January 2022 - ICU-Caving-Announce

Committee Election and AGM
by Imperial College Caving Club 14 Mar '22

14 Mar '22

******************* This email originates from outside Imperial. Do not click on links and attachments unless you recognise the sender. If you trust the sender, add them to your safe senders list https://spam.ic.ac.uk/SpamConsole/Senders.aspx to disable email stamping for this address. ******************* Hello cavers, Our Annual General Meeting (AGM) and committee election will take place on Tuesday 15/03/2022! This email is to inform you that we will be opting out of the union online election, and will instead organise our own live election. We, the committee, decided to opt out of eVoting because of the small size of our club, to allow as many positions to be filled as possible, and to maintain the age-old tradition of our highly entertaining RON speeches. Key Dates Nominations Opening: 15/02/2022 Nominations Closing & Manifesto Deadline: 14/03/2022 AGM/Voting: 15/03/2022 Results Submitted to Union: 16/03/2022 There will be an email in Februrary explaining the committee roles and calling for nominations and manifestos. Anyone can run for a position by replying to that email, ideally with a manifesto. All voting will be done live at the AGM in March. The AGM will be held in-person in the union bar and speeches will be given by all candidates. In-person votes will be cast by raising hands (candidates leave the room) and remote votes can be submitted to the returning officer anonymously via a doodle poll during the AGM. Any contesting of results must also be done at the AGM. Yours till RON wins, Ana ICCC President

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Caving Mendips 2 Trip Sign Up
by Imperial College Caving Club 31 Jan '22

31 Jan '22

******************* This email originates from outside Imperial. Do not click on links and attachments unless you recognise the sender. If you trust the sender, add them to your safe senders list https://spam.ic.ac.uk/SpamConsole/Senders.aspx to disable email stamping for this address. ******************* Hello cavers, Weekend Trip to the Mendips !!! When: Friday 11/02/2022 at 17:00 to Sunday 13/02/2022 at 23:45 Where: Mendips Price: The trip is paid for in two parts, first a £17.00 deposit before the trip, and after the trip the transport cost is subsidised and split between all attendees (total capped at 45.00) Membership: you need membership to join weekend trips (£30.00) (membership lasts the entire year) SIGN UP: Please reply to this email if you would like to come! Tell us your full name, whether you have a rail card and/or a car, what the earliest time is that you could leave on Friday, any dietary requirements, any medical conditions, and anything else you think we need to know. (Older members who have access to our accounts spreadsheet, please add your name there, no need to reply to this email.) This trip is beginner friendly! There is the opportunity to do SRT, but there are also lots of horizontal caves that don’t require any experience. Have a look at our website<https://www.union.ic.ac.uk/rcc/caving/> for past trip reports to this caving region. We will meet in stores on Tuesday (08/02/2022) at 17:00 to pack kit. You do not need any equipment of your own, we will provide everything you could possibly need in a cave. Please only buy the trip fee once your spot on this trip has been confirmed. We aim to confirm spots by the end of next week and an email with more details will be sent out then. How the trip works: We will set off on Friday evening and return on Sunday evening. On Friday we will leave from outside Beit Halls. Because of covid (☹) we ask you to please show us a recent negative covid test before travelling (a photo of a lateral flow test is enough, but a PCR from Imperial is even better). We will stop at a supermarket on the way to buy all the food we need for the weekend and also for you to buy your own dinner/snacks for Friday. Except for Friday’s and Sunday’s dinner, we cook all of our food together which is included in the trip cost. Accommodation, transport and all equipment are also covered by the trip cost! On Saturday we will have a fairly long caving trip if you feel like it, but sometimes a few of us decide to have a nice day on the surface instead. On Sunday we will have a shorter caving trip before driving back to London. We usually get back around midnight. Because the union is overhauling its minibus fleet we will be using personal cars or hire vehicles. Our next trips dates are: Date Destination Details 25/02 – 27/02 Yorkshire Y4: First Aid Training! 11/03 – 13/03 Yorkshire Y5: SRT Required (Easter Tour and Summer Term dates to be announced soon) Also: Pub every Tuesday (around 6pm at the union bar/568) and Cavers Go Climbing every Wednesday (3pm at RavensWall) Yours till I get the haematite glitter off my caving kit, Ana ICCC President

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Climbing today
by Imperial College Caving Club 26 Jan '22

26 Jan '22

******************* This email originates from outside Imperial. Do not click on links and attachments unless you recognise the sender. If you trust the sender, add them to your safe senders list https://spam.ic.ac.uk/SpamConsole/Senders.aspx to disable email stamping for this address. ******************* Hi All planning to come to ravenswall, Will be a little late to climbing today! A dog-related mishap occurred. ETA 3.30. See you there, Una

