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What we done did

 

Wfa course this weekend- one of four steps in leader process

Watched and played Frisbee tournament this weekend

Rugby game- won 88-0

Walked around campus

Apple picking 

Worked on woodsmen cabin- there are walls

Camden- maiden cliffs

Bigelows- went to avery peak

 

What we gonna do

 

Rage

Collect chestnuts

Tumbledown

Mt Battie

 

Upcoming Things

 

Horror movie screening- after next meeting

Dinner at Dana

Tuesday gear clinic- stoves and whisper lights 7-8

Whittling Wednesday- 7 to 8

COC and chill 7 to 8 thursday- UNO tournament

Fiber circle

Event in the woods in two weekends

COCsgiving- oven does not work

November 1st- spring break trips are due- send to Alexis and Margaret

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Go over responses in KCouncil meeting at 1 Monday in office

Answer Jeanie’s email

 

Bigelow buddies

 

Gear- we have gear- gear hours- RETURN GEAR- No more form- Coleman clinic

If you have experience or interest fixing gear please come to office hours to help

 

Send bio and funny picture for Bigelow Buddies

Events- working on COC and chill for thursdays 7-8 to chill and possibly hangout- people should come

Kayak races on miller, 

Julia- trips

Whittling Wednesday on Wednesday 7-8 new tarp

Cabin exists and is clean with new mattresses- fix the water pump, keys. Halt on cabin

Anya and Aleesha- DEI will poll through Pugh about barriers to the outdoors. Through SGA possibly? Projects in the Spring

 

Sugaring spring- looking for sugaring- could go to maple syrup farm

Parth and Anna- start outreach of COC- cabin exists due to budget

Camden Comrades- Lindsay- Whittling Wednesday

 

Hot Seat

 

Harry

 

Poll 

 

Wrapped 14

Unwrapped 7

 

Warm Fuzzies

 

Late fall foliage

New leaders

Napping on grass

Yung gravy concert

Waterville high school football

COC sponsoring wfa

Phillies in the world series

Taylor swift album

American chestnuts existing 

Margarets downfall

Matching overalls

What we done did

 

Bleached hair in garden

New Brunswick two weekends in a row.

Camping and hiking in New Brunswick

Woodsmen meet went well.

Mt Pisgah and saw the fire tower

Central Park

Canoe trip on the border of Maine and Canada

French

Rock climbing in North Conway

Allen Island

Found crabs

Tumbledown

 

What we gonna do

 

Semi long hike- Maybe Bigelow

 

Upcoming Things

 

WFA October 22-23 no more signups

WFA December 3-4

Working on budgets

Spring Break Trips- Need descriptions by end of October

Hunting has started need orange blazed things

Voter registration before election day ends tuesday?

 

Bigelow buddies

 

Gear- we have gear- gear hours and skill clinic- leaking colemans

If you have experience or interest fixing gear please come to office hours to help

 

Send bio and funny picture for Bigelow Buddies

COC and chill for thursdays 7-8 to chill and possibly hangout- people should come

Kayak races on miller, 

Whittling Wednesday on Wednesday 7-8 new tarp

Cabin exists and is clean with new mattresses- fix the water pump, keys. Halt on cabin

DEI will poll through Pugh about barriers to the outdoors. Through SGA possibly?

Maple syrup trip

Sugaring spring 

 

Hot Seat

 

Eva

 

Poll 

 

Snow Shoes On- 15

Snow Shoes off- 3

 

Warm Fuzzies

 

Congrats to Izzy Tonnesson for finishing AT

Parents Weekend and good food

WIld rain

All the dogs you can pet

New Brunswick and international rankings

New leader

Blondies

Focaccia

Standing ovation for John taking his kayaks.

