On Wednesday, November 7, the LFIA held their 2007 Fall General Meeting. The topic of the evening was “Colonel Griffith’s Vision of Griffith Park As An Urban Wilderness” and featured a distinguished panel of speakers including John Gray, President and CEO of the Autry National Center; Tom LaBonge, Councilmember of the Los Angeles City Council, District Four; John Lewis, Director of the Los Angeles Zoo; Jon Kirk Mukri, General Manager of the Los Angeles City Department of Recreation and Parks; Mark Pine, Deputy Director of the Griffith Observatory and Valerie Vanaman, Board of Directors Member of the LFIA and member of the Griffith Park Master Plan Working Group. Chris Laib was our MC for the evening’s panel discussion and following Q&A session.

The 2007 LFIA Fall General Meeting was created and staffed by the following LFIA Committees and members of the Parks Committee (Chris Laib and Angela Stewart, Co-Chairs); the Hospitality Committee (Margaret Goldsmith and Tess Nelson, Co-Chairs); the Membership Committee (Denise Wingate, Chair); Program Committee (Christy Barrett and Sharon Hallett, Co-Chairs); signs by Donna Kolb; and pre-show audio/visual presentation by Rainer Standke.

We would like to give special thanks to the following for making the LFIA Fall General Meeting possible: The Autry National Center; Cathy Crowser, Paul Edelman and Janet Reilly; Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP; Palermo’s Restaurant, The Prince of Printing; and to Marian Dodge, Gerry Hans, Richard Stanley and Anne Waisgerber for providing photos used in our pre-show presentation.