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MCC Board Members - Elected November 21, 2009 Letter from Marilyn B.
Mackinaw Canoe Club 2009 Trip Schedule January – April and a bit beyond Friends and Paddlers, Although I am not keeping the secretary duties, I thought I would try to keep the schedule for the Club. That means I will host 2 planning meetings
and send a list of the scheduled trips out to everyone in the Club. The newsletter and website will still be your main sources of information but this
listing may help you plan and track trips a bit more. That said I have this message.
The MCC officers really appreciate all trip and event leaders; those members that lead many trips and those that lead one; those that lead out of
state trips and those that paddle the creeks an hour away. We hope if you led a trip previously, you will lead again this year. For 2009 would
some of you that haven’t led any trips PLEASE consider leading a trip or submitting a trip. We really need people to take on more trips. If you want to
submit a trip but not lead, we will try to find a leader for you. Gene Grider suggested 2-3 leaders for a trip and then if one can’t make it the trip
would not be cancelled. The officers of the Mackinaw Canoe Club would thank you and we would very much appreciate it. These trips we schedule really
are a lot of fun. Good food, good fellowship with great people, getting out in the fresh air and on the river, away from computers, TVs, and the hectic
everyday grind.
If you have questions about leading a trip, please call any officer for answers and encouragement. I would like to see our usual
Big Bureau Creek, Sangamon River, Mazon River, North Fork, Clinton Lake, Big Pine, and Mackinaw trips show up on the schedule. We will make all
leading and reporting as easy as possible for you.
Thank you for your leadership—MCC Officers.
Trip Planning for 2009 – Fill out the form at http://rivers-end.org/mcc/triprequestform.html
with information about your planned trip and submit via email at blusgrdn@mchsi.com or send to Marilyn Black,
1 Tarter Ct., Clinton, IL 61727. Don’t wait to get your trip on the calendar. Contact Marilyn now. She has the calendar ready to add your
trip dates.
Paddling Partners and Pickup Trips
Marilyn Black 217-935-8603
Sharon and Doug Welch (309) 452-3824
Gene Grider (309) 359-8684.
Trip Leader Responsibilities
1. Prior to the trip, the trip leader should obtain permission from private landowners in the
put in or take out access will be on/near/across private property. This is a very important
responsibility and may affect river access for all other paddlers. It should be considered
common courtesy to ask for permission before trespassing on any private property. This includes
vehicle parking, as well as actually, getting our boats to the water.
All Trip Participants Responsibilities
1. No later than a day or two prior to the trip, call the trip leader on the telephone or contact
the trip leader via email. Trips may be cancelled, postponed, moved to another river or put in,
the shuttle time may be changed, or any number of other details may change. If you do not contact
your trip leader you will not know of these changes.
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