OOPS - Calendar of Events for 2009

		Calendar of Events for 2009 Steve Wagner: Tina and Leon Skiles in 2004, just north of Tofino, BC.

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2009
Month	Day	Events	Organizer/Contact *
February	15	Brown’s Landing to Scappoose Bay Marina	Dave Polland/Trips Coordinator
	15	Sand-Blalock Islands	Pat Welle/Trips Coordinator
	18	Board Meeting	President
	20	Getting the Kinks out for Kayaking	Neil Bastian/Education Coordinator
	22	Towing	Joanne Barta/Education Coordinator
	25	General Meeting	President
	27	Getting the Kinks out for Kayaking	Neil Bastian/Education Coordinator
March	1	Washougal to Vancouver	Don Durheim/Trips Coordinator
	7	Bingen, Washington to Drano Lake (Rescheduled on March 21)	Teresa Webb/Trips Coordinator
	14	Miller Island	David Dalbey/Trips Coordinator
	15	Salmon River Estuary	Don Beale/Trips Coordinator
	18	Board Meeting	President
	21	Bingen, Washington to Drano Lake (Reschedule of March 7 Trip)	Teresa Webb/Trips Coordinator
	25	General Meeting	President
	28	Dalton Point to Chinook Landing	Tom Argent/Trips Coordinator
	28	Oregon City to Sellwood	Don Durheim/Trip Coordinator
	30	Rolling	Teresa Webb/Education Coordinator
April	3	Getting the Kinks out for Kayaking	Neil Bastian/Education Coordinator
	5	Forward Stroke Class	Fred Harsman/Education Coordinator
	6	Rolling	Teresa Webb /Education Coordinator
	7	Practice Session at the Pool	Joanne Barta/Education Coordinator
	11-13	Port Angeles Kayak Symposium	info@raftandkayak.com
	12	Aldrich Point and Nearby Islands	Tom Argent/Trip Coordinator
	12	Hebb Park to Willamette Park	Don Durheim/Trip Coordinator
	18-19	Southern Puget Sound @ Anderson Island	Events Coordinator
	19	Mayer State Park-Klickitat River	Neil Schulman/Trip Coordinator
	22	Board Meeting	President
	25	Clatskanie River	Bob Criteser/Trip Coordinator
	25-26	Trip Organization Training	Don Beale & Fred Harsman/Education Coordinator
	25-26	Alder Creek Paddlefest	info@aldercreek.com
	29	General Meeting	President
May	3	OOPTIKS	President/Events Coordinator
	3	Gilbert River Loop	Jean Sekula/Trip Coordinator
	5	Practice Session at the Pool	Joanne Barta/Education Coordinator
	10	West wind paddle - Viento - Hood River	Teresa Webb/Trip Coordinator
	11	Rolling	Teresa Webb/Education Coordinator
	16-17	Puget Sound Sea Kayak Symposium	kayak@tacomaparks.com
	17	American Heart Assoc. First Aid/CPR	Marcia Medler/Education Coordinator
	20	Board Meeting	President
	22-25	Mayne Island	Events Coordinator
	27	General Meeting	President
	30	Vancouver Lake & Estuary	Henry Olivia/Trip Coordinator
	31	Nestucca Bay Salt and Surf	Neil Schulman/Trip Coordinator
June	2	Practice Session at the Pool	Joanne Barta/Education Coordinator
	5	Smith & Bybee Lakes midweek	Mike Cenedella/Trip Coordinator
	6	6th Annual Bridge Tour	Nicole Peltz/Trip Coordinator
	6	West Linn to Rock Islands	Don Durheim/Trip Coordinator
	12-14	SSTIKS
	13	Lower Columbia & Sand Island	David Dalbey/Trip Coordinator
	17	Board Meeting	President
	19-21	Instructor Development Workshop	Tim Mattson/Education Coordinator
	19-21	Willapa Bay	Bonnie Campbell/Trip Coordinator
	24	General Meeting	President
July	12	Deception Pass day 1	Don Beale/Trip Coordinator
	13	Deception Pass day 2	Don Beale/Trip Coordinator
	17	Tillamook Water Trail; Carnahan Park	Joanne Barta/Trip Coordinator
	17-19	Sunshine Coast	Events Coordinator
	22	Board Meeting	President
	25-26	Reed Island Clean-Up and Kayak Camping Week-End	Mike Cenedella and Ruth Spetter/Trip Coordinator
	26	Wet Exit Rescue Class	Dave Polland/Education Coordinator
	29	General Meeting	President
August	2	Wet Exit Rescue Class	Dave Polland/Education Coordinator
	8	Tillamook Bay & Three Graces	David Graham/Trip Coordinator
	8-9	Navigation Skills Class and Paddle	Steve Nelson/Education Coordinator
	14-16	Instructor Certification Exam	Pat Welle/Education Coordinator
	14-16	Waldo Lake	John Wadlow/Events Coordinator
	15	Hump, Walker & Lord Islands	Don Durheim/Trip Coordinator
	17-21	Paddle Oregon	kate@willamette-riverkeeper.org
	17-23	BCU Week and LOCO Roundup	info@columbiariverkayaking.com
	19	Board Meeting	President
	21-23	SCOOP	Events Coordinator
	23	Wet Exit Rescue Class	Dave Polland/Education Coordinator
	24	Salmon River Estuary	Don Beale/Trip Coordinator
	26	General Meeting	President
	29	Columbia City to Prescott Beach	Don Durheim/Trip Coordinator
September	6	Wet Exit Rescue Class	Dave Polland/Education Coordinator
	12	Lacamas Lake	Jessie Bader/Trip Coordinator
	13	Gorge Gush	Greg Clopton/Trip Coordinator
	19	L&C Park to Chinook Landing	Don Durheim/Trip Coordinator
	20	Gorge Downwinder	Neil Schulman/Trip Coordinator
