hello my beautiful outdoors-goers!

there is no denying that the year is underway and at some point, academic things will have to be done.  however, there’s nothing wrong with shoving that paper to the back of your mind, throwing your backpack off of miller tower, and scuttling into the woods to scrape by on acorn flower and fungi.  everyone needs that every so often.

but what if you’re new to colby, maine, or the outdoors in general?  to whom will you turn for the best in acorn mashing advice?  well that’s where we come in.*  we run trips that hit all aspects of acorn mashing, from the planning to the hiking to the foraging to the cooking.*  we provide gear (for free!) to help you get the right mash for even the trickiest of acorns.*  and, we foster the community that fuels innovation across the acorn-mashing world!*

what follows below is the distillation of a week’s worth of adventure, emotion, and vision.  forge on, dear reader, and learn of our exploits!

* we have no experience in mashing acorns.  but we do like going outside.

stuff we done did

• dom on friday went fishing and then on saturday went to the beach and then hiked french mountain
• bentley got sunburnt playing frisbee
• anna went to her own burrito night because she’s abroad at bigelow
• grace and soren and some folks went to the northern end of baxter state park to hike the travelers and it was super lovely
• michael played wiffleball with 15 friends! rip one of the wiffle balls
• grace and grace and olivia hiked tumbledown and nature called
• emma and ali and some other folks climbed the bible camp blueberry mountain and found some pilgrims too
• megan and dru and teddy went to tumbledown, saw some dogs. there was blood and sweat and some partial nudity (spicy!)
• kaitlin and the ES capstone people had some mandatory bonding at the flagstaff hut

what we gon do

• max wants to lead a night hike up french mountain
  • so does soren and julia and like half the club apparently (RIVALS)
    • upon further examination soren is unable to so don’t count on that
• kayaks 6:15 to 8:30 on tuesdays! they’re in the AC pool for anyone who wants to learn how to yak / roll a yak / have some fun in yaks
• megan wants to go outside with max maybe up saddleback or sugarloaf

fall break!

• proposals for trips are due this friday!! this friday!! like in five days!!
• wowee that’s soon, get on that ish
• k council / trips facilitation needs the leader’s names, qualifications, itinerary, itemized budget, etc

vehicles

• attention leaders!
• we’re posting a form on the coc website to fill out when you need to rent a car
• for weekend trips you’ll have til 7:00 (1900) on wednesday night to fill this bad boy out

katahdin

• aka k tahds aka mama k
• we ran the lottery for spots
  • if you didn’t get on, sorry, run again next year
  • if you got on, congrats! you got an email
• trips this weekend and next

poll

• would you rather fight a bear or a moose?
  • lots of fighting polls recently
• bear – 15
• moose – 19
• closer than expected but 19 of you are highly mistaken

common ground

• it’s this coming weekend!
• it’s run by the maine organic farmers and gardeners association and it’s super cool and they have cheese and animals and gourds and plenty of other maine farmy type things and tickets are five dollars in the spa and there very well might be a bus

four square

• we should play

committees
trips

• how to become a leader email just went out!
• also you can just ask emma and macey questions

gear

• we have gear
• look at it
• wear it
• smell it
• BE it
• we also have a tub of lard

cabin

• we have a cabin
• look at it
• wear it
• smell it
• BE it
• no tub of lard there, sorry

diversity and inclusion

• pughpalooza is coming up!
• coc people should come
• this thursday 7-9
• fun fun fun

sugaring

• ya

events

• events are coming
• arb trailwork?? movie nights?? DOG SLEDDING??

hot seats

GRACE ANDREWS

• no lights
• hands
• meese
• sweat jelly
• cubes
• poop
• the library when it’s empty
• basement
• miller
• that bird head [editors note actually a fish]
• grass

TARYN WAITE

• schedule
• potato
• lehsure
• tomato
• gray
• peCAN
• probably like polyester cotton blend (50/50)
• yellow one
• british
• ahhhhhhhh i don’t know
• sometimes there’s a fork shortage in dana
• trees

that’s it from me, folks.  tune in next week to find out how many of these plans were just hot air and how many became rock solid MEMORIES

exciting times in which we live

toodles,

soren

hey folks these minutes are a week late since we didn’t have access to our own website for a tad there but now we’re good to go so I’ll spare you the rambling on this set and give ya twice the word count on the week above’s!

