Tom_P_McAuliffe_at_fastmultimedia.com wrote: > > Now you have me thinking about finding or creating a national network of > _user_ based > Kayaking Clubs to lobby for paddlers at the local and in DC at the national > level, create group discounts on things, continuing education and > certification. Does such exsist? Even cross club mass paddles and extended > courtesies would be cool. > Wondering... > Tom Patrick > SF Dolphin About 9 years ago, I went about getting in touch with all the kayak clubs I could find, coast to coast. I prepared a table or chart of all of them with categories such as address, newsletter, number of trips, if had rental equipment, gave lessons, number of members, etc. I had it at a Clubs Desk at the LL Bean symposium where I handed out the list and had copies of all the clubs newsletters. The angle was one of those you mentioned: availability of a contact point for local information and paddling contacts when traveling. When Atlantic Coastal Kayaker magazine started, they took over the list and printed it yearly but I think they dropped it two years ago. The American Canoe Association fills some of the function you suggest although I don't think it looks at itself as a clearinghouse for information. It does lobby or at least gets the word out in DC for paddling causes, etc. ralph diaz -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ralph Diaz . . . Folding Kayaker newsletter PO Box 0754, New York, NY 10024 Tel: 212-724-5069; E-mail: rdiaz_at_ix.netcom.com "Where's your sea kayak?"----"It's in the bag." ----------------------------------------------------------------------- *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Oct 01 1998 - 20:56:16 PDT
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