******************* 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 EVERYONE, So, you may have noticed a lack of socials recently. This, in fact, may be due to the fact we have no social sec (how sad). HOWEVER, we are changing this! Come join us at our *EGM* next Thursday if you would like to join the committee. TLDR (for the whole email): - *EGM*: Happening *next Thursday (30/10)*. Read information below if you are interested in helping us out with running the club. - Tree Training: Unfortunately, we don't know when we can start tree training again (due to union issues), if you would like to learn SRT, we will be trying to teach as many people on trips. This means that if you would like to join a Yorkshire trip, please join us on Mendips 1 or CHECC (there is a large SRT rig where we can teach). We hope to be up the tree soon :( - Socials: 1 on Wednesday (Bouldering at Ravenswall), 1 on Halloween itself, 1 on Bonfire night. Please come along, we'd love to see you all. TREE TRAINING Unfortunately due to Union issues, tree training will have to be postponed until further notice. If you would like to join us on a Yorkshire trip (and eventually Easter Tour/Slov), please come to Mendips (the trip after Wales 2, from 7/11-9/11), or to CHECC (the weekend after Mendips 1). We have had to change our first Yorkshire trip to Mendips, as at the hut we will now be staying at, there is an SRT rig that we can train people on in the evenings, meaning we can still do caving in the day. CHECC is a large social event for all university cavers across the UK (Council of Higher Education Caving Clubs), meaning the weekend will be filled with drinking, partying, and lots and lots of caving game competitions. If you are interested, sign ups will go out next week. Trip sign ups will now be just over 2 weeks before the trip to comply with union rules, so please look out for the Mendips sign up at the end of this week :) SOCIALS So, unfortunately there have been few socials recently. We seek to change this. Here are 3 socials coming up: Social 2: Wednesday What? We will be having a bouldering social at Ravenswall! We will meet on campus at 1.45pm, leave by 2pm to get there, otherwise meet at Ravenswall before 4pm (to get in before peak prices). Please feel free to come along, even if you haven't gone bouldering before. Prices and more info are on the website here <https://londonclimbingcentres.co.uk/prices>. We will probably do something after, and will let people know on the whatsapp. Where? Ravenswall, Hammersmith When? 22/10, 1.45pm Social 3: Halloween TBD by our next social sec... (though I'm sure it will be incredible fun). Social 4: Guy Fawkes What? We will be having a bonfire and setting off fireworks! Please bring drinks, we will be providing food for the barbecue/bonfire, and some fireworks (though feel free to bring your own)! Where? Cave house! (55 Norbroke Street, East Acton). When? 5/11, 6pm EGM (Emergency General Meeting) We unfortunately didn't get all the slots filled in the committee last year, so we are running a little low on manpower for the club. If anyone is interested in helping us out (with very simple roles), please let us know! You can write a manifesto if you would like, but honestly feel free to come along and even just sign up for something on the day! We will let whoever is running give a speech, and then all vote after they leave the room. We will announce the room on the day, as we aren't able to officially book one, so it will probably be in the RSM building. Some roles available are as follows: Social Sec, Social Media Sec We apologise for the promise of tree training, and the absolute mess that is happening with everything to do with the union. We are trying to fix it! Yours 'till the union give us back the tree, Thurston -- Imperial College Caving Club <https://imperialcaving.com/>