– soren

Things we done did

• Quite a lot, it would seem
• That is all

Things we gon do

• Michael wants to play wiffle ball
  • Still
  • He also needs a wiffle ball
    • If you have one:
      • Hit him up
        • please
• Emma is leading a trip to ali!
  • Sam wants to shadow!
  • Going to hike a mountain
• Megan wants to hike tumbledown / go anywhere
  • Taryn wants to co lead!
• Soren and alex are leading a trip over the travelers
• Julia wants to lead a weekday trip (thursday night – french??)
• Kaitlin wants to lead a trip between the humps (of maine) – fishing possibly involved
• Ian wants to go rafting

Autumn leaves

• Fall break trips!
• Are you a leader? Do you wanna lead a fall break trip? Then think about that pls
  • K council needs DEETS yo
    • But not yet
      • Deadline to come

K tahds

• We are hiking it
• What are we hiking? K tahds.  Katahdin. The highest peak in maine
• Two weekends hence and then the weekend after that
• Lottery sign ups going out soon cause they’re uber popular
• Leaders will know who they are early this week

poll

• would you rather fight a giant slug or be a giant slug? minivan sized, of course
• 19 be the slug!
• 52 fight the slug!

Committees

• Sugaring
  • They make maple syrup
• Trips facilitation
  • They facilitate trips
• Gear
  • They have gear
• Cabin
  • They have cabin
• Events and community outreach
  • They run events
• Diversity and inclusion
  • They’re uber important

Coc mystery

• Ghost
• Where from? Soren knows.

HOT SEAT

Megan

• Crumple
• Didgeridoo
• Bubbles
• Shiny freckle
• The arb
• Eustis second floor
• Felt
• I like pam
• Ostrich
• That fork
• It’s great
• This one
• Egg rock
• vILLain
• Leech
• flying teleport
• Mountains
• Forests
• Trailwork a was wonderful

Lisa

• five
• Fingers on the foot
• Left
• Uhh antlers
• The bouncy foam things
• Brown
• Caarbon
• Mmm uh it’s like laughter salad dressing
• High brace
• Two separate drinks
• The other one’s chia seeds
• The thing that you blow on… harmonica
• Dex jackson
• One million

that is all for belated minutes.  thx y’all.

hello my pretties,

tis our last encounter before that gaping void of summer.  get your last licks of colby outdoors in, cause soon it’ll be gone til september.  no more spikeball, no more frisbee on the quad, no more sunburn, just that backup internship you’re dreading.  on that fun note, let’s read some minutes!

what we done did

• people went skiing somehow
• chris went canoeing on great pond “it was pretty swell”
• soren went up round top with JPD!!! and argued about baseball analytics with her, “we had a swell time”
• michael played some frisbee golf around campus and lost
• chloe went up tuckerman’s ravine with lilly and slid down
• anna went for an arb walk, there were small green things
• max went on a trip up round top this morning and there were views
• grace n went on a “run” with chris and taryn and went rope swingin
• julia babysat lia morris’s spawn and played outside
• soren also went up french mountain
• emma went climbing in clifton maine!  aptly named, as it were
• caroline went on a walk in winslow and saw two bald eagles
• max went up sanders hill and saw a pond and a bent tree
• hannah briefly jaunted around on friday night with some amigos
• addie went to a waterfall and saw water and saw it fall

what we gon do

• dominick wants to re try the frog thing
• grace andrews and soren are going somewhere, possibly acadia
• julia wants to climb twin peaks on saturday and then see twin peaks at the concert

picture contest

• sign ups for tabling is open, contest submissions are open
• also tabling for no man’s land film festival and t-shirts
• pls sign up, we need some bodies there

nmlff

• go to it
• it’s friday at 7
• 90 minutes of rad women doing awesome things
• invite your friends

futureeeee

• camden comrades!
  • sam wells is returning as a conservation comrade
  • bentley meyer is the new geocaching comrade
  • sam kwon is medical supplies comrade

poll

• who would win in a fight, michael or michael
  • 10
  • 17
  • the real answer is the viewing public

committees

• events
  • nothing official
• trips
  • “no”
• gear
  • due by this friday
  • if not back in by this friday, you’ll get charged for it
  • you don’t want that
• sugaring
  • pick up your syrup!
  • it’s on the desk
  • if you don’t take it then it’s martin’s
• cabin
  • ppd
  • no floor painting… yet
  • let’s put in the DOCK

