TTC Social Club Committee Roster
PLEASE!
- The roster is tight; if you can't do a duty, please agree to swap with someone else.
- see the duty and event guides
| Date | Host | Supper |
|---|---|---|
| 10 March | Lana | Alan |
| 17 March | Belynda | Lynne |
Hosting duty 'cheat sheet'
- open the presentation cabinet to setup the laptop, turn on the projector at the wall
- pro tip: the RCA sound cable is not required unless the presentation has audio
- welcome the presenter when they arrive, offer them a cup of tea
- explain the koha options
- explain the online and hall audiences and two sound systems
- explain the latest end time for the talk (8:30pm), encourage them not to run over
- explain the microphone options
- setup the online meeting on the laptop
- pro tip: ensure 'Display Settings' are set to two screens
- pro tip: ensure the windows sound setting for the browser is set to minimum if the presentation itself has sound
- start the meeting at 7:30 with a mihi to the hall and to the online audiences
- introduction to TTC, health and saftey (toilets and exits)
- ask if there are any new people at the meeting and welcome them
- President's or Committee notices
- weekly activity reports
- forthcoming trips
- library
- general notices
- introduce the speaker; ask for questions at the end
- after the talk moderate online and in person pātai, then thank the speaker (or arrange someone else to do so)
- announce the club night topic for next week and close the meeting with a request to put the chairs away
- return the laptop etc to the presentation cabinet and lock it, turn off projector and sound system
17 March Threading the needle in Kahurangi Chris Munn
Over three long, hard days four club members slogged their way across rough, untracked country from Blue Shirt Creek on the Heaphy Track to Kahurangi Lighthouse.
It was a trip they vowed never to do again.
24 March Cycling from Ship Cove to Dunedin Ross Bidmead
Unfit and unsure of their health, Ross and Frances cycled from Ship Cove to Dunedin. It proved to be a rejuvenating ride.
31 March End of the earth: the far south of South America Peter Barry
Tierra del Fuego is a wild land of mountain ranges, islands, glaciers, never-ending fjords and a myriad of lakes. The Darwin range offers both serious, remote mountaineering and scope for good tramping trips.