| Start: 2007-01-15 21:53:25 End: 2011-11-02 21:53:39 Comment: CHANGED meet or GENERAL INFO about a meet Heading: Halloween-O is CANCELLED: Body: We're sorry, but contrary to the Runner's Calendar, there will be no Halloween-O this year. :( |
| Start: 2009-03-01 08:58:58 End: 2009-03-26 20:59:24 Comment: BOARD MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT...save Heading: Next Club Board Meeting: Body: 3/26/2009 - contact a board member if you would like to attend (or become a board member.) |
| Start: 2009-05-05 21:58:59 End: 2009-05-30 21:59:10 Comment: BLM PERMANENT COURSE - after training class? Heading: NEW - Try our new permanent courses: Body: If you want to practice orienteering on your own schedule, try our courses near the Campbell Creek Science Center. These courses are permanent, so they are always ready when you are. You can try courses we've designed, or download a map with all the controls on it and design your own course. Please also visit our training page for more information on how to improve your orienteering skills. |
| Start: 2009-05-07 14:29:12 End: 2009-06-16 14:29:24 Comment: QuickRoute blurb Heading: Take your GPS to orienteering events: Body: Were you where you thought you were? Take your GPS when you participate in an orienteering event and then use free QuickRoute software to find out! Use it to quickly and easily plot your route on a scan of the map. Also shows your speed via color coding. Works with Google Earth too. More cool stuff about QuickRoute here. Good for fun and for training. Check it out! |
| Start: 2009-05-15 18:51:24 End: 2009-05-31 18:51:34 Comment: VOLUNTEERS......in spring Heading: VOLUNTEERS needed! Body: The Club is run by volunteers and we need your help! Each year please try to help out with at least one event in some way, even if it is simply recording finish times or helping take down controls after a meet. If you are interested in helping, please contact a meet director or check the box on the waiver/membership form. Thank you! |
| Start: 2009-05-20 19:33:15 End: 2009-05-30 19:33:30 Comment: USOF Advert Heading: Join the USOF: Body: Interested in learning more about orienteering in the U.S. and Canada? Join the United States Orienteering Federation and get a one-year subscription to Orienteering North America (the federation's magazine covering orienteering sports in the U.S. and Canada), voting rights at the Annual General Meeting, and entry fee discounts at sanctioned events around the country. |
| Start: 2009-06-01 20:55:58 End: 2009-06-10 19:56:10 Comment: EMAIL LIST REMINDER...in early summer Heading: Get event information by email: Body: What’s this about "email updates"? Members and non-members alike can join our email list and get up-to-date event information and notification of schedule changes by email. During the orienteering season you will receive about one email per week. Here is information on how to sign up. |
| Start: 2009-06-25 15:57:19 End: 2009-07-01 18:57:33 Comment: ROUTEGADGET ADVERT mid-summer The club has a neat web-based program that allows you to see the route choices of other orienteers and to draw your route on the course map. To check it out, click on one of the RouteGadget links in the Schedule / Results / Points section to the right. Heading: NOW Is The Time: Body: Usually only the red course is posted on RouteGadget, BUT...the Service High event (6/24/09) director has posted all of the courses. Add your route (you have to remember roughly where you were or use your GPS track) and compare it to the routes of others. Need help? After RouteGadget loads, click on the "help" link in the upper right-hand corner. |
| Start: 2010-01-05 18:52:02 End: 2011-05-05 20:52:11 Comment: MEET DIRECTOR TRAINING NOTIFICATION...save BP Energy Center Heading: Meet Director Training - Thursday, May 5: Body: NOTE: start time has changed to 6 pm (was 5:30 pm). Meet directors and those who want to become meet directors are invited to join us at the BP Energy Center. 6 pm to 9 pm. Pizza will be served. Please RSVP to Cory Smith. More info here. |
| Start: 2010-04-01 18:50:58 End: 2011-05-04 20:51:08 Comment: Elmendorf Meet If you want to attend this event, please email your first name, middle initial, last name, the last four numbers of your SSN, and your Alaska driver's license number to Chris Tomsen, the meet director, no later than April 17. Heading: Traditional-O, Wednesday, May 4, event at Elmendorf: Body: Sign-ups / security requirements We're sorry, but the deadline (by Elmendorf security) for signing up for this meet as passed (April 17), but you can still attend if you know someone in the military who will sponsor you. Here are the people on the access list. Questions? Contact Chris Tomsen, meet director.
