C.O.R.E. AGM

Message to ALL C.O.R.E. members.

100-Calendar PicThe C.O.R.E. AGM will be held on May 31 this year and will consist of our traditional socializing, food and refreshments, a picture show of past excursions, and the election of a new executive for the coming 2016-2017 year. Please give some thought to putting your name forward for a position on the executive. It does take some of your time. The executive meets once a month to discuss club business and decide on actions to be taken to ensure the smooth, safe running of club activities. Depending on your role, there may be additional work and organizing to be done outside of meetings. But it is all fun, and very fulfilling. If you would like some further details about a particular position, or want to find out about being nominated, please contact a current executive member (our email addresses are posted on the Executive Contact page of our website), or send an email to mailbox@corehike.org. OR…just come to the AGM on May 31.

Highlights of Projects the Executive worked on in 2015-2016

To give you an idea of what exactly the Executive does, here are some highlights of projects we worked on in the past year.

  • —Finding interesting presenters for the monthly meetings

  • —Setting up the Website Blog page

  • Publishing the monthly newsletter

  • —Publishing members’ adventure articles on our Blog

  • —Arranging association with the Norseman Outdoor store

  • —Organizing MEC night presentations and discounts

  • —Implementing new improved Event Calendar email notification APP

  • —Facilitating C.O.R.E. booth at Climb for Wilderness day

  • —Organizing the annual Christmas party

Open Executive Positions

All positions on the Executive are open for nomination by the membership at the AGM, and are listed below. This year we are fortunate to have more than half the past executive express interest in staying on for another year in various roles to provide continuity and complete projects they were working on. There are however several positions that are up for grabs. These are highlighted (*) and described below.

  • —Chairperson:

  • —Co-Chairperson: (*)

  • —Secretary: (*)

  • —Treasurer:—

  • Membership Coordinator:

  • —Communications Coordinator: (*)

  • —Presentations Coordinator:

  • —Executive Trip Coordinator: (*)

  • —Webmaster:

  • —Member-at-Large (for special projects): (*)

Descriptions of the Open Executive Roles

The Co-chairperson

  • —Acts in place of the Chairperson when needed
  • —Supports the activities and business of the club

The Secretary

  • —Takes minutes at all meetings where business is conducted
  • —Keeps the records of the club
  • —Prepares meeting agendas
  • —Helps prepare the Annual Societies Return

The Communications Coordinator (1)

  • —Communicates club news and executive decisions to the membership
  • —Posts items of interest on Social Media
  • —Publishes the C.O.R.E. Blog (Monthly Newsletter and other news-worthy posts)

(1) Note that this role comes with some FREE technical training, on-line and phone support for a whole year on how to publish Blogs on WordPress (provided by past webmaster and Comms Coordinator). So if you have ever wanted to become a Blogger, and even set up your own personal WordPress Blog acccount, this is a great opportunity.

The Executive Trip Coordinator (2)

  • Oversees posted events and activities and collects trip reports
  • Provides information on upcoming trips, trail conditions, etc. at monthly meetings
  • Encourages members to coordinate trips
  • Assists and advises on destinations
  • Coordinates educational courses
  • Maintains historical trip database

(2) This role requires both organizational and computer skills. The past incumbent will be available to help.

The Member(s)-at-large:

  • —Checks the Club’s e-mail in-box and responds accordingly
  • —May assist with or take on other executive member’s duties or a special project as needed