My Friends ------------- Regrettably March 1-3 is the same weekend as our Iowa Chapter political training workshop. I would prefer to re-up my training as an outings leader, but duty calls elsewhere. If you are choosing between outings or politics, you should go with the latter. Jim Baker At 01:00 PM 12/27/01 -0800, Jane Clark wrote: >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 > >- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - >For SC email list T-and-C, send: GET TERMS-AND-CONDITIONS.CURRENT >to [log in to unmask] > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - For SC email list T-and-C, send: GET TERMS-AND-CONDITIONS.CURRENT to [log in to unmask]