VOCWiki:ArticleIdeas

VOC Topics for Short Articles

Please put your name below the topic that you would like to write an article about with 5-10 tips regarding the topic, written in a respective way. When complete, please send the article to Cora ([email protected]) who will compile the articles, proof read and distribute. Please feel free to add topics to the list that you think will be useful.

1. X Tips for Drivers to Consider (e.g. how much to ask for fuel, pick up strategy, their responsibility to their passengers)

Volunteer: Clemens A

2. X Things New VOCers Need to Know About How the Club Works (e.g. Trip Agenda, Pre-trip Meetings, Message Board, Social Events, gear rental)

Volunteer: Cora

3. X Things New VOCers Need to Know Before Going on Trips (e.g. mandatory pre-trip meetings, expect to carry your share, be open about your skills and comfort, expect to contribute for fuel and food costs, respect the members in your group, read the gear list and pack appropriately, do NOT sleep in passed your pick up time…)

Volunteer: Gabe

4. X Tips for How to Pack Your Pack (key points from slide show)

Volunteer: Magda

5. X Tips for Socializing in the Club (Slide shows, weekend trips, organizing trips, Frisbee and barbecues in the summer…)

Volunteer

6. X Types of Trips to Look for in the Club (e.g. Instructional, relaxing- hot springs, beginner friendly, intermediate friendly, wide variety of activities- hiking, back country skiing, climbing, kayaking…)

Volunteer

7. X Definitions for “Beginner Friendly” (e.g. “No Previous Experience Required At All”, “No Previous Experience, but fitness and courage needed”, “This will be hard, but we will not leave you behind”, “Must have X experience… self arrest, belay, etc.- i.e. beginner friendly with some basic technical/previous knowledge specific to activity”)

Volunteer: Cora

8. X Items You Should Own in the VOC (e.g. head lamp, specific tents, sleeping bags, etc., hiking boots, etc.)

Volunteer: Anne

9. X Seven Easy Ways to be a better climbing partner

Volunteer: Artem

10. X PLease read the membership details in our WIKI and show you can do a good job of converting it to tl;dr format; failing that, just read it.

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11. X PLease tell us how, as leaders, we are protected from liability when leading Club activities, defined as... and how this relates to non-members on trips, and how this is not accident insurance or health insurance at all, and doesn't even apply to motor vehicles, and how it applies to people who have not yet achieved the age of majority. and doesn't probably even protect participants on trips from lawsuits from each other.

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12. X PLease tell us how to use the WIKI, to find stuff; to post stuff. About creating an account. About password and "faffing". About timely, and long shelf life. About seeing if it's already there before you post it.

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13. X PLease tell us what food we are supposed to bring on trips. Do huts have cooking facilities? Pots and pans? Can we buy food at huts? Are lunches cooked? How long does a ham sandwich last before it goes bad and makes me sick? Do we have to treat water?

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14. X PLease tell me if I can go on a popular trip this weekend. I haven't joined VOC but I heard that I could go on one trip without joining. Will there be cars?

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15. X I was just up at the Brew Hut and I hear that you folks just spent around $7500 flying in firewood. I guess this means that it is all right to make a small bonfire outside the hut, as I see that others have been doing that. I guess it's OK if we don't burn much of the wood that was helicoptered in; only the dead stuff that was hauled down from Mt Brew.

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16. You won't believe the 45 million ways that freeing your heel makes you superior to the cavemen using AT skis!

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