BOC Leadership Meeting Minutes: 10/10/23

  • Check-ins.
    • Hayden- canoe trailers should be back up and running soon.
    • Colby- as water sport season ends, will become the interim snow sports leader. 
    • Sam- looking for a trip leader that is van certified for Saturday, October 14 from 12-4. 
    • Colby- wants to get one more backpacking trip in before Winter, if possible. 
    • Hedi- We need to make sure that at the end of the semester, we reach out to Montello and set up a nature club, and that we reach out to the Nordic Ski Association to help with trail work sometime this semester (could possibly be turned into a trail running trip). 
    • Mitchel- AMC Head of Advancement wants to look at extending the BOC’s relationship with the AMC. 
    • Shenny- Acadia over October break. 
  • OPM Job opening (Mitchel’s current position).
    • Apply on Handshake. 
  • Sheets for trips.
    • A checklist that makes sure everyone knows the trip name, trip date, # of participants, if a van is rented or not, if a van has been returned, if meal replacement has been ordered, and a link to a photo album.
      • This will keep everything organized and everyone on the same page, especially as more non-head trip leaders start to lead more trips and the BOC expands. 
  • Merch.
    • Fleeces.
    • T-shirts. 
    • Hats. 
    • 5 panel.
  • Equity and inclusion.
    • Setting up relationships with identity-based clubs. 
    • Reaching out to the OIE to advertise trips.
    • Change the perception of the club- not a clicky friend group.
    • Possible identity-based trips. (Issue with leaders for these trips and what would be good options) 
    • Encourage leaders of identity-based clubs to become leaders within the BOC.
    • Julia- possible women’s affinity/disability group joint trip. 
  • Trip leader dinner.