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Nau mai, hoki mai ki te rōpū hikoi o te pae maunga o Tararua |
Welcome to the Tararua Tramping Club |
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
24 February The newest Great Walk, The Hump Ridge Track Jonty Crane
Jonty has walked The Hump Ridge Track twice and puts it in his top five tramps. The three day circuit includes epic beaches, panoramic views across the bottom of the South Island and Stewart Island, historic wooden bridges, and the remains of a forestry settlement. The accommodation is also rather nice…
| Date | Location | Grade | Leader | Contact | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 | Waiwhetū Stream. (Meet 10:14 a.m. at Naenae station when 9:50 a.m. train arrives from Wellington. Bring Gold Cards for further bus travel) | R | Kath Kerr -> mailto:kathmkerr [snail] xtra [period] co [period] nz | 04 475 8064, 027 475 8064 | |
| 18 | Ngā Taonga Nature Walk to Clay Ridge in Catchpool area. (Meet 10:00 a.m. at Woburn station carpark for car loading. Suitable train leaves Wellington 9:30 a.m.) | E | Diana Barnes -> mailto:dgbarnes [snail] xtra [period] co [period] nz | 04 479 2947, 027 462 3698 | |
| 18 | Ōwhiro Bay Quarry - Red Rocks Track - Barking Emu - Brooklyn | EM | Paul Bruce | 021 027 19370 | |
| 18 | East Harbour Regional Park | M | Jim Gibbons | 027 495 3616 | |
| 18 | Rae Ridge - Dennan | MF | Franz Hubmann | 027 857 1612 | |
| Sat 21 | Solomons Ridge, Wainuiomata Water works area | M | David McNabb | 027 436 0841 | |
| 25 | Te Māra a Tāne Zealandia (Meet 10:00 a.m. at upstairs Te Māra a Tāne reception. Take any timely No.2 Karori bus from Lambton Quay, alight at first stop after Karori tunnel and walk south. Or take free shuttles from Takina or Cable car top) | E | Liz Martin -> mailto:elizabethannmartin [snail] gmail [period] com | 04 938 6311, O21 135 6851 | |
| 25 | Houghton Bay - Island Bay Loop | EM | Janice Tijsen | 029 774 7758 | |
| 25 | Tunnel Gully - Climie | M | Diana Munster | 027 205 1737 | |
| 25 | TBA | MF | Anthony Hill | 021 0255 1924 | |
03 March An alpine panorama challenge Andy Buchanan
Andy’s self-imposed retirement challenge was to climb all 133 peaks visible from the Cashmere Hills and named on a panorama sketch published in 1967.