[IOCA] IOCA News

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Hello IOCA clubs and members,

(Club leaders, please forward this to your members)

Spring Conference was a great success.  Read about that and other news items
below.

1.  Spring Conference a success!
2.  Post Photos
3.  IOCA General meeting and officers election
4.  Job Opportunities
5.  EMS Club Day - TODAY
6.  Trips


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1. Spring Conference a success!

IOCA's annual Spring Conference was held last weekend (April 21st to 23rd)
in DAR State Forest in Massachusetts.  There was a large turnout with over
60 people and 12 colleges represented.  The weather was a  cold and bit
damp, but that didn't slow us down!  There were hikes on Saturday to DAR
State Forest, Grace and Greylock State Parks.  In addition, a group went
rock climbing and another went whitewater rafting in  Deerfield.  Everyone
had a great time, despite getting a bit wet in the rain.

School outing clubs in attendance included (let me know if we missed
anyone):
Brandeis
Bridgewater
Marlboro College
Mount Holyoke College
MIT
Nassau Community College
SUNY New Platz
SUNY Cobleskill
RIT
RPI
as well as individuals from Harvard, Northeastern, and Cornell

The dinner and dance were held in Williamsburg.  Great burgers and soup
helped to warm us up.  The contra dance was a huge success.  The band was
great and many of the people attending the conference were able  to learn
how to contra dance (which is very important).  IOCA officers were elected
for next year (see below).  Back at DAR State Forest we had some smores
while keeping warm around the fire.

Spring Conference was a lot of fun this year.  It was great to see so many
new and familiar faces!  We hope that everyone who came had a great time.
And for those who were not able to make it, we hope to see you  at Fall Lake
George in September!

[Many Thanks to the folks at Mount Holyoke for doing a wonderful job of
organizing!!!]

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2. Post Photos

If you have photos from Spring Conference or other trips, please don't
forget to post them on the IOCA photo gallery:
http://www.ioca.org/gallery/sc_2006
It's totally FREE and registration is quick and easy, so don't wait... post
your photos and share them with everyone!

Here's the quick and dirty on how to get started:

REGISTER
- Go to the gallery home page ( http://www.ioca.org/gallery/ ) and click on
the "Register" link.
- Choose a user name, and enter your real name and email address... click OK
- Check your email for a confirmation message, and click on the bottom link.
- In the window that opens, choose a password and enter it twice... click
OK... you're registered!!
- Write down your username and password so that you won't forget them.

LOGIN
- Go to the gallery homepage or the Spring Conference page (link above) and
click the "login" link.
- Enter your username and password, click OK, and you're IN!

CREATE NEW ALBUM
- Make sure you're in the sc_2006 gallery (
http://www.ioca.org/gallery/sc_2006 )
- From the "admin options" dropdown list, select "new nested album"... You
will now be in your new sub-album.
- From the dropdown list select "rename" to give the album's directory a
descriptive name (i.e. sc_2006-MyName)
- From the dropdown list select "properties".  Give the album a title that
everyone will see, and enter a trip report if you like.

UPLOAD PHOTOS
- From the dropdown list select "add photos" ... now we're in business!
- In the Add Photos window, you can upload individual image files, or a
compressed file with LOTS of photos at once!
- Don't forget to go back and give each photo a caption when you're done...
so that others (now and in the future) will know who is in your photos,
where they are, and what they're doing!
- You are welcome to upload all your photos and use the site to share them
with your club members, family and friends.  But even if you don't upload
them all, please put up a few to share your experience with the rest  of us,
and record a little IOCA history!  Do remember that this is a general
audience site, so please keep photos of things like drinking and
skinny-dipping to yourself.

If you run into problems, have any questions, or need help posting photos,
feel free to email me.

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3.  IOCA General meeting and officers election

At Spring Conference, the annual IOCA general body meeting took place.  The
primary orders of business were electing officers, recruiting help for
running IOCA, and raffling off some AMC books.

Christiaan Adams (MIT Outing Club) was re-elected for a second term as
Executive Secretary.
Anne Becker agreed to help Christiaan and Elizabeth Burrows (previous
directory chair) with directory activities.
Brian Sudran (SUNY New Paltz Outing Club) was elected as the new Conference
Chair, and will be hosting Spring Conference next year!
The other positions remain with those who previously held them:
http://www.ioca.org/officers/.  All those who volunteered to help with IOCA
are encouraged to contact the Exec Sec.

The Appalachian Mountain Club (AMC), one of the oldest outdoors related
organizations in the country, provided a number of books and magazines on
hiking and boating in New England.  These were raffled off to the clubs
present.  Many thanks to the AMC for this, and for offering it's member
discounts on some of its services to IOCA members.  For more details on this
offer, see the previous IOCA email in the archives:
http://www.ioca.org/iocan/

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4.   Job Opportunities.

Occasionally we are contacted about positions in outdoor education and other
types of work that might be of interest to our members.  This is not an
endorsement, as we are simply passing this information on.

SUMMER EMPLOYMENT at Camp Kinder Ring

Camp Kinder Ring has several summer staff openings in our outdoor adventure
department.  We are a large, children’s, resident camp, and also an adult
retreat center located some 70 miles north of Manhattan in the  Hudson
Valley.  Our staff is very diverse with approximately 100 out of 250 coming
from countries around the world.  Our outdoor adventure center includes both
high and low ropes challenge courses.  Staff is trained  and certified on
the course during staff training week beginning June 17.  We are in need of
a course supervisor and assistant course specialists.
Any inquiries should be directed to:

Steven R. Wendell
Director of Camping
Circle Lodge / Camp Kinder Ring
45 East 33rd Street
New York, NY 10016
steve at campkr.com
212-889-6800 x276
cell: 203-521-3786
www.campkr.com

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5.  EMS Club Day - TODAY

Eastern Mountain Sports is having their "Upgrade Your Gear Sale" this
weekend, Friday April 28 thru Sunday April 30, when nearly everything in the
store is 20% off.  As a benefit to local outing clubs, club members  get the
sale's 20% off TODAY, Thursday April 27th.  This is a great deal, as it
gives us first dibs on everything in the store, before the crowds hit it
tomorrow.  Sorry about the late notice.  Note that you may need to  show
your outing club membership card.  For more information, see
http://www.ems.com

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6.  Trips

When organizing trips this spring and summer, don't forget that there is a
wide community of IOCA members that would love to join you, for the
adventure and for making new friendships.  It's very easy to post your trip
to the IOCA website.  I'll even send it out over email if you like.

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Thanks for a great Conference, everyone!
-Christiaan