| Name: How to Organize a BCMC Trip (Offering 16) |
| Starts: Tue Jan 26, 2021 |
| Meetup: Online meeting |
| Return: Tue Jan 26, 2021 |
| Registration opens: Wed Jan 13, 2021 |
| Event category: Instructional Program |
| Difficulty grade: C5 [?] |
| For members only: No |
| Screening used: Yes |
| Max participants: 20 |
Organizer: Wayne Pattern  |
| Profile info: |
What types of trips would you like to organize, e.g. ski, snowshoeing?
What is your main reason(s) for wanting to organize trips?
What is concerns do you have about being a trip organizer?
Do you understand the Difficulty Grading system?
What do those (13:3:1) numbers mean, anyway?
You must login in order to sign up online for one of the BCMC Trips. If you don't have a BCMC membership account then please obtain one. If you'd prefer to learn more before joining then please join as a 30-day Guest member. Some trips are BCMC members only.
So good we decided to do it again...
The meeting will start at 7 pm. Here is the link:
Click here to join the meeting
This will be a fun, informal, and interactive info session for those members who would like to know more about organizing club trips.
In preparation for this tutorial, anyone who has yet to post a trip should become familiar with the website. Add a new trip to the club schedule by selecting a start date in October of 2021, and put the word "TEST" in the title. This helps us manage test trips. It's suggested you post a test-trip for a route you've done before and would consider doing with a small group. Or K2 with your family. Your call. The session will help you understand the requirements of adding trip description details for the group, such as required equipment. We will also discuss screening questions. These are important to ensure participants have the necessary skills, e.g. AST-1, or to find out who can drive (especially if 4WD is needed or preferred).
During this session we shall endeavor to discuss:
- How to pick a destination that you'll most likely be comfortable with.
- Resources and related trip beta.
- How many people to take, i.e. a safe minimum and maximum.
- Safety considerations, including club insurance coverage.
- An overview of the process from posting the trip to saying "goodnight".
- The benefits of being a frequent trip organizer, e.g. Pro Deals.
- The BCMC Trip Organizer Insurance Program and Coverage/Liability
- Covid and trip organizing
In preparation, please review these archived Trip Organizer video tutorials (blasts from the past):
- Adding a Trip to BCMC - filling in the form. An introduction for BCMC Trip Organizers that discusses how to fill in the online form used to add a new trip to the schedule.
- Adding a Trip to BCMC - adding participants. An explanation of the various ways members are added to a trip, including the option to manually add a non-member.
- Adding a Trip to BCMC - actions and options. This explains various options for managing a trip, including an example of changing a participant list status when the screening option was used.
Climb-On!
