Training Log Archive: barb

Part of a laid back weekend. Original plan to do two Presidential bypasses got nixed by hurricane force whiteout conditions on Mt Washington, and devolved into a taking-it-easy outing. Crawford Notch, north to the Waterwheel restaurant where I had a nice breakfast and purchased some excellent plum jam (which I immediately used some of). Lady asked me what I was reading: "The year 1000". Then back to Crawford Notch, with a stop for a hike up Mount Martha.

I tried to pump up the tires but at first only managed to deflate them, and eventually got them back to where they started. Think I need a different pump.

Saw a USOF BOD message from Peter Goodwin about background check policy. I haven't looked at the policy before. Peter was proposing that military officers not be checked because the military already does that. My thoughts:

Is the military background check conducted regularly (would it be up to date)? What does the military background check cover -- does it really cover everything that we want, including items relating to working with children?

Is it clear in our "background check" policy what people would be checked *for*? Is it clear what a background check consists of? This seems to be about kids and money, right?

Is there a one-size-fits-all check for both kids & money? Surely a "background check" to flag potential problems in working safely with our children is different than the check required to make sure our money is in good hands.

In my opinion, which was actually influenced by Pete Lane's excellent point along these lines, having a policy to do a background check (which presumably means a search to find out if you've ever been convicted of a crime) is insufficient when it comes to both people who handle our money and people who work with our youth.

For example, USOF should develop a policy that is helpful for coaches etc in defining appropriate behavior and proactive safety measures. This doesn't have to be ridiculously restrictive - just sensible.
There are some nice examples in the British orienteering child protection policy.

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Today the Graham & Parks junior high was treated to a celebration because they made the goal of 500 or more tickets on the field trip. The top three teams were given posters of the US Team (thanks, Sandy!), autographed by Ross & Sam. Then they watched a 5-minute movie of various orienteers congratulating them, and Sam & Ross talking about how well they (the kids) did on the Fells trip, and also about being on the US team, and training, and how to do more orienteering if you're interested. Then there were some clips from Catching Features and a couple of URLs. After the movie, everyone got ice cream.

Isabel reported that kids seemed interested in Catching Features, and generally engaged in the celebration. And they laughed at some parts of the movie, which was good, because it had some Barb humor in it. People don't always find Barb humor funny.

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work commute plus lunch outing.

Event: Hudson Highlander
 

Hudson Highlander with Dave & Adam.
First map: pretty good hustle; constant talking about the map & route choice.
Trail run: nice and easy, with Dave. Adam waited for a while before starting so he could go fast along the trail run, and wait for us at the end of it.
Third & fourth maps were taken quite slowly.
No big problems navigating.
I decided that this time, for a change, I'd like to stop and eat before the last map. Usually I finish so late that no one is around, and the food is being packed up, when I finish. So this time we stopped for 14 minutes and refueled; the guys had hamburgers and I had soup & pasta.

Last night I took the train from Union Station in Washington DC to Penn Station in NY. I walked to Grand Central Station and took a train to Peekskill. OMG, those train stations are beautiful. Dave was in the camper van in the parking lot, and I joined him. He had driven down to NY yesterday, and spent some time with Adam and his dad.

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Highlander - Splits