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FEDERATION OF WESTERN OUTDOOR CLUBS
Convention Chairs:
1931 : Unknown1932 : Unknown
1933 : Unknown
1934 : Unknown
1935 : Unknown
1936 : Unknown
1937 : Unknown
1938 : Unknown
1939 : Unknown
1940 : Unknown
1941 : Herman Erren (Trails Club of Oregon)
1942 : Unknown
1943 : Unknown
1944 : Unknown
1945 : Unknown
1946 : Unknown
1947 : Unknown
1948 : Unknown
1949 : Unknown
1950 : Cyrus Washburn (committee: Tillie Smeldberg, Dick Burnley, Sid Bymel, Jack Dearth, Curly LeClercz)
1951 : Unknown
1952 : Unknown
1953 : Unknown
1954 : Unknown
1955 : Unknown
1956 : Unknown
1957 : Unknown
1958 : Mel Becker, Registrar
1959 : Ramona Wascher, Chairman
1960 : Unknown
1961 : Unknown
1962 : Unknown
1963 : Unknown
1964 : Unknown
1965 : Unknown
1966 : Unknown
1967 : Unknown
1968 : Unknown
1969 : Unknown
1970 : Unknown
1971 : Unknown
1972 : Unknown
1973 : Unknown
1974 : Unknown
1975 : Unknown
1976 : Unknown
1977 : Unknown
1978 : Unknown
1979 : Winchell Hayward
1980 : Unknown
1981 : Kenneth Baldwin (co-chair)
1982 : Unknown
1983 : Win Hayward, Chair
1984 : Unknown
1985 : Unknown
1986 : Richard Wilson, Chairman
1987 : Unknown
1988 : Unknown
1989 : Unknown
1990 : Unknown
1991 : Winchell Hayward
1992 : Margaret Forsythe
1993 : Paula Hoffman
1994 : Unknown
1995 : Unknown
1996 : Unknown
1997 : Unknown
1998 : Shirley Cameron and Winchell Hayward
1999 : Raelene Gold
2000 : Winchell Hayward
2001 : Sharon Chow and George Nickas
2002 : Roger Anderson
2003 : Marge Sill and Winchell Hayward
2004 : Marty Huebner
2005 : Shirley Cameron, Program Chair (committee: Roger Anderson, Raelene Gold and Michael McCloskey); Marianne Scharping, Registrar; and Joe Hargrave, Arrangements Chair (and Roger Anderson)
2006 : Marge Sill, J. Michael McCloskey, Winchell Hayward, Mae Harms, Bugs Fontaine and Joe Fontaine ex officio
2007 : Fran Troje and Raelene Gold, Chairs; Diane Troje, Joe Hargrave and The Mountaineers (Registrars) and Joe Fontaine ex officio
Convention Sites:
November 1, 1931 : Mazama Lodge Dedication, Mount Hood, Oregon1932 : Mazama Lodge ( September 3-5; 26 attended)
1933 : Mazama Lodge (September 2-4; 31 attended)
1934 : Mountaineers, Inc. Lodge, Snoqualmie Pass, Washington (September 1-3; 55 attended)
1935 : White Branch Shelter, McKinzie Pass, Oregon (August 31 and September 1-2; 127 attended); hosted by the Obsidians
1936 : Trails Club of Oregon, Nesika Lodge, Oregon (September 5-7; 137 attended)
1937 : California Alpine Club, Alpine Lodge, California (September 4-6; 192 attended)
1938 : Mazama Lodge (September 3-5; 127 attended)
1939 : Sierra Club, Clair Tappaan Lodge, California (September 2-4; 121 attended)
1940 : Washington Alpine Club Lodge, (August 31 and September 1-2; 132 attended)
1941 : Nesika Lodge (August 31 and September 1-2; 138 attended)
1942 : Castle Crags State Park (September 5-7; 33 attended); hosted by the Contra Costa Hills Club
1943 : Mazama Clubrooms, Portland, Oregon (September 19; 54 attended)
1944 : Mazama Clubrooms, Portland, Oregon (September 3; 50 attended)
1945 : California Alpine Club, Alpine Lodge (September 1; 72 attended)
1946 : Mendocino Woodlands near Mendocino, California. Hosted by the Contra Costa Hills Club (August 31 and September 1-2; 161 attended)
1947 : Wasatch Mountain Club Lodge, Brighton, Utah (August 30-31 and September 1; 86 attended)
1948 : Silver Falls Recreation Area, Salem, Oregon hosted by the Chemeketans (September 4-6; 161 attended)
1949 : Co-hosted by the Mountaineers and the Washington Alpine Club at Snoqualmie Pass (September 3-5; 130 attended)
1950 : Clair Tappaan Lodge, Sierra Club (September 2-4; 209 attended)
1951 : Mazama Lodge (September; 120 attended)
