Training Log Archive: barb

Event: NEOC: Menotomy Rocks
 

hanging controls at Menotomy Rocks.
LOTS of people there today.
Word had gone out on the parents email list. I did that once before and we got a lot of people. Should do that for all meets.
Talked to Sylvie; I think to get people coming back it would make sense to have multiple meets at the SAME map in one season. If you are bringing out families with kids. Maybe the serious club meets could be on Saturdays, and then everyone volunteers to put on regular local meets on Sundays, to reach out and bring more people in. It worked for our guerilla Cambridge O in Nov & Dec.

A Newton teacher contacted NEOC; looks like we'll have another project in early May, 50 9th grade girls. Jeff Saeger, Jason Tong and Isabel will probably be involved too. Current plan is to do some learning and training the first day, using Edmands Park CSU map, then go to NEOC's Boojum Rock map for the 2nd day. I'll meet with the teacher tomorrow morning to talk about possibilities, and check in with Jeff, Jason & Izzy tonight to make sure we're all on board. Pretty nice to have a school willing to give us two days of their students' time for orienteering. Also nice to have access to girls.

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Submitted a grant application to the City of Cambridge today asking for $21,700 to employ 15 kids + a supervisor for 20 hrs/week, 6 weeks in the summer, learning and teaching orienteering.

Isabel picked up two of the middle school kids at 3:00 and they did a Crossroads training in the snow at a nearby park. Keegan said he'd start a club at the school next year.