{"id":868,"date":"2014-10-20T16:49:16","date_gmt":"2014-10-20T20:49:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.colby.edu\/outingclub\/?p=868"},"modified":"2014-10-20T16:49:16","modified_gmt":"2014-10-20T20:49:16","slug":"its-getting-cold-meeting-minutes-1019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/outingclub\/2014\/10\/20\/its-getting-cold-meeting-minutes-1019\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cIt\u2019s getting cold.\u201d (Meeting Minutes 10\/19)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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YO YO YO if you missed the meeting, no worries \u2013 here\u2019s what happened!!<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n
MANY\u00a0Trip Reports\u00a0(due to fall break hiatus)<\/p>\n
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  • Over fall break Emma, Allison and Anna,\u00a0had a splendid time hiking and canoeing in Baxter State Park. They missed a moose by about 2 hours, so better luck next time\u2026!<\/li>\n
  • Hannah K and Eliza BW\u00a0did some hiking and canoeing around the Bigelows, met 5 moose and some French-Canadians (more interesting than the moose?)!<\/li>\n
  • Margaux et al enjoyed a successful parent\u2019s weekend potluck at the COC cabin! There was a great fire, but no grill (please keep eyes peeled on Maine roadsides for good deals?)<\/li>\n
  • Drew, Logan, and Jack canoed Flagstaff lake. Much nudity! Much foliage! (What more could you want)<\/li>\n
  • Gregory and Drew led a vintage Tumbledown hike: views, nudity, blood, laughs, tears, memories.<\/li>\n
  • Carina attended Tread Fest in Augusta,\u00a0participated in the road race, and highly recommends the Bond Brook recreation area to all!<\/li>\n
  • Ben went canoeing with Carson and saw a weird tree on an island (adventure!)<\/li>\n
  • Will, Caroline, and Alain hiked Mt. Abraham! They\u2019ve dubbed it the \u201cslushy trip,\u201d and experienced wind-induced brain freeze (email wwqin@colby.edu with questions and concerns). Alain ate flowing bacon on the \u201ctippy tip tip top\u201d of the mountain, so be sure to congratulate him when you see him around campus.<\/li>\n
  • Sarah, Cassandra, and Kimberly came in a close second to traitor Teddy and Jackson and George at the Foss cook-off. (Teddy was really just making sure to spread the COC wealth so that we had a better chance of having some representation in the winning team\u2026.you\u2019re welcome!)<\/li>\n
  • Owens, Brandon, Will, and Kyle did some ADK climbing over fall break! They went to chapel pond\u00a0to enjoy some sick crag lines and delicious baked apples.<\/li>\n
  • Danny Leaman completed his first roll in a kayak at the pool!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Upcoming Trips and Events<\/p>\n

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    • COOTober! The COC and COOT folk are joining up to rekindle the beauty that is\u00a0first-year orientation trips. Freshmen only trips this Sunday, get psyched!! You can go fly fishing and canoeing with RKCOLE!<\/li>\n
    • Cassandra and Parwana will\u00a0be hiking to Cutler Coast to see the sunrise!<\/li>\n
    • Cat and Bengtson will lead an overnight trip to the Bigeloooooooows!<\/li>\n
    • The beginning of Fly Fishing Tuesdays! Learn how to tie flies with Ryan, Jake, and team this Tuesday during office hours!<\/li>\n
    • Bengtson will teach how to make an alcohol stove this Fwednesday (?) during office hours.<\/li>\n
    • PANTHER GROUP: Wanna go to Mt. Tremblant right after exams this December? Get a sweeet deal to stay in a 5-star hotel and ski 3 days and chill 3 nights with a great group of college students! Talk to smmartin@colby.edu with interest!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Committee Updates<\/p>\n

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      • Gear:\u00a0about to make a gear order! If you have thoughts, join the committee or just let Logan and Spencer know. Either way email smmartin@colby.edu or lmgillen@colby.edu<\/li>\n
      • Events:\u00a0shout outs to Margaux (potluck organization) and Cassandra (cooking)! Here are things that are happening soon\u2026if you want to be a part of planning events contact slotempi@colby.edu\n
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        • DamNation screening October 29th!! Watch trailer here:\u00a0http:\/\/vimeo.com\/41319363<\/li>\n
        • Lucas Sinclair of Katahdin Woods and Waters is coming to speak November 5th!<\/li>\n
        • Teton Gravity Research film will be coming in November (details TBD)<\/li>\n
        • Registered keg, tent building, join with CA\u2019s \u2026 extravaganza! November 7th!<\/li>\n
        • WFA will be November 15th and 16th, mark yo calendars!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
        • Cabin and Sugaring\n
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          • Sarah Jeanne (sjshimer@colby.edu) has made an awesome binder with the cabin forms! Go her! If you want to be a part of maintaining the cabin, choppin\u2019 wood, etc, contact her!<\/li>\n
          • If you want to stack wood for the sugaring season, contact Seth (spbutler@colby.edu)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
          • Trips\n
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            • working towards new trip leader process!<\/li>\n
            • see Owens\u2019 email to vote on new structure!!!!!!<\/li>\n
            • current leaders: please fill out Excel spreadsheet if you haven\u2019t already.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

              Final Things:<\/p>\n

              Read the books that are in the office, learn!<\/p>\n

              Re: reimbursements: come to Wednesday office hours to sign form then, or the Sunday meeting. Making JTort\u2019s life easier.<\/p>\n

              HAVE A LOVELY WEEK ENJOY THE COOLING WEATHER BECAUSE \u201cWINTER IS COMING SO YOU SHOULD GO OUTSIDE NOW\u201d<\/p>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

              YO YO YO if you missed the meeting, no worries \u2013 here\u2019s what happened!! MANY\u00a0Trip Reports\u00a0(due to fall break hiatus) Over fall break Emma, Allison<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10865,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/outingclub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/868"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/outingclub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/outingclub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/outingclub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10865"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/outingclub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=868"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/outingclub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/868\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/outingclub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/outingclub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/outingclub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}