ACTIVITIES CALENDAR 2008

Happy New Year. Let’s make 2008 a great year for outings.

Remember you do not have to be an OCTA member to join in these activities, so bring a friend!

New this year: To make the activities leaders’ lives easier, I will be the registrar and initial contact person for all leader-lead activities. That is the reason you may see my name as the contact.

March 7 & 8, Sacramento , CA

OCTA Mid-Year Board Meeting This is a chance to observe the national board conduct the business of OCTA. The meeting will take place at the Hawthorne Suites Hotel, Sacramento . See the Winter 2008 issue of Trail Talk for more details.

Joyce Everett OCTA Coordinator 916.652.3776 jimandjoyce@mac.com

March 8 & 9, Sacramento , CA

Mini Chapter Symposium Complimenting OCTA’s Mid-Year Board Meeting, symposium chair Joyce Everett has planned some wonderful speakers, meals, and tour of Sutter’s Fort and its replicated 1846 emigrant wagon. See the Winter 2008 issue of Trail Talk for more details.

Joyce Everett Chapter Symposium Chair

916.652.3776 jimandjoyce@mac.com

July 28 & 29, Highway 88

Carson River Trail: Cleanup and Marking

This is Frank Tortorich’s tenth year of leading this project. In the past the crew has put up interpretive signs, cleared and marked trails in the Toiyabe and Eldorado Forests along Highway 88. There is a limit of 20 people with preference given to past participants.

Mary Ann Tortorich Activities Coordinator 209.296.7242 annamae1846@gmail.com

August 6 – 9, New Dates Nampa , ID

2008 OCTA Convention This year’s convention will have many activities and tours August 3-10. Watch Idaho Chapter’s progress on their website IdahoOCTA.org. Let Jim know if you are interested in helping during the convention or if you have an item for the raffle.

James W. McGill I-OCTA 208.467.4853 jwmcgill@pobox.com

OTHER THAN OCTA

September 2008 - TBA

Passport-In-Time Project (PIT) Check PIT Project website for registration deadline and details. It is not yet posted as the date has not been set.

www.passportintime.com Frank Tortorich USFS Crew Chief

IMPORTANT NOTES

When signing up for a specific CA/NV Chapter activity, some leaders may ask participants to pay a minimum fee to cover expenses and to secure a reservation.

Registrations for leader-led activities will be conducted through the chapter activities coordinator or leader.

All participants will be required to sign a liability release form prior to the activity.

For more information, or if you have questions, please contact me, CA/NV Chapter Activities Coordinator Mary Ann Tortorich 209.296.7242 wagonwheel@volcano.net

NEW ACTIVITIES COORDINATOR Hi, I am Mary Ann Tortorich, the new CA/NV Activities Coordinator. I am a charter member of CA/NV Chapter and of OCTA. Shann Rupp, Mary Mueller, and Tom Fee were among those coordinators in the past that have organized some great activities. I would like to try to fill their hiking boots and do a great job, too. However, to do a good job, I will need the great support you gave them all those years of doing a super job and I really need your help with some ideas for outings. Want to see a special trail or trail segment; do some trail clearing, or perhaps mapping; even be asked to do some library research for the chapter? Would you be interested in leading a tour; heading a mapping party; or need some research done? I will do all the paper work for you as leader. You just have to show up with your project ready for participants. You can limit the number of participants and ask for fees to cover your printing, postage, etc., expenses. Please, let me know your interests and I will try to put it together. New this year – to help outings leaders, I offered to be the registrar and initial contact person for the outings, instead of the leaders who would prefer I take over that task. You are most welcome to contact me at 209.296.7242 or wagonwheel@volcano.net To keep up with changing activities calendar between Trail Talk mailings, check the chapter website www.canvocta.org or sign up with me for E-News, for chapter’s email updates and other messages. A note of support for OCTA: keep track of travel time and expenses and hours donated to OCTA for Jeanne and Bill Watson. They gather this information for needed reports to qualify OCTA for project funding from the NPS and other government sources.