ALPINE CLUB OF CANADA - ROCKY MOUNTAIN SECTION EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING MINUTES MARCH 14, 2011 The meeting was called to order at 7:26pm at the Marg & Dave's House in Canmore Attendance: Marg Rees (Chair) Clifton Potter (Vice-Chair) David Moe (Treasurer) Patrick Sorfleet (Secretary) Doug Sims (VIP Grants) Felix Camire (Training and Leadership) Jackie Clark (Camps) Lara Seward-Guenette (Member at Large) Sachi Aido (Blizzard) Bob Olinger (Social) 1) Approval of agenda approved 2) Approval of minutes from last meeting - approved 3) Ray Norman Memorial This Saturday is the memorial for Ray. Marg offered assistance from the section however the organization etc. has already been taken care of. 4) Donations Overrun (TABVAR/CAJ/RN) We have spent all of the $2000 donation line item. The two donations that were approved were the CAA and the world bouldering championship for $1000 each. Others have come up: TABVAR and the CAJ as well as a scholarship that is being set up in Ray Norman's name. It is possible that the social committee budget can cover the TABVAR donation. Motion: Dave - the social committee commit $250 to $500 from social committee budget to donate to TABVAR at the social committee's discretion. Seconded by Jackie. Approved Marg suggested that for the Ray Norman memorial fund, we budget for this in next year's budget. Action Item: David and Marg to get more information regarding the fund and bring this back to a future meeting. Marg suggested that the donation of $250 come from the Blizzard budget
Motion: Felix moved that the section donate $250 to the CAJ and that the donation come from the Blizzard budget. Seconded by Patrick. Approved Action Item: Treasurer to ensure that the CAJ donation appears as a standalone budget item in future budgets. 5) Summer TNF Candidate We have received one applicant for the summer TNF Course. Action: Marg to include information in the news section of the website reminding people of the summer north face course and to advertise the course in the spindrift. 6) TNF Evaluations - Mentorship Marg has received the TNF evaluations. One of the subjects that has been brought up was the development of a mentoring program. Calgary has tried to set up mentoring programs but we do not know how successful this has been. Would it be possible to set up some form of mentorship program with the rocky section. Lara noted that co-leading a trip was beneficial when she was starting as a trip leader. Action Item: The exec to brainstorm ideas for developing a mentorship program. This will be discussed at a future meeting. Motion: That the TNF evaluations be restricted to the section chair, the trips committee and the training and leadership committee. Seconded by Marg. Approved 7) Trips Committee Kris Irwin is resigning as the head of the trips committee as of this spring. John and Shelley have also stepped down. Marg and Felix suggested that new blood may be needed as many of the people that could fill the role are already heavily involved in other areas of the club. Action Item: Marg to advertise the committee on the Spindrift. 8) Avalanche Beacons The CAA has listed single antenna beacons as obsolete. Given the CAA's recommendations Marg suggested that the club no longer accept single antenna beacons on club trips or camps. Felix noted that national is working along the same lines. Motion: Marg moved in accordance the CAA's standards that single antenna beacons no longer be acceptable for rocky mountain section trips or camps as of the fall of 2011. Seconded by Jackie, Approved
