@PaulO's Forum Posts

@PaulO

Created 11 years ago

Event Feedback from Organizers
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...

@PaulO

Created 11 years ago

Telus.net is blocking emails from bcmc.ca
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...

@PaulO

Created 11 years ago

Watersprite Lake Trip Reports and Photo Albums
Here are a few amazing Watersprite Lake area photos... recently sent to me by Todd Ponzini... they were take around 2006. Image #4 Image #7 Image #11 Image #15 Image #17

@PaulO

Created 11 years ago

Building Committee Minutes
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...

@PaulO

Created 11 years ago

Watersprite Lake Trip Reports and Photo Albums
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...

@PaulO

Created 11 years ago

Building Committee Minutes
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 :-)

@PaulO

Created 11 years ago

Building Committee Minutes
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...

@PaulO

Created 11 years ago

Building Committee Minutes
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...

@PaulO

Created 11 years ago

Trips with kids/Teens
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...

@PaulO

Created 11 years ago

Trips with kids/Teens
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...

@PaulO

Created 11 years ago

2015 Photo Contest is Open
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...

@PaulO

Created 11 years ago

Executive please publish the executive minutes
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...

@PaulO

Created 11 years ago

May Long Weekend Trip to Skaha Bluffs (Penticton)
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...

@PaulO

Created 11 years ago

BCMC site issues - April 8th, 2015
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...

@PaulO

Created 11 years ago

New Feature added to send event reminder emails
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...

@PaulO

Created 11 years ago

Telus.net is blocking emails from bcmc.ca
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....

@PaulO

Created 11 years ago

"Last Minute" notifications limited by preferences
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...

@PaulO

Created 11 years ago

BCMC Forum categories updated
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...

@PaulO

Created 11 years ago

Event Feedback from Organizers
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...

@PaulO

Created 11 years ago

Adding a Profile Image
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...
Fundamental techniques for climbing steep ice
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...

@PaulO

Created 11 years ago

Sphinx, West Pillar
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!

@PaulO

Created 11 years ago

IS OUR EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING WELL?
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...

@PaulO

Created 11 years ago

IS OUR EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING WELL?
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...

@PaulO

Created 11 years ago

IS OUR EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING WELL?
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...