hot seat

• DOM
  • chair
  • kashmir
  • right whale
  • rushmore
  • no answer
  • incandescent
  • soren
  • michael
  • put off pee for an hour
  • anywhere with whale sharks
• GRACE
  • grass
  • bubbles
  • 7 up lime
  • fold
  • didgerihmmmmm
  • spork
  • that one (yvonne)
  • stepping on squishy things
  • like squishy
  • i don’t like spiky
• ADDIE
  • moose
  • zephyr
  • giver
  • this big toe
  • right eye cause it has a scar
  • middle left finger
  • a bunny that got killed by a raccoon
  • serendipitous
  • platypus
• and now seniors
• ANNA
  • suite bathroom
  • death valley
  • i don’t meme
  • spicebush
  • spicebush
  • bigfoot maple leaves
  • birch bark
  • the arb
  • root beer
  • shenandoah valley
• HANNAH
  • brittany
  • there used to be a dog here
  • katahdin, first year
  • zach and caroline
  • devil forks
  • flat tire katahdin
  • a rock when michael put it in my bag
  • the people
• SAM
  • foss and ac
  • davis 3rd floor
  • pineapple
  • grape
  • bigelows
  • runnals
  • hands for feet
  • hannah
  • lupin(e)
  • buzz cut until 3rd grade
  • uh hm katahdin
• CHLOE
  • crocs
  • misery whip
  • this one right here cause it’s really soft
  • like seven six eight
  • keyes
  • the katahdin one at the winter
  • dustpans for hands
  • hmm just like the notch every time
• BRITTANY
  • all of them
  • that chair
  • ducks
  • one star right here
  • everyone was once new to the outdoors
  • edward
  • peeta
  • both
  • the bubbles
• MO
  • earthquakes
  • uh ummmmmm an anthro class
  • there’s this place at the top of runnals with a really flat rock that you can look at trees
  • miller during finals
  • thought being hunted by moose but not actually
  • anchovy

that’s it for this year, folks.  hug your seniors.

toodles,

soren

hello crew.  welcome to the minutes.

the sand’s winding down on the metaphorical going-outside-at-colby hourglass.  grain by grain, second by second, we inch closer to reading period, then finals, then freedom.  greet it with fear or welcome, but be prepared nevertheless for time’s unstoppable crawl.

now for some fun COC things!

things we done did

• zach went on the ltt to acadia and it was “fun”
  • almost everyone is sunburnt
• michael stone went and hiked mt. philip? missed the trailhead but then didn’t miss it and then there were some folks with RC cars which sounds less than lnt to me
• ian went up mt. washington, also got sunburnt
• max was generally outside during the warm days
• kaitlin went to catch some peepers after the steminist dinner with her advisor / boss / prof
  • they’re very fat
• soren biked around east vassalboro, which is east of vassalboro
  • it was pretty ok
• jeremy biked around oakland
  • we shall assume it was also pretty ok
• hannah played some frisbee golf around campus
  • simultaneously, julia was enjoying the sun with ms. frisbee, a dog.  what are the odds.
• bentley and addie got wfa’d and he got struck by a bee and she got stung by lightning
• colby dancers was on friday and it kicked butt

things we gon’ do

• soren and megan are going up round top on sunday!
• addie and hannah are going to the bigelows that day too!
• max and grace might go somewhere next weekend!
• taryn really wants her co-lead!
• soren and martin might go up french mountain or something like that!

picture contest

• it has ended.  keep your submissions.
• BUT be on the lookout for sign ups to table in the spa!  we’ll be selling t-shirts and voting on the photos simultaneously

nmlff

• yeah that’s happening
• posters need to go up
• no man’s land film festival
  • rad women doing rad things, but all genders are invited
• in two weeks!    julia wants YOUR help in setting this up

future is now!

