Check
Lists – use these or customize them to fit your outings:
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Fine Print for use in
publicity
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Screening by Phone or
Email
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Press List to publicize
outings
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Packing List
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Post-Outing Check-List
1.
Sample Fine
Print
For use in
publicity about your outings, whether in newspaper, email. Err on the side of
giving too much information, rather than too little.
Fine
print: These outings are appropriate for people of all ages including children.
Non-members welcome; sorry no dogs. Bring a friend! Free! Participants will be
asked to sign a standard liability waiver. To see the waiver in advance, call a
leader or go to
http://www.sierraclub.org/outings/chapter/forms/index.asp.
2.
Screening by Phone or
Email
*** TELL or REMIND ABOUT
LIABILITY WAIVER ***
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Trail
conditions: treacherous, snowy, icy, wet, muddy, etc.
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What to wear: no jeans
or dress boots; sturdy shoes; layers if winter weather;
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Special
equipment/skills if required (snowshoes, water shoes, flashlight if dark)
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If water outing: can
they swim?
What to bring:
sunglasses
water & snack
camera
walking stick
trash bag
$ for parking or entrance
fee
your own medication(s)
3.
Press List
Create a list of areas
newspapers, contacts & their deadlines.
4.
Packing List for Leaders
MUST BRING:
first aid kit & sign up
sheet/waiver, clipboard/pens
WOULD BE NICE TO BRING:
Sierra Club Things:
membership brochures & latest newsletter & future hikes list
PERSONAL COMFORT:
water & snack
extra gloves, scarf
OTHER:
camera
trash bags
trail map of the area
cell phone (not mandatory;
is not a substitute for safety planning)
field guides: birds,
trees, flowers
flashlight for evening
walks
walking stick
5.
Post-Outing List
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write thank
you note if someone was a guide
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get photos
developed
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write article
for newsletter & web site
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add new
emails/phone #s to your outings contact list
