Dear Iowans --

As you may have heard, the national club's first outings leader training
session of '02 will be held here in the middle of the country, just north of
Kansas City. Everyone who's attended one of these sessions elsewhere around
the U.S. has come away really impressed with the content and the
presentation (one activist in the St. Louis area is planning to come again
and bring half a dozen of her friends).

The only downside is that, with the holiday season, not too many people have
heard about the event, which is coming up March 1-3 at Camp Shawnee, near
Parkville, Mo. (easy to get to via I-29 and I-35.) Several of you should
have gotten a mailing from San Francisco by now, though I'm not sure how
well your deadlines mesh with this event.

Each of you is certainly urged to sign up yourself. But what would also be
valuable would be for you to think for a moment of those who currently lead
outings -- backpacking trips, canoe trips or conservation outings to points
of interest to group members -- and also those who are the next generation
of outings leaders. The session is only $45, and that includes room and
board and a T-shirt, as well as the training session itself.

The easiest way to sign up is to log onto the Siera Club Web site and
register online. Here's the link to a page with a sample agenda and other
information, as well as the registration form --
http://mitchell.sierraclub.org/outings/Training/index.asp

If you have any questions, please give me an E-mail or a call
(816-561-0575). I'm looking forward to seeing all of you in Parkville the
first weekend of March.

-- Scott

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