• congrats to our new bigelow buds!
• there’s a lot of them!
  • diversity and inclusion:
    • addie thompson and grace oh-willeke
  • gear:
    • max abramson and taryn waite
  • events and community outreach
    • grace neumiller and jared fong
  • trips facilitation
    • emma goldberg-courtney and macey broadwater
  • sugaring
    • martin deutsch
  • cabin
    • dean strup
• hooray

future is future! (kinda)

• camden comradeships are due tomorrow at noon? nine? not sure.  either way it’ll be closed by the time you read this

poll

• shrek or moose
• shrek 8
• moose 19
• c’mon people, opposable thumbs

anna

• did you buy anything for the outing club this year?  wanna be reimbursed?
  • GET REIMBURSED
  • talk to anna
  • exact dates are important

committees

• trips
  • hey there’s a lot of newly wfa’d and ltt’d folks
    • they want shadows and co-leads so give em up!
    • they will be added to outing-leaders email list, exciting
• events
  • jennifer pharr davis!
    • talk this coming friday at 7:00 PM and then a hike on the next day!
    • let me repeat: JENNIFER PHARR DAVIS
      • JENNIPHARR DAVIS
        • she’s great and everyone should go to her talk!
• cabin
  • ice is out, cabin is accessible, let’s goooo
  • kaitlin wants to paint the floors this coming weekend
    • evidently this is a process so stay posted

just as time slowly steals seconds from under our noses, it has also taken these minutes.  they are now property of time, and it’s not happy you’re nosing through them.  pal.

toodles,

soren

hello folks

it is i, your trusty sexcretary, once more.

in the last week’s passing, some of the more astute among us may have noticed the gradual recession of the ice, rising of the mercury, and things of that nature.  preposterous, really.

some call it spring, some call it between-winter, but whatever it is, it’s fleeting, so soak it in like a sponge in the desert

things we done did

• taryn and max and others got WFRed
  • congrats and all that
• grace and grace and chris went on an earth day hike to philip and sat outside.  go earth.
• taryn sat outside and got very sunburnt, if you couldn’t tell
• chloe and brittany and co ate some sour patch kids on french mtn
• michael stone went to acadia, cadillac was closed but that couldn’t stop the sunrise, also got sunburnt
• anna went on an arb run
• emma took her dog on a run and went to the beach
  • her DOG which is a GOLDEN RETRIEVER named ALBUS
  • good boy
• kaitlin made some smores with some prospies and we answered questions and things of that nature
• chloe and grace and hannah and soren and a whole slew of other folks did the club fair, parents were very nosy, asking about funding and stuff
• soren went up french mountain with his mom and his lil sister who’ll be here next year so be on the lookout

things we gon do

• julia still wants to go up big spencer, maybe leave friday or so?
  • big ol mtn and it’s got a firetower
• soren wants to retrieve a bench from the arb, perhaps informally
• michael still wants to play wiffleball
• hannah could be coerced into doing something, possibly for a co lead
• hannah also wants to go to the bigelows with addie in a couple weeks

photo contest

• we have received photos
• they are good
• they just have to be nature photos
  • don’t even have to be good
• closes friday

no man’s land film festival

• may 11th @ 7PM
• films about women doing rad things in the outdoors
• other colleges also invited

future!

• congrats to michael, soren (that’s me!), and megan on their positions!
• let’s elect some new folks shall we?  here’s everyone running for bigelow buddyships
  • gear
    • taryn waite
    • max abramson
  • events and community outreach
    • grace neumiller
    • jared fong
  • trips facilitation
    • emma goldberg-courtney
    • macey broadwater
  • diversity and inclusion
    • grace oh-willeke
  • sugaring
    • martin deutsch
  • cabin
    • dean strup
• voting will open soon and close tuesday night!
• camden comradeships are due next meeting (eg, food manager, social media)

poll

• how would you eat a sim card
  • by yourself: 8
  • split up: 19
• you people are disappointing
• as promised, advantages of each:
  • SOLO PROS
    • don’t have to share your shame
    • can eat at your own pace
    • can repeat if you want without having to gather a group
  • GROUP PROS
    • you don’t have to eat the entire thing
    • you can pick people who’d cheer you on
    • you have someone to explain the situation to the people at the emergency room

anna found a phone in her car

• we tried using siri
• we tried plugging it into a computer
• it has a background that says ‘sherm queen’
• it thinks it’s july 24th
• if you have any information regarding this phone, please contact anna via smoke signal

committees

• events
  • LTT is this upcoming weekend!
    • we’re looking for tricky situations or free lessons that COC leaders have encountered, for use in future leader training
    • fill it out please! multiple times!
  • jennifer pharr davis is coming may 4th! get excited
• all other committees are dormant

that’s all for this past week.  some nifty stuff happened.  some nifty stuff is about to happen.  it’s up to you to seek it out, capture it, and extract all possible fun out of it before you leave its desiccated husk behind.

