REPOST... the BCMC would like to remind all trip and course organizers to submit their Event Feedback online within a week of the trip/course finishing. Information includes: a) whether the event p...
I fixed this issue a few weeks ago and have been monitoring the new "outbound" email service the club now uses. All member feedback and online tracking indicates are the new setup is working very wel...
Here are a few amazing Watersprite Lake area photos... recently sent to me by Todd Ponzini... they were take around 2006.
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Francis, I agree more information needs to be made available to members and it's my understanding that one or more documents will be made available to the club members this weekend so we can review th...
For those interested in the Watersprite Lake area, either when considering the building of a cabin there, or for upcoming summer and winter trips... here is a link to two well written trip reports by...
Can someone tell me if the proposed Watersprite Cabin area would be a good place, compared to places like Keith's Hut, for holding week-long mountaineering courses? Thanks, Paul :-)
In my opinion, $80k is a huge investment for a location that has yet to be proven popular with the mountaineering community. Seems there are two lines of thinking, 1) build a nice cabin for $80k and...
The website has a Polling module that could be used for a specific question with each member allowed one response. Another option would be to setup a multi-question online survey, restricted to BCMC...
UPDATE: I've added a Profile Preference setting for "Family Hiking" for those wishing to be notified whenever a new family hiking trip has been added to the BCMC Event Schedule and the registration is...
I've added a new "Family Hiking" category for all members with families that would like to add a family hiking trip to the BCMC events schedule. My understanding is that children of BCMC members are...
The 2015 BCMC Photo Contest is now open for entries. There are four categories this year: 1) Backcountry Skiing, 2) Mountaineering, 3) Rock & Ice Climbing, and 4) Hiking & Snowshoeing. The prize for...
In response to Werner's qustion: "Can the Executive please publish 'reliably and on-time’ the executive minutes (missing again for January, February and for March) plus the yearly financials (missing...
If anyone is interested in organizing a group of active club members to climb in the Skaha Bluffs (Penticton) on the May 18th long-weekend *and* you want some help setting up the trip on the BCMC even...
UPDATE: the club website disappeared earlier today, for several hours, after a "simple" server setting change removed some files and then the server's backup-restore system failed to work as expected...
A new events (Trips & Courses) feature has been added to allow Organizers to have the website automatically send a reminder email to Confirmed Participants a set number of days before the trip/course...
This concerns those BCMC and Guest members that are using a @telus.net email address with their BCMC website account. Those using other email service providers can ignore the remainder of this post....
UPDATE: I revised the "Last Minute" notifications to be limited by each member's "notify me" preferences for the various event categories. The main advantage of this update will be decreasing the num...
UPDATE: I've revised the "Get Informed & Share Ideas" section of our website's main forum to separate out "Basic Info" for various types of climbers. Below is the revised listing. Paul, BCMC Voluntee...
The BCMC would like to remind all trip and course organizers to submit their Event Feedback online within a week of the trip/course finishing. Information includes: a) whether the event proceeded as...
Here are the steps for adding a profile image: 1) login. 2) click on "My Account" at the top of the webpage. 3) click on the link "Change Profile Image" (above the profile image, left side). 4) cl...
Ice climbing season has started in the Lillooet area. Here's a brief refresher video about basic techniques for any type of steep ice climbing, whether ascending a frozen waterfall or a steep alpine f...
Surely someone in the club has climbed, or knows someone that has climbed, the West Pillar on the Spinx in Garibaldi park. Please share your knowledge with others in the club, thank you!
No Werner, I never said that. Let me explain further.. I'm okay with Michael Feller only attending half the Exec meetings since I realize that most volunteers on the Exec Team will show up for most o...
For the record... I like Michael Feller, I've enjoyed serving on the Executive with him in the past, and I appreciate all he's done through his extensive history of volunteer work for the club. So I...
From my understanding of the situation, the answers to your questions are:1a) Yes, the regularly scheduled Exec meeting is still set for this evening. I plan on attending.1b) The transition from Franc...