Caledon Navigators

We're very pleased to report that Christine Wallace has agreed to stay on as club president for a second year.  Christine has made club training nights a high priority, and as a result, we had numerous opportunities to get together in 2009. 

Our other 2010 executive members are:

Vice President – Nick de St. Croix
Treasurer – Angus Doughty
Registrar – Barb Campbell
Member at Large – Sarah Caylor

1. New Club Executive for 2009
    President – Christine Wallace
    Vice President – Nick de St. Croix
    Treasurer – Don Coats
    Registrar – Barb Campbell
    Secretary – Leesa Emmerson

2. The Membership fee will continue at $25.00 a year, and will run from    January 2009 to December 31, 2009

3. The Thomas Winter Orienteering Event will be held on January 18, 2009 at Glen Haffey Conservation Area (the Dingle).  Keith and Barb will assist Jeff in setting the course.  Christine will ask Kevin if he would like to be the Race Director, and will confirm later.4. A Snowshoe Race will be held (tentatively) on Sunday, January 11, 2009 with Leanne as Race Director.  Christine and Sarah have volunteered to help.

5. The Mountain Bike Orienteering Race will be held (tentatively) on May 31, 2009 at Mansfield.  Jeff and Keith will set the course, and Barb will be Race Director.  This date will be confirmed once permission is granted from Mansfield and the availability of the map.

6. The Club decided to carry out 4 training/practice nights as follows:
        February 26 – Orienteering Training Night – Barb        
        March 26 – Orienteering Training Night – Angus
        April 22 – Orienteering Training Night – Nick
        May 13 – MTB Training night – Jeff

7. Keith will look into the purchase of OCAD and the licensing availability for the club.

8. Next tentative meeting is scheduled for April 22, 2009.  

The next club meeting is set for Tuesday 15th May and will start at 7 pm. The location is the Caledon Hills Cycling store at 15640 McLaughlin Road in Inglewood.

We will be discussing proposed training sessions and events that we will be organizing throughout the remainder of 2007. So, if you’d like to have input, please plan on attending.

1) Don Coates, Treasurer, noted that he has received approximately “8” membership forms to-date.

2) The Caledon Navigator’s Website is almost up and running. The site URL is: http://caledonnavigators.heysport.com/. Note that there is no www required.

3) Discussion took placed regarding memberships involving people who do not want to compete in events. There may be people who just want to be involved with the club, and would like to participate in the runs and the training programs, but do not want to enter competitive events.

4) Nick de St. Croix will price around for race shirts with the club’s colours of silver and burgundy.

5) Upcoming Events:

• Sunday, January, 29 – 8:30 a.m. – Training Run at Palgrave (Duffy’s Lane)
• Thursday, February 16 – 7:00 p.m. – Clinic Night at Caledon Hills Cycling – cost $10.00 per person
• Sunday, February 26 – Certification Day – Practical and Academic – Time and Place to be decided.
• Saturday, March 12 – Heart Lake – Thomass Series – this event will be organized by the Caledon Navigators.
• Sunday, April 30 – Club Meet – there will be a clinic before an informal orienteer course run – there will also be a novice course set up for kids.

Introductions were made and everybody present gave a brief bio of themselves.

Keith Sanger and Nick de St. Croix gave a brief description of the proposed club and the progress made so far. Progress had been limited to designing the club logo and the membership form. The core of the club would be aimed at Orienteering for all levels from Junior to advanced, with a heavy emphasis on family participation. They described how they thought Adventure Racing would fit into the club.

Doug Innes gave a brief introduction to the Orienteering Ontario Association (OOA) and how the Caledon Navigators would relate to it.

Plans for the coming year include certifying some club members to be able to organize local races, to organize one of the Thomass series Orienteering events and to assist the Gators Orienteering club in organizing the Canadian Championships for 2006.

Interest was also expressed in holding regular training sessions for both novice and more experienced orienteers in order to develop a skill set within the club and promote orienteering within the community. It was also recommended that small informal meets be held in the spring and fall to build up the club and get interested families participating.

The following positions within the club were allocated (volunteered):

• President – Keith Sanger
• Vice-President – Nick de St. Croix
• Secretary – Leesa Emmerson
• Treasurer – Don Coats
• Website maintenance – Tyron D’souza
• Training organizers – Nick (Orienteering); Pat Burke (Training Runs)
• Adventure Race Co-ordination – Norman Nadon
• Certification training – Keith; Jeff Wright; Nick; Don; Nigel Hudson; Tyron
• Membership Committee – Trish Coulter; Geoffrey Gow; Rick Sommerkamp