toodles,

your newly renewed secretary

hello there people of the outside,

i greet you once more to whisper tales of adventure past and hint at promises of adventure future.  read on, for knowledge is power:

what we done did

• sam kwon went skiing in the chic chocs over spring break, then stabbed himself while on duty while whittling (no stitches needed)
• michael and megan and some other folks did wfa, got in a boating accident / nearly got struck by lightning in the process
• grace boiled some sap – “it’s coming along”
• hannah, sophie janeway, and brittany hiked round top and had an icy ole time
  • also stepped in human poop
  • also suffered through a hot ball, whatever that is
  • in summary: rough day for brittany
• hannah went up saddleback with max and sj, it was very snowy, also sunny
• dom went to mt. megunticook, butt slid down
• emma went on an arb walk and it was snowy
• soren and james and max went up caribou mountain and saw a couple of moose (!)
• frisbee was played in brunswick
• michael and sam and co played wiffleball, good attendance
  • park’s team lost, despite his stellar pitching

what we gon do

• dominick wants to lead a frog walk / clean up trash in the arb to celebrate earth day
• chloe and brittany are going to lead a french mountain nite highk
• emma wants to lead a sunrise hike tuesday or thursday, looking for a co lead
• julia and sam want to lead a trip up big spencer mountain, possibly this weekend, possibly next, there’s a firetower
  • if not, julia is amenable to other options but also she has knee pain

photo contest

• same info as last week
  • we’re holding a photo contest for your pictures from both coc and personal hikes this year!
  • look out for an email with further details
  • limit three submissions per person
  • winner gets eternal glory

admitted students s’mores

• sga wants us to do this
• we’re doing this
• some night this coming week
• look for sign ups to volunteer to hang out with awkward high schoolers

new hand warming technique

• ask dominick
• looks like that one dude from charlie brown

the future is female!

• congrats kaitlin and julia on their incoming presidencies, may they rule with iron fists

future!

• secretary platforms:
  • megan
  • soren
• treasurer platforms:
  • michael (stone)
  • max
  • park
• vote if you’re registered! voting closes at 5PM on tuesday!
• upcoming: bigelow buddy platforms are due (diversity and inclusion, events and community outreach, sugaring, gear, cabin, and trips facilitation)
• the week after, camden comrade self-nominations are due (ex. – conservation, social media)

poll

• onion or funyun
  • onion: 20
  • funyun: 5
  • pretty darn decisive if you ask me

committees

gear

• new cross country skis!
• also maps are now inventoried
• if you wanna engrave pots / tattoo max, come help out gear on thursday

events

• stuff is upcoming
• contra dance occurred and was fun, according to eyewitnesses
• jennifer pharr davis is coming!
  • friday, may 4th
  • talk that evening at 7:00 PM
  • followed by hike to mt. phillips the next morning ~10ish

trips

• congrats to those who are now wfa certified as of this weekend
• next weekend is the wfr wrap up
• weekend after that is more wfa and also a leader training trip
  • sign ups are closed for both.  lo siento

cabin

• first weekend in may, kaitlin wants to paint the floors (looking for help!)

sugaring

• second weekend of boiling has passed

miscellaneous things that i can’t categorize

• there’ll be a fly fishing clinic for earth week! stay posted for more info
• also a film screening on thursday night on human-caused extinction, that’ll prob be advertised more too

and that’s that.  riveting stuff, i tell you.  deserving of a bookmark, even.

hasta luego,

sorn

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things we done did

• dom saw some cacti and snakes in tonto national forest!  cars weren’t up to the road challenge but dom was sure up to the road challenge
• hannah went to the easter sunrise service on top of sugarloaf
• max and a whole slew of others boiled sap on sunday! a veritable maple sauna, according to some sources
• megan turned to snow for sustenance in an attempt to make it to stratton brook hut.  played bananagrams / shared a tea bag with some folks once she stumbled through the door
• zach got snowed on in worcester
• emma and macey hiked french mountain and then made some empanadas in coburn since only french cuisine is allowed on the mountain
• grace hiked on the superior trail
  • “compensating for something, I’m sure”, julia
• kaitlin and michael tried to lead a trip to morse mountain but bates hates dog so they went to popham beach but they hate dogs too but kaitlin has an in and got in anyway and hiked to the fort which also hates dogs but they found an ice skating rink with seven (7) ghosts
• max and soren led a trip to big bend in texas and the bends were big and it was also a desert and there were a lot of spiky angry things
• soren bushwhacked up mcgaffey mountain and was aggressively swallowed by the snow

things we gon do

• sj and max are going up saddleback / maybe the horn on saturday!
• michael wants to go canoeing on messalonskee stream
• soren and james are going up caribou mountain on saturday

picture contest

• upcoming picture contest! submit your photos from coc or personal trips and we’ll display them in the spa for the student body to vote on
• keep an eye open for an upcoming email

t shirts!

