sorry not that REDLINE...It's just a name...

Ok then Rick,

I will let ya off the hook. Well, that is if you want to donate something for a raffle prize for the MLK Glamis Cleanup you still can?

No anyhow.. thanks for letting me know.. and for the reminder. I still want to call them anyhow.


Cat~ Cathi
"The Warden"
DUNERS Secty.

Slappy --

Got the Slappy Package... man, some lucky winner's going to walk away with one terrific jacket (and more)!

Thanks for the contribution

Vicki

Okay...

I think I know who Slappy is now... thanks for another clue Vic!

I just asked someone to donate, a nice raffle prize, from where they work
and IT WAS A JACKET TOO!

Now one shows up, secretly.

Hummm...er- just teasin.

Could he be SLAPPY??


Cat~
"The Warden"- car
DUNERS Secty.

Better be careful Slapp will put you on restriction

How was the turnout? Hopefully a major dent was done. Peace

pretty big turnout..

OLDS was cleaned up sat, then trashed again sunday..

the wash's are clean..

To bad I never made it back to get my free shirts