VOCJ53

53rd Edition

Do you believe it? The VOC Journal is coming into it's 53rd year! A wonderful tradition to share our passion, experience, inspiration and see how the club evolved over the years. We are all part of this tradition and without your stories there wouldn't be a journal. So if you had an awesome trip, a life changing travel experience or simply just a whole lot of fun share it with everyone and an article/trip report for the journal. It can be about pretty much anything: hiking, skiing, mountaineering, camping, surfing, kayaking, travels abroad, everything is welcome!

As the Journal Editor I decided to have an interactive Wiki page this year. This page is intended to help with the organization of the Journal to get it printed in time. It will provide deadlines, instructions, an overview about the reports that are planned to be submitted, an idea corner,...

How can you contribute?

1.) Submit an article about a trip you did, solo, with friends, with the VOC Hiking, skiing, mountaineering, camping, surfing, kayaking, travels abroad, everything is welcome! Don't forget to submit your favorite photos from the trip! (if possible, in both color and b&w) Some general guidelines

First deadline for articles covering stories from April to October 2011 is December 1st!

2.) 3 New sections are planned

• Ms. Manners: Ms. Manners is lonely and is waiting for your questions. So go ahead and ask, ask, ask, and maybe Ms. Manners will find a spot in the journal!
• My VOC: write a few sentences about what the VOC means to you, about your experience with the VOC
• How to… this can be whatever you want from a fun story how to do or not to do something or tips on how to make your own gear,...

3.) In person

• be a proof reader (be ready for it in early February
• become the photo editor: we need someone to edit pics, make them b&w if submitted in color, optimize them for printing
• help with advertising: you have a talent for selling?! Come and help with the advertisement. I already sent out lots of e-mails and went to a few shops but haven't gotten much back so far. Latest the beginning of January we have to contact everyone again. To either remind to sent us there artwork or give them a little push to 'you want to advertise with us!'. Any tips and ideas or advertisement are appreciated as well.
• anyone out there who has InDesign and is willing to share it with me and might be even interested to work together with me on the journal editing?

If interested, contact me at journal@ubc-voc.com

4.) How to submit articles and pics?

• send your article and pics, if possible as a zip file to: journal@ubc-voc.com
• where did the trip take place, who attended it?
• give pics the name of the article and count them, eg.
  

name of article_1
name of article_2 …

• Add a description of each pic: where was it, what does it show, who’s in the pic (if you know the names)

Instructions for the annual photo contest will follow later

So sit down at your desk, meet with your friends and let the 53rd edition of the VOC Journal grow and thrive in your hands!

Deadlines

1. December 1st, 2010: please submit all article of trips that happened between March and October until December 1st
2. January 15th, 2011 (to be discussed): deadline for photo contest
3. February 1st, 2011: all articles for the Journal should be submitted by now
4. February 15, 2011: deadline for advertisers to submit there artwork
5. February 25th, 2011: Journal needs to be edited and to be ready to submit for printing
6. March 15th, 2011 : Journal is printed

Articles

1.) All trips are listed here that can be found on the trip agenda. If you were on the trip or even wrote the trip report you may want to write an article/change the TR into an article for the journal. Please write your name down here so that I can contact you close to the deadline in case I didn't get your report yet.

2.) You would like to write an article. You'll find here the planned chapters. Please choose the chapter your trips fits in, write down your name and what the article will be about, possibly a title

Trip Agenda Articles

March

• March 6^th - 7^th – Beverley Creek trail marking

• March 13^th - 14^th – Janine's Trip to Phelix Hut

• March 19^th - 21^st – Joint ACC/VOC Garibaldi Neve Traverse 2010

• March 27^th - 28^th – Hanging Lake trail marking

April

• April 2^nd – April 5^th – 'Backcountry ski trip to Brew Hut

• April 2^nd – April 5^th – Climbing @ Vantage, WA

• April 10^th – Kayaking trip

• April 17^th - 18^th –Wilderness First Aid April 2010

May

• May 2^nd – WW Kayaking trip_May 2nd

• May 2^nd – Bike ride to pie - May 2nd

• May 22 ^nd- 23^rd – 24^th Brew Hut recce trip Part of the Brew Hut Series

• May 29 ^th- 30^th – Son of Rock

June

• 2010 June 5-6 Ring Callaghan Traverse

• June 12^th/13^th – Geoff's Beginner Friendly Mountaineering Trip

• June 26^th-27^th – Official Brew Hut Renovation Workhike

July

• July 1^st – Skypilot on Canada Day

• July 1-4 – Mt Mamquam

• July 2-4 – Phelix Hut with the ACC

• July 1^st – 4^th 2010 July 1-4 Skaha

• July 30^th – Aug 2^nd BC Day Todd's Beginner Friendly Brian Waddington Hut Scrambling Trip

• July 30^th – Aug 2^nd BC Day Geoff's August Long Weekend Tantalus Trip

August

• Aug 9-12^th (Mon-Thurs) – Multi-day Sunshine Coast and Vancouver Island bike trip

• Aug 14-15^th (Sat-Sun) – Veenstra's annual "Moderate Friendly Summer Traverse"

September

• Sept 4^th-5^th – 6^th Mountaineering Camp 2010

• Sept 11^th-12^th – Brew Hut trip Part of the Brew Hut Series

• Sept 18^th-19^th – Glacier_School_2010

• Sept 25^th-26^th – Beginner Friendly Needle Peak Scramble

October

• Oct 9^th Emily's Beginner-friendly High Falls Creek Daytrip

• Oct 9^th-10^th Laura's Beginner-friendly Ossa Mountain trip

• Oct 9^th-11^th Vantage-Leavenworth rock climbing trip

• Oct 16^th Skyler's Golden Ears Day Hike

• October 16^th-17^th Robyn and Jacob's leave no trace / plants

• October 16^th-17^th Gili/Caitlin's Indian Arm kayak trip

• October 16^rd-17^th Maki & Kathrin to Brew Hut. Part of the Brew Hut Series

• October 23^rd Laura's Mount MacDonald Day Scramble

• October 23^rd-24^th Emily's Garibaldi Lake Weekend

• October 29^th-31^st Annual Skaha Halloween 2010

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Journal Chapter

Miscellaneous

• My VOC: Everyone who want to can submit something here
• Mr. Manners: results from the VOCene
• How to... this can be whatever you want from a fun story how to do or not to do something, tips on how to make your own gear, essential first aid tips (eg. blister), your own VOC comic,...

Hiking

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Climbing & Mountaineering

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Skiing

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Land & Water

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Travels Abroad

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Club Life & Reflections

• Summer BBQ and Ultimate
• Kayak Polo
• 2010 Brew Hut Series: Series of trip for Brew Hut maintenance
• March 29^th – Climbing Wall Competition 2010
• July 24-25 – Lizzie Creek Cabin Workhike
• Sept 25^th-26^th – Callaghan Ski Trails Workhike
• Oct 1^st-3^rd Longhike 2010
• October 16^th-17^th – Callaghan Ski Trails workhike part 2
• October 23^rd-24^th – Fall Phelix workhike 2010

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Idea Corner

Be creative. Your ideas and suggestions for the journal are welcome. Write them down here or contact me at journal@VOC-ubc.com. Also, if you are interested you can submit your own VOC puzzles or comics.

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e-mail

Questions, suggestions, submission to journal@voc-ubc.com