RE: [Paddlewise] Trip Leader Responsibilities

The American Canoe Association has a formal program for clubs that wish to
affiliate. As part of the 'Paddle America' program, they maintain and
recommend guidelines at their web site that I find appropriate and useful.
It certainly isn't necessary to be part of the program to benefit from the
guidelines. However, there can be excellent benefits if you choose to
affiliate your organization (e.g. discounted ACA membership, liability
coverage for club paddles & events etc).

Here are some links:

Safety Guidelines, as published by an ACA club (you might want to review
this web site, in general, as there is much information for safety and trip
leaders) http://www.ccpac.org/safety/ccpac-paddling-guidelines.shtml

Safety Guidelines for ACA Sanctioned Events (applies to larger events, e.g.
symposium, race etc, but is largely applicable to group paddles & trips)
http://www.acanet.org/pdf/safetyguideline.pdf

ACA Safety & Responsibility Code (for individual paddlers)
http://www.acanet.org/safetyresponsibilitycode.htm

Hope this helps,

Nancy

-----Original Message-----
From: Jackie Myers [mailto:jackie_at_paddlewise.net]
Subject: Re: [Paddlewise] Trip Leader Responsibilities

>The Sierra Nevada Canoe and Kayak Club, a relatively
> new organization, is planning to publish to its
> members a list or outline of the things that
> leaders or organizers of Club trips must be
> responsible for.

Check out Doug Lloyd's "briefing guide" for a list of
what *everyone* should be responsible for.  It was posted
a while back but still a good list.


http://www.paddlewise.net/topics/technique/leaderchecklist.html

Jackie
http://www.muddypuppies.com/
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