• addie’s design won!  woo go addie
• anna’s corresponding with the t shirt dude, tryna make them maroon
• same polyester / cotton blend as last year, fear not, we ain’t messin with the formula
• stickers in the works too with dom’s designs cause those were super slick too

CURRENT FUTURE

• platforms for president are due
• READ THEM BELOW
  • JULIA VON EHR
  • PARK CAWLEY
  • MICHAEL STONE
  • MICHAEL KRAMER
  • KAITLIN VOLK
• voting is open! it closes tomorrow at 8!

FUTURE FUTURE

• more elections next meeting – secretary and treasurer!
  • then, bigelow buddies (gear, cabin, sugaring, diversity and inclusion, trips facilitation, events)
  • then, after that, camden comrade self-nominations due
• if you have any questions about a position, talk to the current officer / k-council!

poll

• seerup – 15
• suhrup – 14
• you guys disappoint me

overland

• they’re still looking for sophomore-senior guys to apply (especially juniors and seniors)
• they lead trips all over the globe, sam’s working there next year
• also – we get a ton of job opportunities sent to us and we forward them to outing-leaders email list so if you wanna get those talk to k-council

committees

• trips
  • ltt on the weekend of april 28th!
  • leader training trip is required to become a coc leader
    • it covers both practical and interpersonal skills across the weekend
  • also, wfa the weekends of the 14th and the 28th
    • wilderness first aid, also required to be a coc leader (unless you’re wemt or wfr)
    • email ryan linehan (rlinehan) if you’re interested
• events
  • keep an eye out for informal events
  • contra dance next saturday!!
    • i totally forgot, for one
    • at 7:00 PM in foss dining hall!
    • anna is stoked she’s not organizing it
  • jennifer pharr davis (may 4th and 5th) is coming to colby!
    • held at one time the appalachian trail speed record, male or female
    • she’s great
    • she’s wild
    • she’s a celebrity
    • this is lit
    • she’s having a talk and then the next day leading an unofficial hike
• gear
  • if you took gear out, return it
  • that’s an order, young man
• cabin
  • kaitlin went to the cabin and it’s still snowed in
  • don’t go cause you’ll be disappointed unless you wanna walk in
  • “my hopes are low” – kaitlin volk
• sugaring
  • probably more stuff next sunday

it’s a real exciting time, folks.  the year’s winding down, meaning that as soon as we get perfect summer hiking weather, we all go home.  perfect timing.

until next time,

SORN

Julia von Ehr has returned to her home position of Sexcretary in attempt to rescue her friends The Minutes from the clutches of the vile gangster Soren the Hutt.

Little does Julia know that the GALACTIC K-COUNCIL has secretly begun plotting elections to vote in a new star sexcretary even more powerful than Julia herself.

When elected, this ultimate sexcretary will spell certain doom for Julia in her struggles to maintain her power as supreme sexcretary of the galaxy…

A long time ago in some wilderness far, far away…

• Dom’s friends from home, Ho-Ho-Kus, New Jersey (look at that crazy double hyphenation!), came to visit and they went snowshoeing up Le French Mountain
• Chris and Dean went XC skiing but the snow was sticky and therefore sketchy and there was likely falling involved.
• Parky Park “and the Funky Bunch” Cawley and Lisa “Linda the WEMT” Blackmer-Raynolds went snowshoeing up a bald man’s head Bald Mountain.
• Bentley went outside on Wednesday! Good job, Bentley! He went snowshoeing in the arb and had a snowball fight too. WHAT UTTERLY WHOLESOME FUN!
• Someone built snow forts in the arb for a Doghead party? Why? Wasn’t? I? Invited? I. LOVE. SNOW. FORTS. (The better question is did these snow fort building, doghead partying hooligans LNT? I .THINK .NOT.)
• People went to the steps, people didn’t went to the steps, the steps were stepped on, the sun was risen.
• Mo shoveled her car and it took an hour and a half. The snow was higher than her car, thus “Colby sucks at plowing!” To which I respond, yes that may be true, but it also seems like Mo sucks at shoveling.
• Dean was feeling left out and also wanted to mention that he moved his car. Here’s a gold star, kiddo!
• Soren and Austin and some redshirts went to the ice planet Hoth (otherwise known as Katahdin) for another fun mountaineering ascent! Here’s to summiting and not being killed by snow troopers.

