- Receive fees, membership numbers, and
executed releases from registering climbers.
- Validate the currency of membership.
- Deposit fees in the appropriate
account.
- File the releases for future
reference.
- Update the database of registered
climbers.
- Send current registration cards to
climbers.
- Receive trip and accident reports
from mountaineering section chairs.
- Obtain required permits from
agencies.
- Prepare the actual text of policies
and standards for review by the Mountaineering Committee.
- Process the documents required for
chapter and individual certification.
- Assist with the facilitation
process.
4.1.3 Organization chart
(To be
developed)
4.2 Responsibilities
4.2.1 Individual Climbers
Climbers will be required to register as follows before being allowed to
climb with the Sierra Club:
- To participate in, but not lead or
instruct for, climbing outings or training, one will have to register with the
Mountaineering Committee, which means (a) paying a yearly user fee. For those
in training this would be part of the cost of the course; (b) being a member of
the Sierra Club; (c) signing the approved release of liability and sending it
in.
- To lead or instruct for climbing
outings or training, a member will have to register as a leader with the
Mountaineering Committee, which means (a) meeting the requirements listed in
(1) above; (b) becoming and staying certified to Mountaineering Committee
standards as a registered climber.
4.2.2 Leaders
Individual
leaders will have only to verify the participants are registered. Leaders will
have complete discretion over who participates on an outing, except that all
members must be properly registered.
4.2.3 Chapters
The outings
chairperson of each mountaineering group, section, or committee will be
responsible for reporting quarterly to the Mountaineering Administration the
number and type of scheduled mountaineering trips that unit has
conducted. |