OUTDOORSIG EVENTS GENERAL INFO

OSIG Events Intro
10 steps to organising a successful OSIG event!!
Event Coordinators
'Membership has its priviledges'
OUTDOORSIG's ANNUAL EVENTS
Other Non-OSIG Annual Events
Medical Insurance

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OSIG Events Intro:

At present OSIG sponsors and/or promotes a number of annual events....SEE BELOW.........
Although independent of any one member they are spearheaded through OSIGers in the area. If you'd like to go or get involved in any particular event contact the NATIONAL EVENTS STAFF at events@outdoorsig.com

This page is intended to be a guide to the regular events that happen every year.

Ultimately we need OSIGers to create events of their own and host them (we $pon$or them!).... and forward info to us about pre-existing events.....anything from avalanche courses to triathalons to paragliding courses. For the latest events information, visit the OSIG Interactive page and sign up to the mailing list (see the INTERACT page http://groups.yahoo.com/group/outdoorsig/ for full details).

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10 STEPS TO A SUCCESSFUL OUTDOORSIG EVENT!!

Here are ten simple steps you can follow....to ensure a successful event!

1. Decide the TYPE OF EVENT (e.g. dayhike on Mt Iwate) and the DATE OF THE EVENT (long weekends allow for OSIGers to come from farther afield)

2. Decide upon any COSTS involved.....(we suggest having participants send payment in full in order to register....you can even have payment sent into the OSIG postal account. Then we can forward you all the money paid in for the event.)

3. SEND EMAIL TO events@outdoorsig.com with your idea....and we'll $pon$or it!

4. Send an EMAIL TO THE OSIG EMAIL DISCUSSION LIST: outdoorsig@yahoogroups.com . This will appear on to the INTERACTIVE PAGE (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/outdoorsig/).

5. Send an EMAIL TO YOUR PREFECTURAL LISTBOT (e.g. aomori@yahoogroups.com ) ....and neighbouring kens (thru the pref rep list...(e.g. iwate@outdoorsig.com reaches the Iwate-ken area rep).......it's ok to get non-OSIGers involved....we just ask that they join OSIG if it's a sponsored event.

6. Get an list of those interested

7. Draw up an itinerary.....confirm with participants.

8. HOLD THE EVENT!

9. Ask a participant to write an article...email it to us (at newsletter@outdoorsig.com ) within a couple of weeks after the event and we'll publish it in the newsletter and on the website.

10. An ideal event is:
NOT labor intensive in planning
Can be repeated in the future easily as an ANNUAL EVENT
Is of LOW COST TO PARTICIPANTS

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EVENT COORDINATORS

The main core events of OUTDOORSIG are those that we sponsor financially.....(such as POWDATOPIA and the BONIN ISLANDS PARADISE trip)..... For these events we always try to find 'Event Coordinators'.....these are people who are not part of the regular national events staff.....but rather are just OSIGers that want to get involved on a part-time basis and be the liaison for THAT PARTICULAR EVENT ONLY......

Such coordinators allow the National Events Staff to better spend their time and energy in building further OSIG events.....rather than simply maintaining the core events that we have to date. Of course the national events staff are there to act as liaison and advisors to those that decide to help out at an event coordinator.

IF YOU ARE AT ALL INTERESTED IN BEING AN EVENT COORDINATOR please contact the National Events Staff at events@outdoorsig.com .......we need your help!!!

Event coordinator positions are available for all OutdoorSIG events listed below……Click HERE to go to the full list of positions in the 'Who runs OutdoorSIG?' section.

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'MEMBERSHIP HAS ITS PRIVILEDGES'

Annual OutdoorSIG events are not just for those in OSIG. Many of our more popular events attract those JETs with outdoor interests who never signed up with OSIG at the conferences. That said.....everyone who takes part in a sponsored OSIG event MUST SIGN UP with OutdoorSIG in order to participate. The logic is simply that your fees (500yen per year) have gone into financially sponsoring the event......and thus non-OSIGers shouldn't get a free ride. (of course after signing up with OSIG one gets a full year membership for only 500yen!) ........also along the same lines OSIGers also receive 'front of the line' service for events that might sell out ahead of non-OSIGers. SO.....the trick is to signup for OSIG well in advance! For more info check out HOW TO JOIN.

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Medical Insurance

All JETs should have received a medical insurance booklet or card (you know..... the little coloured one (approx 10cmx15cm) wrapped in transparent plastic). It is essential that you bring this card along with you on any OutdoorSIG events, (such as launching yourself off the cliffs of Niseko or scuba diving at 35m on the shipwrecks of the Bonin Islands).

Should you have an injury (knock on wood) you need to have it with you in order to receive medical treatment.