	23	Board Meeting	President
	25-27	Skamokowa Weekend	Howard Blumenthal
	25-27	West Coast Sea Kayak Symposium	Events Coordinator
	30	General Meeting	President
October	1	Personal Skill Development	Bob Baltazar/Education Coordinator
	This Fall, I am volunteering to offer paddling skill development coaching sessions for small groups of 1-4 OOPS members. I am working on becoming a Level 2 Coach for the British Canoe Union (BCU) ; these sessions would help me develop coaching skills while I would help you either gain new skills or refine your current skill set. Classes can cover forward/backward paddling, maneuvering strokes, bracing, beginning rolling, rescues, greenland paddling, and/or basic canoeing skills (a new requirement for BCU 2 Star Assessments). These sessions will mainly be conducted in calm waters or pool sessions. Call or email me if you want to improve your skills, if you want to get ready for an upcoming assessment, or if you just want to have more fun on the water. We will then determine if I can help you and work out an agreeable time. October through December only.
	3	Willamette River Clean UP	Don Durheim/Trip Coordinator
	3	Black River Beauty	Stacy Ozer/Trip Coordinator
	4	Lake Merwin Kokannee Search	Neil Schulman/Trip Coordinator
	10	Prescott Beach / Sandy Island	Don Durheim/Trip Coordinator
	17-18	Lake Billy Chinook	Ken Scholz/Events Coordinator
	17 & 24	Organizer Training	Joanne Barta /Education Coordinator
	21	Board Meeting	President
	24	Rodgers Landing to Wilsonville	Kevin Donovan/Trip Coordinator
	25	Lacamas Lake Cleanup	Joanne Barta/Trip Coordinator
	25	Maneuvering in Wind	Greg Clopton/Education Coordinator
	28	General Meeting	President
	31	Trick or Treat Paddle	Fred Harsman/Trip Coordinator
November	1	Strokes Class	Fred Harsman/Education Coordinator
	1	Almost full moon paddle	Bob Criiteser/Trip Coordinator
	7	Ross Island Circumnavigation	John Matzka/Trip Coordinator
	7	Grays Bay - Altoona - Miller Sand	Don Durheim/Trip Coordinator
	7	County Line Park to Cathlamet	Neil Schulman/Trip Coordinator
	8	Basic Rock Gardening	Don Beale/Education Coordinator
	8	Kayak Repair Basics	Mike Mattson/Education Coordinator
	11	West Linn to Rock Islands	Stacy Ozer/Trip Coordinator
	11	Board Meeting	President
	18	General Meeting	President
	21	Hebb Park to Willamette Park, West Linn	Bruce Wenigmann/Trip Coordinator
	21	Aldrich Point and Nearby Islands	Tom Argent/Trip Coordinator
	22	Rolling lesson with B.C.U. method	Teresa Webb/Education Coordinator
	27	Ross Island Circumnavigation	Gary Groomer/Trip Coordinator
December	5	Rolling lesson with B.C.U. method	Teresa Webb/Education Coordinator
	6	Rolling lesson with B.C.U. method	Teresa Webb/Education Coordinator
	6	Rivermill Lake	David Dalbey/Trip Coordinator
	12	Deception Pass Dash	Info & Registration
	19	Reed, Flag, and Gary Islands	Tom Argent/Trip Coordinator
	25	Christmas Day on Vancouver Lake	Heather Hollis/Trip Coordinator
		Board Potluck/Transition	President
		No General Meeting

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Training Funding Assistance Policy

The Training Funding Assistance Policy was adopted last year as a way to encourage active trip leaders to improve their skills and to reward them for contributing to OOPS. Below are some classes that would apply under this policy. This is not a complete list by any means - it is only to show some examples and to remind the club that this opportunity is available. If you are interested in utilizing the club resources to assist in advancing your own skills through professional development, please review the policy online in the Documents section.

3-day Leadership Workshop, 8-1 thru 3, Columbia River Kayaking
October 11-12 Coastal Paddling with Nigel Foster, Portland Kayak Co. (10% discount for OOPS members)
October (Dates still TBD): American Canoe Association Instructor Development Workshop (IDW) and Instructor Certification Exam (ICE). Two different options, one is Andree Hurley at Kayak Instruction Excellence and the other is Tim Mattson.

As additional trips and classes are scheduled details will be posted on this page and the OOPS listserv. Guests are welcome on many trips.

Only current OOPS members may sign up for OOPS classes. Processing new or renewing memberships can take three to four weeks.

* For more information on the above events, email the organizer, sponsor or the
appropriate board member: , or
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If you see any errors or omissions or know of other events that would be of interest to the membership, email the webmaster.