1952 : Snoqualmie Pass, Tacoma Mountaineers
1953 : Barkelet (Berkeley?) Camp Echo Summit, Lake Tahoe hosted by the California Alpine Club
1954 : Nesika Lodge, Larch Mountain, Oregon (September 4-6; 184 attended)
1955 : Mt. San Jacinto, Idyllwood, CA
1956 : YMCA at Fan Lake, Washington - hosted by the Hobnailers
1957 : Camp Cazadero, Sonoma County, CA; Contra Hills Club host (255 attended)
1958 : YMCA at Camp Meriwether, Oregon hosted by the Mazamas
1959 : Clair Tappaan Lodge, Sierra Club (September 3-5; 206 attended)
1960 : Camp Parsons, Hood Canal, Washington, Seattle Mountaineers (September 3-5)
1961 : Buckhorn Camp, Idylwild, California (160 attended)
1962 : Asilomar, California
1963 : Unknown
1964 : Camp Bosco, Seattle, Washington (September 5-7)
1965 : University of California at Santa Barbara (Sierra Club Los Padres host; September 4-6)
1966 : Kokee State Park, Kaui, Hawaii (Hawaii Trail and Mountain Club host; August 27-September 1, 1966)
1967 : University of Portland, Portland, Oregon (Mazamas host; September 2-4)
1968 : Fort Wright College, Spokane, Washington. Hosted by the Hobnailers (August 31-September 2)
1969 : Cazadero Music Camp, California
1970 : University of Montana, Missoula, Montana
1971 : Crystal Mountain, Washington
1972 : Asilomar, California (September 2-4)
1973 : Oregon 4-H Center, Salem, Oregon
1974 : Red Barn Ranch, Auburn, Washington
1975 : Shepp Ranch, Idaho (August 27-31)
1976 : Mineral King, Silver City, California (August 24-29?)
1977 : University of Oregon, Eugene, OR (August 26-28)
1978 : Fort Wright College, Spokane, Washington, hosted by the Hobnailers (August 25-27)
1979 : Headlands Campus of the Yosemite Institute, Golden Gate National Recreation Area (California Alpine Club)
1980 : University of Portland, Portland, Oregon. Hosted by the Trails Club of Oregon (August 22-24; 86 attended)
1981 : Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana (August 28-30)
1982 : Evergreen State College, Olympia, Washington (August 27-29)
1983 : Humboldt State College, Arcata, CA (August 26-28)
1984 : Wasatch Mountain Club Lodge, Utah
1985 : Mountaineers Lodge at Snoqualmie Pass, Washington (August 23-25)
1986 : Mazamas Lodge, Mount Hood, Oregon (August 22-24)
1987 : Headlands Institute, San Francisco, California
1988 : Humboldt State College, Arcata, California
1989 : Mazama Lodge, Mount Hood, Oregon (35 attended)
1990 : Spokane, WA hosted by the Hobnailers
1991 : Humboldt State College, Arcata, California
1992 : Tyee Lodge, Mount Hood, Oregon. Hosted by the Trails Club of Oregon (August 21-23, 1992; 21 attended)
1993 : Washington Alpine Club Guye Cabin at Snoqualmie Pass, WA
1994 : Mount Tamalpais, California Alpine Club (August 26-28; 33 attended)
1995 : Santiam River Canyon Campground (Chemeketans host; August 25-27, 22 attended)
1996 : Washington Alpine Club, Guye Cabin; Snoqualmie Pass, Washington (August 23-25)
1997 : San Francisco Nature Friends Lodge, Mill Valley, California (August 22-24)
1998 : Mazamas Lodge, Mount Hood, Oregon (August 14-16)
1999 : Camp Koininia, Cle Elum, Washington
2000 : Simpson College, Redding, California (August 25-27)
2001 : Camp Alexandra, White Rock, British Columbia
2002 : Trails Club of Oregon, Tyee Lodge; Mount Hood, Oregon
2003 : California Alpine Club, Echo Summit Lodge; South Lake Tahoe, California
2004 : Camp Sawtooth, Ketchum, Idaho
2005 : Menucha Retreat and Conference Center, Corbett, Oregon. Co-hosted by the Chinook Trail Association and Friends of the Columbia Gorge
2006 : Calaveras Big Trees State Park, Calaveras County, California
2007 : Summit Lodge at Snoqualmie Pass, Washington state hosted by The Mountaineers, the Seattle Audubon Society and the Washington Alpine Club