all welcome to meeting at Hibernia event
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Topic created by Nancy on Sat Mar 12, 2016 at 8:05 amAt 2 p.m. on Sunday, March 13, at the Hibernia event, the club leadership will be meeting to discuss plans for the club's hosting of national-level events this year and next (our 50th anniversary year!) All are welcome to attend and participate in the discussion.
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Reply by Sandy on Sat Mar 26, 2016 at 9:52 pmWas anything decided about future national events?
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Reply by Steve on Sun Mar 27, 2016 at 10:46 pmErik Eddy (the course setter) felt that the map was not up to our standards, and asked for the extra year to re map Hawk Mt. From there it was a no brainer, so 2016 as of now, no a event, 2017 Hawk Mt and Mt Penn. Remember, 2017 is our 50 year anniversary. All ideas are welcome
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Reply by rpboehme on Tue Mar 29, 2016 at 8:30 am
Just a random thought here, but do we have the logistical capability (facilities and legions of volunteers) to conduct a "5 days of O" type event?
Perhaps mix in an adventure type race as the MTB'ing at Hay Creek was so well received....
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Reply by edscott on Tue Mar 29, 2016 at 10:15 amWasn't at the meeting but I assumed it was a portion of Mt Penn that wasn't up to standard. Either way we need some mapping work done. Re a multiday series, Yes I think we could pull off something if we get enough people willing to do the work. We could do a bike O and night O at French Creek and Hay Creek. We have a base map of the Penn State Berks campus and the adjoining Berks Co Parks property that could become a sprint map. That plus the other two days could extend the event to 4, maybe 5, days.
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Reply by rpboehme on Tue Mar 29, 2016 at 3:05 pm
FWIW, this is the Topton watershed area:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8LCuZvcK2_TaHFMdi1oYTJLclU/view?usp=sharing
Hugh Mac^4 showed me how to do this and I was doing some noodling around to make this basemap. It is more for some hikign trails I mapped using a GPS. The woods are not that white, but still pretty cool.
Rich
