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
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Who's in charge
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Support
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| Overall Organizers/Champion Cat herders
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Kevin Pierce and Elliott Skierszkan
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| Book Production Team
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Elliott Skierszkan, Kasia Celler, Caroline Jung, Joe O'Brien
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| Trek Alumni contact/photography/media Expert
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Dan Mattison
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Caroline Jung (reasonable tinkering skills with Photoshop)
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| Wiki Page head honcho
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Caroline Jung
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| InDesign Expert
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Kasia Celler
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| Writing/publishing/editing expert
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Philippe LeBillon
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| Pre-1950s
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Kevin Pierce, Lucy Buchanan-Parker
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| 1950s
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Caroline Jung
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| 1960s
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Elliott Skierszkan
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| 1970s
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Birgit Rogalla, Liz Lund(?)
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| 1980s
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Katie Moreland, Nick Hindley
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| 1990s
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Kasia Celler, Ross Campbell(?)
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| 2000s
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Genevieve Savard, Philippe LeBillon
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| 2010s
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Noriko Okamoto, Anne Vialettes(?)
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Deadlines/Timeline
General
| Date
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Task
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| Now-Nov 24 (2016)
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Contact alumni (list organized by era is in email sent by Elliott on Nov 16, 2016)
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| Nov 24-30 (2016)
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Collect stories/photos/etc. from alumni, organize/process material
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| Dec 1 (2016)
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Meeting to discuss materials collected.
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Book Production
| Date
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Task
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| Jan-Mar (2017)
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All book content delivered to Rocky Mountain Publishing (Printing takes two months at least)
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Table of Contents
Pre-1950s
1950s
1960s
1970s
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
Topics to cover
- Founding of the club
- Huts
- First nations perspective and interactions between the VOC and first nations. Contact Spencer Rasmussen/Lukas Schreiber/Vicky Alfred
- Environmental impact and the VOC role in this.
- Climbing Faces that were opened up by VOC (ex. Europa). Jeremy Frimer, etc.
- Classic Trips, Dances, Old Traditions, Trends of the clubs in terms of preferred activities, demographic changes
- Deaths in adventure,
- VOC Babies and couples
- Lists (presidents, award winners etc)
- Timeline (as central page of book)
- VOC membership per year, through the years
- World map with routes discovered and explored by VOCers
- Regional map with routes discovered and explored by VOCers
- Life after the VOC
- VOC Awards and Winners