Meetings & Events

• About the Meetings
• Upcoming Meetings
• Past Meetings

About the Meetings

The club meets on the first Tuesday of the month to discuss club business (e.g. upcoming trips and training sessions), view slideshows and presentations, learn from speakers and demonstrations, and enjoy the fellowship of cameraderie of club members.

The club's library is available for loan at meetings, and from time to time bulk-purchased items are available for sale, such as club shirts and safety equipment.

September, October, November, January, February, March, April, May and June meetings take place at the Vancouver Museum on the first Tuesday of the month, starting at 7:30 and ending around 9:00 pm. The room is open at 7:00 pm, allowing time to catch up with old friends and make new ones before the start.

July and August meetings take place outdoors at Locarno Beach, usually with a BBQ.

There is no club meeting in December; a Christmas Party takes place instead, on an alternate date.

Everybody is Welcome!

Upcoming Meetings

June 2008 Meeting: Trade Show Special Event!

Tuesday, June 3, 2008, 7:00 to 9:30 pm (NOTE earlier start time)
at the Vancouver Museum Click for map

• SKABC is organizing a kayaking industry tradeshow, featuring equipment and information from many leading local businesses and organizations involved in kayaking. Each exhibitor will have a booth in our regular meeting place, the Vancouver Museum, with the latest gear and resources on display.

• This is an excellent opportunity for all club members to see what's new in 2008 and have time to speak to knowledgable paddling resources.

• And, as if that wasn't opportunity enough, there will be many door prizes available, such as a Chartered Boat Cruise, a GPS, Kayaking Clothing, Paddles, PFDs, Safety Equipment, Sun Glasses, Neoprene Wear... and the list does go on!!!

• View the Tradeshow page here, then mark Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008 in your calendar as an evening not to miss!

July 2008 Meeting

Tuesday, July 1, 2008

• Meet at the beach. Details TBD.

August 2008 Meeting

Tuesday, August 5, 2008

• Meet at the beach. Details TBD.

Past Meetings

At the July 2007 meeting at Locarno Beach, Philip Torrens provided information on kayak sailing. Click here to view notes from the presentation ( PDF).

Minutes and committe reports from the AGM on October 2, 2007 are avilable ( PDF).

At the November 2007 meeting, Andrea Reimer presented Al Gore's climate change presentation. Below are some links providing additional information on this topic.

Solutions

• "Heat" by George Monbiot is essential reading
• The BBC's online "Climate Challenge" game is an engaging way to learn more about how different policies interact together and puts it in the context of how politically challenging it can be.

Current News and Analysis

• Realclimate.org is a website by climate scientists that analyses media stories and whether or not they are accurately reporting the science of climate change
  
• Desmogblog.com is a group of PR professionals that unravels the spin about current climate decisions

Canadian Specific Context

• The Pembina Institute's Climate website does a great jon of outlining the issue, it's impacts and policy analysis from a Canadian perspective.
  
• The Canadian government keeps a list of online carbon calculators that take into account province specific energy sources. You can find them at http://ecoaction.gc.ca/tools-outils-eng.cfm

Groups to hook up with/activities to do in groups

There are quite a large number of groups out there all of whom do good work but my suggestions would be:
Voters Taking Action on Climate Change
Community Climate Change

...and if people want to get together with a small group and do their own actions (a great idea in my opinion), there is a study guide available at http://www.nwei.org/NWEI/Global_Warming.html to them to give their discussions a focal point.

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