October 30, 2024: BOC Leadership Meeting Minutes 

Introductions: Name (position) – hopes for BOC/ideas for trips

  • Lili (OPM)
  • Owen (OPM) – more events not just trips
  • Margo (not a Trip Leader just here) 
  • David (Front Country Trip Leader) – more lean-to stuff
  • Andy (Trip Leader) – more day hiking trips
  • Alexis (Equity + Inclusion Officer) – more identity/inclusion group participations
  • Zi (Trip Leader) 
  • Iris (Social Media Officer)
  • Adam (Trip Leader) 
  • Will (Trip Leader) 
  • Charlie (E-room + Head Climbing) – more climbing/gym  trips
  • Eva  (E-room Manager + Trip Leader) – more nature walks (snowshoes?!)
  • Jonah (Head Canoe Trip Leader) – sunrise paddle?
  • Genevieve (soon to be Trip Leader) – backcountry skiing/overnight?
  • Bryce (soon to be Trip Leader)
  • Isabelle (Trip Leader) 
  • Alita (Trip Leader) – outdoor climbing
  • Lisel (Trip Leader) – backcountry skiing
  • Addy (Trip Leader) – on campus chill trip
  • Leif (Trip Leader + Secretary)
  • Mitcheal (Backcountry Head Trip Leader) – poetry hike
  • Doug (Trip Leader) – more skiing stuff
  • Max (soon to be Trip Leader) 
  • Genevieve (Trip Leader) – polar plunge
  • Tomo (Head Surf Trip Leader)
  • Daniel (soon to be Trip Leader) – cooking in wilderness/campsite

🏕️🏕️🏕️Thoughts and Things! 🏕️🏕️🏕️

  • Trying to coordinate avalanche training course (Lili)
  • Climbing
    • Group belay certification?
    • We can teach each other here…?
    • Use Colby’s climbing wall? (Tomo)
  • More leadership trips
    • Especially because weather-wise in weird middle season
    • Bowdoin invited us to a ski film (Nov 14 at 7:30)
      • Could we all go somehow though transportation-wise?
      • Because not allowed to drive personal vehicles
      • How many people are interested?
        • Too many for the van!
      • → Will send out form to see how many people are willing to drive their own vehicles (do it outside of BOC) (Owen + Lili)
  • Next next weekend there is a trail work trip at Lost Valley
    • Sign up!
  • Can we legally have a real midnight trip?
    • To the LLBean? (David)
  • → Add new trip leaders to the Drive
  • Need more trip leaders for surfing (just show up and do homework on beach?!)
  • We do not run trips over Thanksgiving break
    • Can get stuff from E-room though for personal trips anyway!
  • Keep eyes open for info regarding the election (coming soon)

✍️✍️✍️What do we want on the calendar for November?✍️✍️✍️

  • New Evo trip (Tomo)
  • Hike for Nov 10th (Mitcheal)
  • LLBean run on Nov 15th (David)
  • Some on-campus ideas
    • Mitcheal wants to lead sardines (successfully this time hopefully)
    • Fort-building (Isabelle)
    • Tent set-up workshop + stoves? (Alita)

🎃🎃🎃Trick-O-Treating for Halloween (tomorrow!)🎃🎃🎃

  • Come in an (appropriate) costume!
  • Come with good (sober) vibes!
  • Sign up on the form if you can commit!
    • If not just drop by!