| Name: How to Organize a BCMC Trip (Offering 27) |
| Starts: Thu Jan 23, 2025 18:30 |
| Return: Thu Jan 23, 2025 20:30 |
| Registration opens: Tue Dec 31, 2024 |
| Event category: Instructional Program |
| Difficulty grade: D5 [?] |
| For members only: Yes |
| Screening used: Yes |
| Max participants: 20 |
Organizer: Wayne Pattern  |
| Profile info: |
What types of trips would you like to organize, e.g. ski, hike, snowshoe?
What 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...
After you sign up, wait for the page to refresh. You will then see the pre-meeting questions. Please answer them.
The meeting will start at 6:30 pm. Here is the link:
Click here to join the meeting
This will be a fun, informal, and interactive info session for members who would like to know more about organizing club trips.
In preparation for this tutorial you should become familiar with the website. Add a new trip to the club schedule using the "Post New Trip" button (upper right corner of this page). Put the word "TEST" in the title. Fill in the blanks and use the "Test Trip" icon (TT) for the category. Post the trip in October 2025 so we can find it, but make sure you set registration to today's date so others can can join your trip. Post any sort of trip you'd like. Join other test trips. Note: you can't join two trips on the same day, so please set the dates accordingly.
During this session we shall 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
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!