Directions: For those on the submitted access list or with base access, once through the gate, proceed ahead at 2nd light, turn right onto Vandenberg Ave proceed north (runways on left). Follow orienteering orange/white controls north and west around the airfield, at "Fish and Triangle Lakes" and fire-sign intersection, split right onto gravel, proceed to start. Phone 244-7700 will be monitored. |
| Start: 2010-04-06 18:48:10 End: 2011-05-10 22:48:21 Comment: CLASSROOM TRAINING NOTIFICATION (AND MAP?)...save BP Energy Center To pre-register, simply email Cory or call 317-3962 and tell him the names of the people attending. Bring a compass, if you have one. $1 fee (for the map used in the class). Heading: Learn to Orienteer! Classroom training - Tuesday, May 10: Body: Want to learn more about orienteering? Come to the classroom training session at the BP Energy Center. 7 pm to 9 pm. |
| Start: 2010-08-13 22:48:47 End: 2011-08-24 22:48:54 Comment: Annual Meeting notice to Kathy or Joyce no later than August 23rd. Heading: August 24 Orienteering, Meeting, and PIZZA!: Body: The annual meeting of the Club will following the score-O on August 24th. The meeting is open to all club members. Please join us for pizza, refreshments, and door prizes at the Russian Jack chalet immediately following the score-O. For planning of pizza and refreshments, please RSVP via evite Also, you'll see a slide show of the orienteering season and some of our members orienteering in other parts of the world! And you can help select new officers and board members for the upcoming season. Maybe even step up to join the board. Many positions are open, including VP of Equipment (keeping meet equipment organized), VP of Media (Sending out emails to members and the news) , VP of events (helping to secure permits for meets and creating the schedule), or become an "at large" member and see what it's all about.
Or, sign up to help at or even host an event next season. We need you! |
| Start: 2010-08-14 08:53:11 End: 2010-08-25 20:53:30 Comment: Volunteers for Board - prior to annual mtng Heading: We need "YOU!" Body: The club is looking for volunteers to serve on the board of directors. There are 10 board officer positions and three \"at large\" members. Board members are elected for one year at the time, and each board member has a specific function. The board generally meets 5 times per year for about two hours each time. Meetings are held at a member\'s house; the atmosphere is informal. We encourage club members (new and old) to volunteer for board service. Nomination and election of board members occurs every year at the annual meeting. If you or someone you know would like to get involved in the running of the club but is unsure whether you can contribute, then an \"at large\" board member position is a great place to start. If you are interested in volunteering or learning more, please contact one of the Board members. |
| Start: 2010-09-23 01:58:42 End: 2011-08-14 21:58:52 Comment: MOUNTAIN O Heading: Mountain O is a GO on Sunday, August 14: Body: This year's mountain-O will be a score-O format. There will be 1-hour, 2-hour, and 4-hour options. The mass start for the 2 and 4-hour options will be at 9 a.m.; the 1-hour event mass start will be at 11:30 am. Come to the Chugach State Park Upper Huffman parking lot. The 1-hour event will be white/yellow difficulty, with most controls near trails and near the trail-head. The other two options will have more distant controls. |
| Start: 2011-01-01 11:21:24 End: 2011-02-15 20:00:00 Comment: Housing and car for mappers Heading: Got a spare room or vehicle? Body: Club members or non-members - we need some help! We have found a great husband/wife team to come up and map for us late this summer. Bill Cusworth is a skilled orienteer from Seattle and he and his wife are starting an o-mapping business. We have contracted with him to come map for us for 3 weeks from August 19 to Sept 8 this summer. We are looking for people that will volunteer to provide housing for the two of them a week at a time. If someone has space for the 3 weeks that would be great but last year we found that asking for a week at a time we got far more response. So how about it? Have a bit of space to share with some really nice orienteers, or know of somebody that does? If so email Kimball Forrest with your preferred time slot and we will see if we can save the club a bunch of money on housing.
Speaking of saving money, right now the cheapest rental car we can find for 3 weeks is nearly $1,500. So if you have a spare vehicle, then there is another opportunity to help us save some bucks! Please let Kimball know. Thanks!
