Welcome back to grounds, dirt gremlins!
I hope this very first ODC email of the school year is filling your inboxes with so much joy:) I know I’m extremely excited to be back in Charlottesville with all of you wonderful people, and I cannot wait to see what epic adventures are in store for us!
Here’s an annual reminder of how these emails work:
Announcements → Gear Info → Trip Resources → Adventure of the Week → Social Media
~ Charlotte (your new co-secretary… ouuuu)
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Come see us at the club fair tomorrow from 11am-3pm @ table 235b on South Lawn !!
First Party of the Year is coming soon….
- Stay tuned for an upcoming announcement.
GEAR ROOMS RETURN!!! (find the info in the gear section down below…)
On that Note: BRING BACK YOUR GEAR!
- Did you borrow something this spring and forget to bring it back? Maybe sometime this summer? Well, here’s your opportunity to return your club gear to a gear room this week or email the officers (outdoors-officers@virginia.edu) to schedule a return time.
Lastly, encouraging all trip leaders to post trips! The more trips, the better waitlist relief for all:)
Are YOU in the GroupMe?
- Join it here!
Officer Meeting Notes
- Here are the notes from our latest officer meeting (8/25).
GEAR RESOURCES AND POLICY
This Week’s Gear Room Schedule:
Tuesday @ 2:00 pm — Anusha (571-455-0721)
Wednesday @ 11:15 am — Max S (617-780-1129)
Thursday @ 4:00 pm — Max T (703-862-7391)
If none of these times work for you, please email the officers at outdoors-officers@virginia.edu at least 24 hours in advance to schedule a separate time to be let into the gear room. Please only do this if you really can’t make the gear room times, not just because you don’t feel like it or didn’t plan ahead.
You can stop by the gear room to check out or return gear and be reimbursed at any of the times listed above! Officers remain at the gear room only for as long as people are checking in/out gear (usually about 20-25 minutes). You may also purchase ODC t-shirts, sweatshirts, hats, patches, stickers, and more at the gear room!
MISC. GEAR INFO:
- Before returning gear, refer to the GEAR CLEANING DOC!
- If you return damaged, dirty, or incomplete gear, you will jeopardize your ability to check out gear in the future. It is your responsibility to return your gear in the condition you received it.
- Please refer to our reimbursement policy here.
- You can check our gear inventory here.
- Want to check out water sports gear or a mountain bike?
- Please email the officers at outdoors-officers@virginia.edu. They are stored at separate locations. We ask that you give at least 24 hours notice.
- Gear is due one week from when it is checked out unless renewed by an officer at a gear room. Keeping gear past its due date is a UVA Honor Offense. Club trips have priority access to gear.
Directions to the Gear Room:
- Start at Echols Dorm → go right on McCormick → turn right on Alderman Rd → take a left on Leake Drive → walk to the end of the road (there are several buildings and parking on either side) → pass a picnic table on the right → keep going! → walk straight to the first big maintenance building directly ahead → walk behind the building on the left side (if it feels like you maybe shouldn’t be there, you’re in the right place) → walk up the stairs → End: knock on the door!
- Map to Gear Room
TRIP RESOURCES AND REMINDERS
Leading Trips:
To become a trip leader, thoroughly read the Trip Leader Manual (resources page of the website) and send the officers an email (outdoors-officers@virginia.edu) letting them know you have done so. They will then activate you on the website! Alternatively, come to a Trip Leader Workshop, led by the officers several times each semester and posted on the website.
As a reminder, climbing, caving, mountain biking, and whitewater trips have special rules to lead! To learn more about types of trips and to become an approved trip leader for the sports listed above, feel free to contact the club’s Sport Advisors (emails can soon!).
- Climbing:
- Cam Burke – twz5mz@virginia.edu
- Ella Mortimer – rzq9wc@virginia.edu
- Caving
- Allie Shelhammer – kvb8gz@virginia.edu
- Biking
- Max T – uhg2nv@virginia.edu
- Susannah – bay6nh@virginia.edu
- Hiking/Backpacking
- Carson – mxz2fc@virginia.edu
- Ed – eba4ksx@virginia.edu
- Water Sports
- John – uce3pa@virginia.edu
- Will – xsc9gq@virginia.edu
If you have questions about how to lead trips, refer to the Leading Trips pages under Resources on the club website.
Want to lead a trip for an under-represented group in the outdoors? Lead an Affinity Trip! See the link for details and guidelines.
Absences:
- Please be aware that if you are joined on a trip, and you do not show up, or you drop out at the last minute, you are depriving another member of a spot on that trip.
- No-shows and last-minute absences not only hurt trip attendance, but they also make logistics more complicated.
- If a member is reported for two absences, trip leaders are permitted to take this into account when moving people off wait lists.
Sexual Harassment and Equity Reporting:
- Outdoors at UVA is committed to providing a safe and welcoming space for everyone to enjoy the outdoors. If you feel you or another have experienced misconduct at the hands of another club member, please report it here. This is including but not limited to misconduct regarding sexuality (including sexual harassment), gender, race, ethnicity, ability, etc.
- Outdoors at UVA’s Harassment, Discrimination, and Sexual Misconduct policy can be found here. Our club Code of Conduct can be found here.
ADVENTURE OF THE WEEK!!!
No AOTW this week! Submit next week for a chance to be featured!
- How to be featured:
- Each week we’ll feature a different adventure that happened within the previous 7 days. To be featured, send us (outdoors-officers@virginia.edu) a couple of pictures of you and your pals adventurin’ and a little blurb about what you did!
- We’re stoked to see what y’all get up to, but please do not take pictures of people without their consent (and don’t submit them to us without their consent).
- Try and submit pictures as .jpeg files if possible! (not .heic live photos!)
What amazing adventure will be the FIRST SHOUTOUT of 2024-2025?!?!
Social Media:
FB: (https://www.facebook.com/groups/OutdoorsAtUVA/)
Insta: (https://www.instagram.com/uvaoutdoors/)
GroupMe: (https://groupme.com/join_group/68250538/0HmzE2tL)