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 |
|---|---|---|
| 3 November | Sarah | Belynda/Muriel |
| 10 November | Belynda | Sue |
03 November In Nank’s footsteps Dave Bamford, John Wild, and Paul Maxim
Since 2014, Dave Bamford, John Wild, and Paul Maxim have endeavoured to keep the legacy of John Nankervis’ trips alive by going back to the mountains with other regulars from Nank’s yesteryears. They will tease out some of these outings and what Nank meant to each of them. Many attendees will have their own memories which they may also like to briefly recall. A fun talk down memory lane.
10 November Bagging the Waitāwhiri Wilberforce River
Simon Davis spent five years planning a trip up the Wilberforce River, a major braided river in western Canterbury that flows into the Rakaia. The river valley is part of the traditional route used by Ngāi Tahu to cross the Southern Alps between the West Coast and Canterbury.
17 November A visit to Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland
On a tour of the Baltic countries and Poland, Diana Barnes enjoyed the natural countryside, learned about some folkloric history and traditions, and visited towns dating from the Middle Ages, some with wonderful Art Nouveau buildings.
24 November Walking the Stevenson Trail in south-central France
The GR70 (Chemin de Stevenson), traces the 1878 journey of Scottish writer Robert Louis Stevenson and his donkey,
Modestine, chronicled in his book Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes. Rachel Fry and Peter Morten followed the 240km route without a donkey, but enjoyed meeting other walkers and their donkeys.
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 to keep to time
- explain the hall 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 powerpoint presentation itself has sound
- pro tip: reboot the laptop if the reboot required indicator is displayed or the laptop will not connect to the WiFi
- start the meeting at 7:30 with a mihi to the online and hall audiences
- introduce the TTC, explain health and safety (toilets and exits)
- ask if there are any new people at the meeting and welcome them
- ask if there are any General Committee people at the meeting and introduce them
- ask if there are notices from the President and Geenral Committee
- weekly activity reports from Alan Graham -> mailto:ttc [period] weekly [period] activities [snail] ttc [period] org [period] nz?Subject=Query from TTC website , or Ann Walker -> mailto:ttc [period] weekly [period] activities [snail] ttc [period] org [period] nz?Subject=Query from TTC website on 027 457 2624
- forthcoming trips
- library
- general notices
- introduce the speaker; ask for questions at the end
- after the talk moderate the online and in person pātai
- if after 8:30 restrict or have no questions
- thank the speaker (or arrange someone else to do so)
- announce the club night topic for next week
- 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