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Expedition Talk: Thursday 19:00
by Imperial College Caving Club 19 Jan '22

19 Jan '22

******************* This email originates from outside Imperial. Do not click on links and attachments unless you recognise the sender. If you trust the sender, add them to your safe senders list https://spam.ic.ac.uk/SpamConsole/Senders.aspx to disable email stamping for this address. ******************* Hello cavers, Our expedition talk is happening next week Thursday (20/01/22) at 7pm. We will do a hybrid event: everyone is welcome to come to Cave House, but we will also use Teams for anyone who cannot come in person. Cave House Address: 55 Norbroke Street, W12 0QX, East Acton What to expect: A few us will talk about our experience of taking part in our expedition to the Migovec System in the Julian Alps (Slovenia). You will hear from cavers with various levels of experience. Expect many amazing photos, colourful surveys (maps), and maybe a little geology. [cid:image001.png@01D80970.D5D91330] Yours till we return to underground camp, Ana ICCC President

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Period products in first aid kits - poll
by Imperial College Caving Club 19 Jan '22

19 Jan '22

******************* This email originates from outside Imperial. Do not click on links and attachments unless you recognise the sender. If you trust the sender, add them to your safe senders list https://spam.ic.ac.uk/SpamConsole/Senders.aspx to disable email stamping for this address. ******************* Lucky non-menstruators ignore this email! Hi fellow unlucky menstruators, We need to make sure that the emergency period supplies we stock the first aid kits with are representative of what people actually use. Currently we stock them with a tampon or two, but not everyone likes tampons or can even use them at a push (so to speak). This will also apply to larger Slov first aid kits, where we'll aim to have a realistic ratio of pads/ tampons/ whatever else in case anyone gets caught out by the crimson tide underground. Here's the doodle poll: https://doodle.com/poll/wgf82icwkx3f2trh?utm_source=poll&utm_medium=link *Tick a box once for 'yes, this is my preferred product' or twice for 'I can use this if I have to'*. Only I can see the results, but feel free to put something else for your name if you want to remain anonymous. Alternatively if you have a strong preference, *put your preferred size and/or brand as your name*. If you have any related concerns or special requests, email Ana ( anastasia.teck16(a)imperial.ac.uk) or I (unabarker123(a)googlemail.com) to tell us what it is. Yours 'til the menopause, Úna -- Imperial College Caving Club <http://union.ic.ac.uk/caving>

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Reminder: bouldering today!
by Imperial College Caving Club 19 Jan '22

19 Jan '22

******************* This email originates from outside Imperial. Do not click on links and attachments unless you recognise the sender. If you trust the sender, add them to your safe senders list https://spam.ic.ac.uk/SpamConsole/Senders.aspx to disable email stamping for this address. ******************* Hi All, Bouldering at ravenswall today at 3pm! We'll aim to leave by 5 before it gets busy, and then head to the William Morris in Hammersmith for food& drinks if enough people are interested. It's off peak entry to ravenswall before 4pm, £10 for non-students and £9 for students. This goes up by £4.50 and £3.50 respectively if you arrive after 4. There are also worthwhile membership options if you see yourself going twice a week or more. No need to bring anything except comfortable clothes& a water bottle - you can hire climbing shoes (essential, £3.70) and chalk (not essential, £2) at the centre. Hope to see you there! Yours til my last soul-destroying scroll through a graduate jobs website, Una

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Caving Yorkshire 3 Trip Sign Up
by Imperial College Caving Club 17 Jan '22