See you in April!

• No trips this week!
• Because,
• SPRANG BRAYKE will spriggity spring!
• enjoy ur adventures 😉

Y’all are creative artístes!

• we got some RAD t shirt designs
• peep your emails this week to perform your civic duty and vote for the one you want to wear on your body!

Wat in democratic participation  ?

• The future is going to happen whether we like it or not (we don’t) so we need to get ready for election szn 2k18.
• Elections for K-council and Bigelow Buds will begin after break
• Sam sent out an email with all of the positions and their respective duties (hehe duties).

Was Soren in New Jersey or Katahdin? (Snap maps never lie!)

• New “put that thing back where it came from or so help me” Jersey – 10
• KATAHDIN – 2

Commmittteeeeees:

• Cabin
  • First years went to the cabin
  • It is still unplowed
  • They may or may not be dead
• Events
  • 🙂
• Trips
  • LTT LTT LTT LTT coming to a theater near you!
• Sugaring
  • “There is still sap. There is still trees. There is still buckets.” – Addie
• Gear
  • SPRING BREAK GEAR. GET IT EARLY OR GET REKT.

“If you can’t tie knots, learn how to tie f*king knots.”

Knots clinic 2.0 will be held this Thursday at 7pm!

Meet a Mule (not an ass)!

We will be having discussions over dinner with other members of the community this week! Let’s make new friends! Hurr be the topics and timez:

• Tuesday –  5-6pm Dana – Is it better to explore the outdoors solo or with friends?
• Wednesday – 5:30-6:30pm Bobs – What can you gain from going outside?
• Thursday – 5-6pm Foss – What is the value of going outside?
• Friday – 9-10am Dana – What barriers exist to enjoying outdoor spaces?

As I reached the end of these minutes I felt a disturbance in the force telling me that this may be the last time my words will grace this weekly forum. I hope you have enjoyed my not-so-witty quips and my not-too-funny jokes as much as I have enjoyed typing them. I will not, however, bid thee farewell once and for all, for who knows if the path I take shall lead me back to the minutes. As a wise three foot tall green Jedi once said “Difficult to see. Always in motion is the future.”

Catch ya on the flip side! *dramatic exit*

hello my beautiful outdoorspeople,

I am sure by now that some of you are sick of these frozen particles drifting from the sky.  I am here to say:  too bad.  here’s another foot.  like it or not, it’s what we got. the following minutes shall delve into just how exactly we exploited the snow.  feast your eyes.

things we don did

• bentley went cross country skiing with henry, megan, soren, and max and they only fell down a few times
• alex and soren and chris also went xc skiing in the arb
• addie changed out the sap buckets
• soren went up the bigelows 20 minutes ago, he’s very tired and his eyes are very red
• dom went on the dialogue trip and had discussions and soup at flagstaff hut (what fun!)
• soren and macey went for an arb walk!
• anna went to the maine primitive skills school, slept in their own shelter
  • no urine was consumed

things we gon do

• soren’s leading a katahdin trip! if you’re on it then you know cause you won the lottery
• anna is coleading a dialogue trip on the 18th on mental health in the outdoors
  • going to scranton hut
• michael kramer wants to lead a late afternoon arb walk on saturday

dialogue trips

• anna’s co-leading another!
• if anyone wants to lead one / facilitate one after spring break, please let us know

t-shirts

• contest ends the 16th
• get your submissions in by then

fuuuuuutuuuuuuure

• hey
• hey you
• you wanna run the coc?
• run for an elected position (k-council, bigelow buds, camden comrades)
• platforms due various dates post spring break
• talk to k-council to find out what each role entails!
• be on the lookout

question

• left – 8
• right – 5
• ambiguous – all

film festival

• no man’s land film festival
• after spring break, “it will be when it is”
• featuring films about women in adventure sports!
• be on the lookout for more info!