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| Start: 2011-01-05 06:31:03 End: 2011-05-11 20:31:11 Comment: Meet after training class Heading: THE DAY AFTER THE CLASSROOM TRAINING there\'s a meet: Body: The classroom training class is on May 10. On Wednesday, May 11, when you\'re all trained up and ready to give orienteering a try, go to the north end (far end) of the Hilltop ski area parking lot any time between 5pm and 7pm. Beginner to advanced courses available. |
| Start: 2011-01-05 20:54:49 End: 2011-08-03 22:00:00 Comment: To access this great orienteering area, we need to provide Fort Rich security with the following information for all participants: Last name, first name, and middle initial; last 4 of your SSN, and Alaska Driver's license number. If you plan to attend and you haven't already sent us that info for an event at Ft Rich or Elmendorf this year, please email it to Chris Tomsen (a club board member and our "sponsor" with the military) on or before noon, July 17, 2011. Apologies, again, for the short notice. Also, you need to bring your blue visitor's pass (USARTRAK pass) with you on the day of the meet. USARTRAK/blue visitor's passes are required for this meet for ages 16+. Passes are available at the Fort Richardson gate (they say 24/7, but for better odds, go 9-5 M-F). If you are on the club's "guest list" for this meet, show your USARTRAK pass to the guard at the gate (no need to check in at the guard house). If you are on the list but don't have a pass and plan to get it the day of the meet, please allow time for processing at the gate. If you are not on the list, you will need to find someone in the military to sponsor you, try checking in to USARTRAK areas 411 or 412 via phone, or contact Chelsea at 218-349-0229. Lastly, as usual, current vehicle registration, insurance, and ID are also required. From Glenn Hwy entrance to Ft. Richardson, follow main road. Turn right at the first light. Turn right onto Davis Hwy. Shortly after an opened fence across the road, turn left onto Poleline Road. Follow Poleline Road approximately 3 miles. You can also follow controls to the start. If you attended the Elmendorf meet, you do not need to send Chris this information (you're already on the "guest" list) but if you will NOT be attending the Fossil Creek meet, please let Chris know and he'll take you off the list (security procedures change depending on the number of people on the list).
Last note: USARTRAK passes are required for this meet. Passes are available at the Fort Richardson gate (they say 24/7, but for better odds, go 9-5 M-F). If you are on the "guest list," you do not have to call in individually - just have the pass with you. If you don't have a pass and plan to get it the day of the meet, please allow time for processing at the gate.
USARTRAK
Lastly, as usual, current vehicle registration and current insurance are also required.
Fossil Creek meets are on areas 411 and 412.
Pia's meets are in
area 429, in the southwest corner of the Ft Rich training area.
Here is a map with marker at end of Klutina; start is 5 min walk to east from that point.
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| Start: 2011-01-07 08:48:51 End: 2012-05-31 18:49:16 Comment: ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP/WAIVER REMINDER...save If you have version 7 or higher of Adobe Reader (or Acrobat), you can fill out this one while in Adobe and then print and sign it. Info on free Adobe Reader is here. Heading: Waiver/Membership Form: Body: All participants must fill out this form once a year (prior to participating in their first meet.) To save time, fill it out, and bring it with your check or cash to the first event you attend. |
| Start: 2011-01-23 19:14:54 End: 2011-10-30 13:15:10 Comment: Finnish girl Heading: Host an exchange student from Finland: Body: Lilja is a high school student from Finland who is interested in coming to the US as an exchange student in the fall of 2012 and she is looking for a host family. She is interested in orienteering and is therefore asking us to circulate her introduction letter to the orienteering community. Email the Club President if you are interested in hosting and we can help establish communication between you and Lilja. |
| Start: 2011-04-21 19:24:19 End: 2011-05-31 19:24:22 Comment: Volunteers / Mentoring Heading: Meet Director Mentoring / Volunteers Body: New Volunteers: Want to assist with a meet? Many of our experienced meet directors could use a little help with their meets. Learn the ropes of putting on a meet, while you will assist an experienced meet director. Take a look at our 2011 schedule to figure out which meets you are available for. Then send an email to Karen Bronga with the subject "Assistant Volunteer" and include the dates that will work for you. New Meet Directors: Are you already a Meet Director and would like a `Mentor'? Maybe you are putting on a meet this summer or you'd still like to sign up for one (two meets have no director), and would like some guidance from a veteran meet director. Great! The `guidance' could be as simple as reviewing your course maps via email, helping out with map design and OCAD, or much more in-depth if you prefer. If you would like a mentor, send an email to Cory Smith with the subject "Mentor Request" and include the date of your meet and what aspects of the meet you would like the most help with.