17 Jan '22

******************* This email originates from outside Imperial. Do not click on links and attachments unless you recognise the sender. If you trust the sender, add them to your safe senders list https://spam.ic.ac.uk/SpamConsole/Senders.aspx to disable email stamping for this address. ******************* Hello cavers, Weekend Trip to Yorkshire !!! When: Friday 28/01/2022 at 17:00 to Sunday 30/01/2022 at 23:45 Where: Yorkshire (Bradford Hut) Price: The trip is paid for in two parts, first a £17.00 deposit before the trip, and after the trip the transport cost is subsidised and split between all attendees (total capped at 45.00) Membership: you need membership to join weekend trips (£30.00) (membership lasts the entire year) SIGN UP: Please reply to this email if you would like to come! Please tell us your full name, whether you have a rail card and/or a car, what the earliest time is that you could leave on Friday, any dietary requirements, any medical conditions, and anything else you think we need to know. (Older members who have access to our accounts spreadsheet, please add your name there, no need to reply to this email.) We will meet in stores on Tuesday (25/01) at 17:00 to pack kit. You do not need any equipment of your own, we will provide everything you could possibly need in a cave. A thermal base layer is beneficial in the winter though, if you happen to own thermals. Please only buy the trip fee once your spot on this trip has been confirmed. We aim to confirm spots by the end of this week and an email with more details will be sent out then. How the trip works: We will set off on Friday evening and return on Sunday evening. On Friday we will leave from outside Beit Halls. Because of covid (☹) we ask you to please show us a recent negative covid test before travelling (a photo of a lateral flow test is enough, but a PCR from Imperial is even better). We also strongly encourage all of our members to get their booster vaccine. We will stop at a supermarket on the way to buy all the food we need for the weekend and also for you to buy your own dinner/snacks for Friday. Except for Friday’s and Sunday’s dinner, we cook all of our food together which is included in the trip cost. Accommodation, transport and all equipment are also covered by the trip cost! On Saturday we will have a fairly long caving trip if you feel like it, but sometimes a few of us decide to have a nice day on the surface instead. On Sunday we will have a shorter caving trip before driving back to London. We usually get back around midnight. Because the union is overhauling its minibus fleet we will be using personal cars or hire vehicles. Our next trips dates are: Date Destination Details 11/02 – 13/02 Mendips M2: open to everyone 25/02 – 27/02 Yorkshire Y4: SRT Required 11/03 – 13/03 Yorkshire Y5: SRT Required Also: Pub every Tuesday (around 6pm at the union bar/568) and Cavers Go Climbing every Wednesday (3pm at RavensWall) Yours till I get the cave grit out from under my fingernails, Ana ICCC President

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Proposed Committee Position Changes
by Imperial College Caving Club 13 Jan '22

13 Jan '22

******************* This email originates from outside Imperial. Do not click on links and attachments unless you recognise the sender. If you trust the sender, add them to your safe senders list https://spam.ic.ac.uk/SpamConsole/Senders.aspx to disable email stamping for this address. ******************* Dear cavers, To more accurately reflect the roles we need to run the caving club, we would like to make changes to the caving club committee positions. We propose to add the roles of Web Master and Propaganda Officer. The Web Master would be responsible for maintaining the website. The Propaganda Officer would be in charge of collecting and publishing trip reports and sharing our adventures on social media. Additionally, we would like to remove the position of Medical Officer, noting that we have the role of Health and Safety Officer. Finally, we have been debating how to best integrate a Wellbeing Officer, and have decided to only make a decision after further discussion at our AGM, towards the end of Spring Term. Please reply to this email with any objections to the proposed changes by noon on Wednesday 19/01/2022. If there are no objections, the current committee will vote on these changes. A unanimous vote by the committee will allow us to make these changes to our constitution. Yours till the final eActivities form, Ana ICCC President

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Stores Extravaganza !!!
by Imperial College Caving Club 12 Jan '22

12 Jan '22

******************* This email originates from outside Imperial. Do not click on links and attachments unless you recognise the sender. If you trust the sender, add them to your safe senders list https://spam.ic.ac.uk/SpamConsole/Senders.aspx to disable email stamping for this address. ******************* Hello humans, We will be holding a big stores cleaning / kit fixing day on Saturday 22/01/2022. We will start at 10am (you can arrive at any time though) and we will finish whenever we have inhaled enough mud. Please join us to keep our amazing kit functional, and for drinks at the union. [Cleaning day - Dogs & Animals Background Wallpapers on Desktop Nexus (Image 2282975)] Yours till stores sparkles, Ana

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Pub today, climbing tomorrow!
by Imperial College Caving Club 11 Jan '22

11 Jan '22

******************* This email originates from outside Imperial. Do not click on links and attachments unless you recognise the sender. If you trust the sender, add them to your safe senders list https://spam.ic.ac.uk/SpamConsole/Senders.aspx to disable email stamping for this address. ******************* Hi All, We have our weekly pub social tonight at the union from 6pm after kit packing for the trip this weekend. Everyone is welcome to join whether you're on the trip or not! As tree training only runs in first term, instead we'll be bouldering at Ravenswall from 3pm tomorrow (and every Wednesday from now on until tree training starts again). It's walking distance from the William Morris, Hammersmith's premier Wetherspoons, so we'll be going there after for cheap food and drinks (aiming to head off at 5ish before it gets busy). It's off peak entry to ravenswall before 4pm, £10 for non-students and £9 for students. This goes up by £4.50 and £3.50 respectively if you arrive after 4. There are also worthwhile membership options if you see yourself going twice a week or more. No need to bring anything except comfortable clothes& a water bottle - you can hire climbing shoes (essential, £3.70) and chalk (not essential, £2) at the centre. Hope to see you there, and good luck to everyone suffering January exams! (Bouldering is a good study break, just saying). Yours 'til my last PhD interview, Una

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