Action Item: Marg to advertise in the Spindrift that single antenna beacons will not be acceptable as of the fall of 2011 and to advertise which beacons are considered obsolete. Marg will also update the trip leader manual. Action Item: Clifton to look into the details of renting back up beacons for camps. 9) Committee Reports National and Photo Contest Clifton will be attending the Alberta Sections AGM. Camps 2 x 10 day trips to Waddington Next year's ski camps are Sol (end of January) likely a 5 day trip, Sorcerer February 18-25, BIT Camp is at Campbell for 2012 Training and Leadership Lots of courses on offer: 20 hours wilderness 1 st aid April 23-24 $213.75 (including 5% discount); $175 for trip leaders 40 hours wilderness 1 st aid April 9-12 (1 st course), May 28-31 (2 nd course) $375.25 (including 5% discount); $250 for trip leaders 80 hours wilderness 1 st aid April 9-17 (1 st course), May 28-June 5 (2 nd course) $660.25 (including 5% discount); $425 for trip leaders CPR (C) & AED (4 hours) March 29 (1 st course), April 22 (2 nd course), May 3 (3 rd course) $71.25 (including 5% discount); $20 for trip leaders
Mountain Weather and Navigation Skills Mountain Weather May 21 Instructor: Rod Plasman Contact info sign-up: Rod Plasman (rod.plasman@shaw.ca) $35; Free for trip leaders Outdoor Navigation April 19, 21 (evenings) & April 23 day Instructor: Rod Plasman Contact info sign-up: Rod Plasman (rod.plasman@shaw.ca) $35; Free for trip leaders Climbing Courses Climb like a spider improve your climbing skills 5 dates: March 3, March 17, March 31, April 14, April 28 Vsion climbing gym with Dung Open to 6 people Contact info sign-up: Patrick Noel (guide2be@gmail.com) $10 Outdoor Performance Climbing improve your climbing skills June 21-22 Instructor: Sean Isaac Open to 4 trip leaders Contact info sign-up: Steve Fedyna (fedynas@shaw.ca) $175 Skills Courses Rock Rescue, Anchors and Rope Management Review May 21st Instructor: Matt Mueller Open to 8 trip leaders Contact Info sign-up: Felix Camire (camirefelix@yahoo.ca) $25 Intro to Rock Rescue May 28th Instructor: Kris Irwin Contact Info sign-up: Patrick Sorfleet (PSorfleet@canmore.ca) $50; $25 for trip leaders Gear Placement & Anchors (Prerequisite: intermediate knowledge of climbing systems) May 29th
Instructor: Kris Irwin Contact Info sign-up: Patrick Sorfleet (PSorfleet@canmore.ca) $50; $25 for trip leaders Advanced Rock Rescue (Prerequisite: Rock Rescue in last 2 years) June 5th Instructor: Jeff Bullock Contact Info sign-up: Felix Camire (camirefelix@yahoo.ca) $60; $30 for trip leaders RMS Summer Leadership Course: Alpine Rock Skills June 11-12 Instructor: James Blench Open to 6 trip leaders Contact Info sign-up: Felix Camire (camirefelix@yahoo.ca) $125 Leadership camp has 1 spot left Intro to advanced rock rescue <insert courses from felix> lots of first aid courses on offer. The development of a 1 day BIT leader training program is in progress Transceiver training for the volunteers at transceiver day. Trips n/a Social Volunteer appreciation dinner tentatively set for Sunday May 29 th, 2011. Note invitations should be sent to BIT leaders and ROCK leaders. RMS BBQ Sunday the 19 th, 26 th or 30 th of June date to be finalized Social will be advertising the gear swap and the process better in the future. Treasurer We are on budget at present and the leadership and TNF budgets are spent. Motion: A motion was made by Marg that the section remove John Peachell, Lanny Mann, Debra Skelton and Lara Seward-Guenette from having signing authority. Seconded by Patrick. Approved Volunteer Grants
John Peachell has resigned from the committee and John Rollins has joined the committee. Five grants for the exec's approval are: Steve Duquet Avi 1 $200 Jackie Clark performance climbing $82.69 Steve Fedyna performance climbing $82.69 Shelley Secord Avi 1 $200 Kris Irwin CSIA Level 1 $195 Approved by the exec (Jackie Abstained) Access and Environment The Alberta sections have donated or will have donated a total of $2100 to the world bouldering competition. Blizzard We now have a non-profit version of indesign. Now is the time to get articles for the Blizzard. Deadline for submissions is April 15 th, 2011. It was suggested that TNF participants and the winter leadership participants may want to write a story. Community Courses n/a Website n/a 10) Next Meeting - Early May TBD 11) Adjournment 9:08pm