Experienced Meet Directors:
Want an extra hand or two with your meet? If you would like to have a meet
assistant and are willing to offer a little instruction along the way, then send
me an email with the subject "Assistant Request" and include the date of your
meet.
Are you willing to mentor someone else's meet? Maybe there is a week you know
you won't be able to run? You could help that meet director (via phone, email,
or in person) by reviewing maps, field-checking, or providing whatever advice
you can offer. Even if you are planning to participate in the meet, there may
be ways to help, such as offering OCAD support. Send an email to
Cory Smith with the subject "Mentor Volunteer" and include the meet
dates that you are available to help with. I will attempt to assign you to help
with one of those meets.
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| Start: 2011-06-01 18:38:54 End: 2011-08-17 20:39:08 Comment: Mirror Lake AND EMAIL example All participants in the August 17th Mirror Lake meet must preregister by submitting their name to Kimball@resdat.com . If your name appears on the preregistration list from last year (embed a link) then no further action required. If not, then email kimball@resdat.com with your first and last name. Preregistration will close at 8pm August 16th. 2010MirrorLakeRoster.pdf If you want to enter the meet you must send your name to Kimball Forrest by....(date TBD)...send it now! If you email after that time, we can't get you on the permit and you will not be allowed to enter. The reason for the advanced notification is that we are holding our meet on private land and one of the permit stipulations is that we provide a list of names of all people who will be on the land. Heading: August 17 Mirror Lake meet details: Body: This area has lovely forests, interesting terrain, and is a lot of fun for orienteers. All participants must pre-register by submitting their name to the club's meet director. If your name appears on the pre-registration list from last year then no further action is required. Otherwise, email Kimball Forrest with your first and last name. Pre-registration will close at 8pm August 16th. The start will be at Mirror Lake Middle School. From the Glenn Highway take the N. Peters Creek exit. Cross over to the north side of the highway to the first stop sign. After the stop sign, go north and turn onto Lake Hill Dr. – it is a 45 degree right-hand turn on the north side of the intersection. Continue on Lake Hill Drive about a half mile to the school. |
| Start: 2011-08-16 02:59:26 End: 2011-09-28 22:59:34 Comment: Season Points announcement Heading: Season Points Tallied: Body: Here are the season results. |
| Start: 2011-08-22 02:00:45 End: 2011-12-31 19:00:56 Comment: NEW BOARD MEMBER ANNOUNCEMENT...save Heading: New 2011/2012 Board Members: Body: New members of the Board of Directors include: Jill Follett, Chelsea Frehulfer, Toby Schwoerer, Dela Grey. There are 13 board positions. Board members are elected for one year terms. The board generally meets about five times per year. Meetings are held at a member's house; the atmosphere is informal. We encourage club members (new and old) to volunteer for board service. Nomination and election of board members occurs every year at the annual meeting in August. |
| Start: 2011-08-27 00:02:07 End: 2011-12-31 19:02:07 Comment: SPONSORS...save Heading: Sponsors: Body: Please support and thank our generous sponsors for 2011: Conoco Philips, Skinny Raven, The Sport Shop, Eklutna Corporation, and Alaska Mountaineering and Hiking. Please also thank the Dekreon family for their generous and continuing support of the club. |
| Start: 2011-12-14 00:00:00 End: 2012-01-20 00:00:00 Comment: Comment...... Heading: Orienteer in Turkey - Body: on a travel program (5 Mb file) that intertwines cultural and orienteering activities for master orienteers between March 13 and 26, 2012. It starts from Istanbul and ends in the fantastic terrain of Cappadocia with a WRE event. It is full of orienteering in different regions and terrains and of cultural and archaeological sites. Dan and Anne Billman did it last year and heartily recommend it. |