What we done did

Went to Allen Island, saw lots of wildlife

Bike ride from Augusta to Gardiner

Coos Canyon cliff jumping

Went to the beach

Successful LTT

French Mt\

Went to trail behind Bates, chased by snakes

The Acadia trip went well

What we gonna do

Acadia trip next saturday

LTT

Upcoming Things

Fall Break Trips

Spring Break- need a plan by November 1st

WFA October 22-23- signup in the email

Bigelow buddies

Gear- we have gear- gear hours and skill clinic- tent

Send bio and funny picture for Bigelow Buddies

COC and chill for thursdays 7-8 to chill and possibly hangout- people should come

Whittling Wednesday on Wednesday 7-8 new tarp

Cabin exists and is clean with new mattresses- fix water pump.

COC cleanup night

Working on a land acknowledgement for DEI.

Maple syrup trip

Sugaring spring 

Hot Seat

Anya

Raghav

Poll 

Candy Corn 22

Candy Pumpkin 5

Warm Fuzzies

New leaders in training

Cayaks being gone 

Successful acadia trip 

Colprful leaves

Corn ice cream

Trinkets

Squirrel study

Free laundry

All here together surrounding by Andrew krag

Hot seat

Parth for surviving the snake

Bigelow buddies

Everyone who came to dinner

minutes

Minutes 9/25
What We Done Did:

Common Ground Fair
Apple Picking
Tumbledown on Sunday
Tumbledown on Saturday
Saw Jupiter while stargazing
Walked through the arb in the rain

What we gonna do:

Acadia trip next saturday
LTT

Upcoming Things:

Fall Break

Bigelow buddies:

Send bio and funny picture for Bigelow Buddies
COC and chill for thursdays 7-8 to chill and possibly hangout
Whittling Wednesday on Wednesday 7-8
Working on a land acknowledgement for DEI.
SJ is back
Email Margaret if you know of any gear we should get

Hot Seat:

Julia Miller
Viva Goetze
Abby Z

Poll:

Red 9
Blue 8

Warm Fuzzies:

New leaders
Sun on my cheeks
Trinkets
Dogs on tumbledown
Common ground fair rabbits
Z for the co lead
Tall cows
Cute squirrels
Stars
New COC website
Groundhogs at colby
Colder weather
Fall weather
The poop drain
cars

What we done did: 

Laurel dunked in the Atlantic Ocean 

Parth found the ARB BOAT 

The cows are out (Izzy)

Lacey rolled down Runnals 

Annie and Lacey did environmental education 

 

What we gonna do:

Joe and Molly canoe on Friday 

Arb it up Friday at 1

 

Events: 

Cabin get together on Friday afternoon

 

Gear: 

Searching for people to clean out the gear room 

No more rentals 

 

Poll: 

Science: 8

AI: 0

Read the gd minutes James you cannot bribe me with political books

 

Warm Fuzzies:

To the sun

Thinking

Sharing

Olin science

Baby squirrel 

Liberty graphics

The ocean 

To COC people 

Fishing

Summer adventures

Cows

Seniors

Not having covid 

Merch 

Sandal weather

 

What we done did: 

Connor went fishing, and went to a lakehouse (did not catch any fish)

Lacey and TJ went to The Mountain, and the lakes were really pretty from high above

Parth (and Emma, Camille, Laurel, Joe, Viva and me) went on a leader training trip and hiked Mt. Phillip

Lacey went into the arb on multiple occasions, and got her feet dirty and subsequently cleaned them off

Viva shadowed the LTT and hiked along the pipeline that leaks 

Andrew did a French Mt. sunrise hike

Joe sat outside of Olin and studied and then came here 

 

What we gonna do: 

Connor and James might lead a hike on Thursday (co-lead) 

Viva and Margaret go to Allen Island

Joe regrettably cannot lead a trip this weekend but would like to lead a canoeing trip and a hike up French Mt 

Lacey will be doing environmental education on the mental health day

Lacey may also be interested in going to Popham Beach 

 

Sugaring: Sap was finished boiling today 

Cabin: mice, dock

Events: informal cabin soiree 

Trips: 

DEI:

Gear: Is here 

 

Read Platforms in the email

 

Poll: 

Burrito: 10 

Smush: 5

 

Warm fuzzies: 

