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Tuesday Nov 1, 2016 #
Bicycling 35:00 [2]
Work, Cambridgeport School for an orienteering introduction, work, home.
Monday Oct 31, 2016 #
Bicycling 55:00 [3]
To Fresh Pond in the morning to hang controls for the Morse 5th grade class. Then to work, then home.
Sunday Oct 30, 2016 #
Event: Vampire-O
Bicycling 45:00 [3]
To North Point Park and back for our IS League O event, and to Danehy Park for the Vampire-O
Orienteering 35:00 [2]
Some control setting and some orienteering at the Vampire-O. Super fun. Light rain. We had a pretty good turnout, given that we only got permission a couple days before, and all the high school boys bailed because of fear of melting in the rain. I think the problem is that when they run cross-country (training or competition) in the rain, they don't have the right gear and get all cold and then sick, so they're scared of it. We had 5 kids approximately middle school, and maybe 8 adults. A guy named Alex won, and also helped us pick up controls. Keegan arrived late but still went out on the course, and then picked up all the farthest-away controls to get the exercise/experience.
Thanks to the Bermans for bringing their tent and refreshments. Thanks to Ethan for coming up with the idea and pulling it off! He did a nice job giving instructions and orchestrating the whole thing. Great energy.
Thanks to the Bermans for bringing their tent and refreshments. Thanks to Ethan for coming up with the idea and pulling it off! He did a nice job giving instructions and orchestrating the whole thing. Great energy.
Note
A long day, putting on two local events: our 4th IS League series event at North Point Park and a Vampire-O.
We haven't figured out the PR piece yet, and went into the fall with a reasonable plan for outreach but did not manage to fully implement it. Over the winter we will plan for next year.
The silver lining of low (but nonzero!) turnout is that we get to spend more time with each group. At North Point Park, we were busy most of the time. I talked to a woman who is interested in stewardship of the park, and we have a plan to get together later and do some joint orienteering / learning about the native plants activity in 2017. Several families came. We finally posted on NEOC website (why didn't I think of that earlier?) and got at least one family that way.
We haven't figured out the PR piece yet, and went into the fall with a reasonable plan for outreach but did not manage to fully implement it. Over the winter we will plan for next year.
The silver lining of low (but nonzero!) turnout is that we get to spend more time with each group. At North Point Park, we were busy most of the time. I talked to a woman who is interested in stewardship of the park, and we have a plan to get together later and do some joint orienteering / learning about the native plants activity in 2017. Several families came. We finally posted on NEOC website (why didn't I think of that earlier?) and got at least one family that way.