committees

• trips
  • update your leader profiles!
  • or get a leader profile by emailing max or michael!
  • two LTTs and two WFAs planned
• cabin
  • cabin is snowy
  • stay away
• gear
  • spring break is nigh
  • priority to COC trips
  • probably a form going out if you want gear for spring break
    • coc-gear at colby dot edu

that is all.  class dismissed. go do your homework, or sleep or something, cause it’s past your bedtime.

con mucho love,

SOREN

hello, my name is Soren Denlinger, and welcome to This Week’s Minutes®!

these are the minutes for this week.  not last week.  not the week prior.  next week is right out.  these are for RIGHT NOW

brothers and sisters, CARPE DIEM

read on!

things we done did!

• dom went to cape elizabeth with colby photographers.  though they may be unofficial it was officially fun
• julia and mo were outside all day in new jersey, they won first place! (also yay new jersey!)
• emma took one tripper to the narrow gauge trail, very good ski place, also good for snowshoes, and narrow gauges
• megan walked a few miles and found jesus
• henry went up round top “it was great” thanks henry
• henry and kaitlin and some other people (7) went up katahdin last week!  no one died. three randos on the trip were nice too. see seth two weeks from now!
• jared and soren led a trip to flagstaff hut, dialogue was had!  “fun trip” -Jared
• there was a sleepover on friday night! some people woke up early but some people didn’t, very exciting
  • also max went for a 3AM arb walk cause it was pretty
• hannah and soren led a trip to french mountain, “it was fun” – Soren
• anna went for a run in the arb, did not get lost
• kaitlin went streaking in the arb, 36 degrees was surprisingly warm
• jared traveled across kingsbury pond in the name of geology
• ryan from the primitive skills school went outside to boil some sap
• the other one (colin) was doing something with balsam

trips we gon’ do

• michael and hannah want to do the cross country ski thing as a dialogue trip!  traveling to one of the maine huts and trails cabins
• max
  • has ideas.  it’s complicated.  he needs co leads
• michael wants to lead a trip saturday
• soren wants to do something in the arb during the snowstorm on thursday!
• sam, sarah backstrand, someone else will go to a maine huts and trails for another dialogue trip!

maine primitive skills school

• wanna learn some primitive skills? sign up for the primitive skills thing next weekend!
  • go live at 8PM monday! on the normal trips calendar!
• learn where to get water, how to make fire, make shelter, navigation, foraging, etc. etc. etc.
• seems pretty cool and both of the dudes have beards so
• willing to teach whatever you want (weather dependent)
• 10:00 AM saturday through noon on sunday! sleep in a shelter you built maybe!
• it will be “fun”

winter katahdin!

• 17th and 18th of march
• sign ups will close this wednesday
• very difficult so please be prepared / very physically fit, but also very fun
  • as in please carefully consider whether you can do this trip
  • but also it’s super fun
• talk to any variety of people who went on the first two!
• it’s during doghead.  pick ur priorities

dialogue trips

• if you’re a leader and interested in leading one
• or if you have experience facilitating discussions
• please contact us! or sign up! so we can run some!
• jared can also function as a liaison between a leader and a PCB facilitator

t shirts

• we would like some t shirts please
• please design some
• send in your designs by friday before friday before spring break (march 16th)
• then we’ll vote on the designs!

futuuuuuuuure

• after spring break, elections start
• k-council, bigelow buddies, and camden comrades
• all spots are available
• think about whatcha wanna do
• ask a member of k-council for what each role will be!

poll

• unicycle 10
• tricycle 7
• disappointing to say the least

committees

gear

• personal spring break needs will be met the week before spring break
• there will be cookies this thursday during office hours!

trips

• spring LTT will be in april. at some point
• keep ur profile updated or FACE THE CONSEQUENCES
• if you want a profile talk to max or michael
• two wfa dates, april 14th-15th and 28th-29th

diversity and inclusion

• if you want an idea for a dialogue trip, talk to jared!  also talk to him about your current topic

cabin

• cabin’s probably out of commission for a bit due to snow

sugaring

• the sap floweth
• buckets overfloweth
• emptyeth them

club photo?

• photos due the tenth
• no photo now since only ⅗ of k-council is here
• submit your pics to us if you think it depicts the club well and we might just use that instead

and there you have it.  another victory in my war against the scourge of capitalization!

see y’all outside!

– soren