Clouds 

Sun

Songbirds returning

Waking up at 4am

Blue sky

Breakfast 

Driving down backroads

3 full trips this weekend

To driving 1000 miles (bc why not) to chop wood

To ACL surgery

Naps 

Swag 

Pie 

Upcoming trips 

To the COC 

 

What we done did:

Lindsey had a good day (sunrise bagels, frisbee game, mud meet) 

Joe competed in mud meet, Colby won

James was also competing in mud meet 

There were two (2) injuries 

Lacey also went to mud meet; timed, had a nice time hanging out with Chris and some alums

Laurel went skiing in the rain 

Lacey also went to contradance

 

What we gonna do: 

Canoe trip sometime in the future 

Allen Island 

Cutler coast 

None of it this weekend 

 

Events: 

Mary Low coffee house speaker series 

Cabin gathering 

 

Sap is getting boiled

 

LTT is happening Earth weekend

 

Poll: 

Squishy: 4

Firm: 4

 

Warm Fuzzies 

Girl scout cookies 

To standing outside in the rain

To the forks 

To the woodsman meet yesterday

Less-damp-than usual grass

To clouds 

To a nice drizzle

To seeing alums

To drag queens 

To Pride week

To Lindsey bringing cookies

To eating cookies 

 

What we done did: 

Saw ocean, but did not find the boat 

Biked around the area; down the hill really fast (average of 39mph would break the Strava record) 

Went to Sugarloaf and all the trails had snow 

Went down to Camden to walk (not hike), saw a statue that said “erected in honor of the rebellion war or something”

Walks between study sessions smell like spring

 

What we gonna do:

French morning hike on Weds.

Mud meet is this Saturday; sign up to time events

 

Bigelow Buddies:

Sugaring: Has been going on; boiling will be ongoing 

Events: Speaker this Friday at 3pm (Alice)

Gear: yes

Cabin: Is in use

Trips: LTT the weekend of the 23rd 

DEI

 

Platforms: Look at the email tomorrow 

 

Poll:

Small: 4

Big: 6

 

Warm Fuzzies: 

For the sun

To people going outside on campus

To warm fuzzies explained

To boats that are soon to be found

To shorts weather

To sugaring

To bugs

To bugs

To areas where the boat is not 

To longer days 

To where the boat is 

To nature art 

To no context 

To new elections

To context

What we done did

• Joseph went to a bonfire and got into grad school to keep being outside!
• Hanna hung out with a dog on Doghead
• Lindsey has had so many people open doors for her because she is on crutches!
• Lacey and Aren went for an icy walk yesterday and went to the greenhouse to see plants
• Viva went to Quarry Road this morning with some friends on fish scales and it was really nice, surprisingly so given the rain
• Stella (the dog) walked outside a lot and many people wanted to pet them
• Margaret went to Quarry Road
• TJ, James, and Chris went for a walk by the Messalonskee Stream and climbed some trees

 

What we gon do

• Lindsey is going to California to see some family over spring break
• Stella and Hanna are going apartment hunting for dental school housing
• James and TJ are leading a one night backpacking trip to the Cutler Coast over spring break!
• Joseph and Chris are going to Mahoosuc Mountain lodge for spring break!
• Lacey is going to see past outing club presidents in Boston, and they will be having a murder mystery dinner party.

 

Big Buds

Events: Cabin gathering in April

Trips: LTT is gonna happen in April, spring break trips will happen, and as the spring warms up we hope to see lots more trips go out

Gear: no large updates, getting returns, Viva has been oriented 

DEI: we are working on new curriculum before the next LTT

Cabin: exists and is being used

Sugaring: Hanna is HERE!, it’s happening, sap is being collected

Outdoor Outreach: The girl scout program was a great success, nature art and singing were a great time

 

Elections!

Co-President Elections: Margaret! Alexis!

 

Poll

Doghead: 7

Doghed: 5

 

Warm Fuzzies

The snow

New cool places on campus

Dogs that love you more than they should

Exceeding expectations

Spring break

Future new presidents

Outing club doghead tradition

Dogs on doghead

Cool new members

Cold air but bright sun

Days above freezing

Dripping trees

Safe doghead