VOC Centennial Book

Varsity Outdoor Club Centennial Coffee table book project

Introduction

VOC turns 100 years old in 2017! This page is to facilitate publication of a coffee table book regarding VOC history.

Notes for everyone

• Photos must be .jpeg or .tiff, 300 dpi (regular scanners will do)
• Let's work together to make sure this book is of high standard! This book will capture a monumental portion of Canadian mountaineering history.

Roles

Role/topic	Who's in charge	Support
Overall Organizers/Champion Cat herders	Kevin Pierce and Elliott Skierszkan
Book Production Team	Elliott Skierszkan, Kasia Celler, Caroline Jung, Joe O'Brien
Trek Alumni contact/photography/media Expert	Dan Mattison	Caroline Jung (reasonable tinkering skills with Photoshop)
Wiki Page head honcho	Caroline Jung
InDesign Expert	Kasia Celler
Writing/publishing/editing expert	Philippe LeBillon
Pre-1950s	Kevin Pierce, Lucy Buchanan-Parker
1950s	Caroline Jung
1960s	Elliott Skierszkan
1970s	Birgit Rogalla, Liz Lund(?)
1980s	Katie Moreland, Nick Hindley
1990s	Kasia Celler, Ross Campbell(?)
2000s	Genevieve Savard, Philippe LeBillon
2010s	Noriko Okamoto, Anne Vialettes(?)

Deadlines/Timeline

General

Date	Task
Nov 16-21 (2016)	Contact alumni (list organized by era is in email sent by Elliott on Nov 16, 2016)
Nov 21-30 (2016)	Collect stories/photos/etc. from alumni
Nov 30 (2016)	Tentative date. Meeting to discuss materials collected.

Book Production

Date	Task
Jan-Mar 2017	All book content delivered to Rocky Mountain Publishing (Printing takes two months at least)

Topics we should cover

• Founding of the club
• Club Traditions
• Longhike
• Sphinx Camp
• Huts History (past and current ones)