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cave rat wrote:Allen,
I have learned to just lead a trip for the Scout troop. Even though Regional Coordinator's are discouraged to lead trips, I have been doing it so long, it is no problem for me to do so. I enjoy leading scout caving trips.
I sent out the grotto forms to see if any the grotto's here in the state would be interested in leading a trip, if a troop approches them to do so. Some say they will, while others say they won't.
I am the Caving Director for the Black Warrior BSA Council in Alabama. That means I oversee 12 counties here in the state. That is a lot of troops. I have a strong staff ranging from this state to Georgia. So getting cavers together that are interested in helping out is no problem. Plus, the amount of trips that I do, is maybe a 1-3 trips a year.
I have also become the Cave Trip Guide for a Boy Scout Camp in Alabama. I spent all last week taken them caving. I did 4 night trips to one cave, Manitou, in Ft. Payn, Alabama. It is a old Commerical Cave that does not operate no more. I had about 10 to 16 boys in each group. BSA rules state, a 4:1 adult/child rational of every scout trip, so adult help was not problem. And sense there was nothing to the cave, me being the only experianced caver was not a issue.
When I work the 6 week summer camp next summer, I will have other experianced cavers from my staff helping me out and the trips will be all night trips.
Patricia Bingham wrote:Do we need a presentation, perhaps available on the website, addressing ways for grottos to handle youth group requests? Maybe an article in the magazine addressing this. Any volunteers?
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I just had 3 more folks volunteer for the regional coordinators, so the word is getting out, and apparently folks like what is going on.
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Patricia Bingham wrote:There was one, but it died off due to inactivity. It was a Yahoo-based group. I think it was a great idea (thanks, Van!), but I personally found it easier to just put all the committee folks in a e-mail sub-group and send it off that way. I can do with with hotmail for up to x number of folks (want to say it's 50, but I'm probably wrong).
I've cancelled out of a cave trip this weekend 'cause I am way behind in getting committe stuff (and other things!) done and will spend it getting the webpages sent off to Glen. That way we will know who is who.
Then I'll send everyone a note including their e-mail addresses to make it easier for you to add them to your address book.
Sound good, or is there another way that could work better?
just put all the committee folks in a e-mail sub-group and send it off that way. I can do with with hotmail for up to x number of folks (want to say it's 50, but I'm probably wrong).
Cheryl Jones wrote:An advantage of a yahoo list is that not everyone will need to stay up with changes in individual e-mail addresses to send messages to the full group. The list manager just changes the address in the Yahoo list.
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