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Councilmember Klein is sponsoring ordinance 0483-2013, for engineering for the Camp Chase Trail project. The project will construct a 10-ft. trail along the existing rail corridor from West Sullivant Avenue to Eureka Avenue, a span of about 3.5 miles. The trail will connect to and extend Metro Parks’ Camp Chase Rail Trail, and will be part of nearly 170 miles of trail all the way to Cincinnati. Locally, it will give Hilltop residents easy access to the greenway system of Columbus. There is also a connection to Big Darby Metro Park. Construction is expected to begin this fall; there will be another ordinance coming before Council in the next couple of months for that.

Some of our members have been interested in advertising their businesses in the COP newsletter, Columbus Outdoors for quite some time now.  For the past 5 or 6 years, we have not accepted such ads.  Well, time passes and board members move on.  Starting with the March issue, we will accept ads from our members as long as the product or business is legal, and does not involve banks, credit cards, insurance, travel or Tshirts (post office regulations for non-profit rate mail).  Buddy trips and competing programs are also excluded so as to not undermine our own activity programs.

Information including sizes, rates and deadlines can be found here. 

Ann Gerckens, Editor
editor@outdoor-pursuits.org

Via CyberSpace from the Columbus Outdoor Pursuits Vice President....

The Annual Report is available here.

At the annual membership meeting at Everal Barn on October 16, the following board members were elected:
Jerry Capehart
John Conley
Tonya Fasone
Eben Kent
Tim McNish

Photos from the evening are posted here.

There will be a wilderness first responder course offered at the Outdoor Adventure Center at The Ohio State University from December 14-20, 2012. The cost is $675 and you do not need to be a Recreational Sports Member or Ohio State University student to sign up. For more information contact Dave Denny (denny.57@osu.edu) or go to the OSU Rec Sports website at http://recsports.osu.edu/forms/outdoor-calendar/outdoor-calendar-details.aspx?ID=400

We have a New logo! (See October newsletter, front cover)
We are stilling working on color choices.
We will be using up materials with the old logo before printing new materials with this new logo so you will still be seeing the old logo for a while.

Also, it since we will have to make some adjustments to the newsletter layout to accommodate the different logo shape, this is a good time to make other design changes. This months’(October 2012) design is a possibility. Constructive comments may be sent to editor@outdoor-pursuits.org

Your vote counts!
Please take a few minutes to review the slate of 2012 candidates up for your vote in this month’s election. (See the October newsletter, page 11.)
Additional Board nominees will be accepted from the floor at the Election Meeting. However, you may only vote for up to 6 candidates.
The term for an elected member is normally 2 years and 5 of these terms are up for election. An additional 1 year (unexpired) term is available and will be assigned according to number of votes received.
The Election meeting will be held on
Tuesday, October 16th at 6pm.
It will be held at Everal Barn, Westerville.
Schedule:
A bite to eat (donations requested, but not required)
Awards, including the Ron Eisele Award
Allow candidates to speak
Vote
Lost and Found auction
Announcement of Results
The Board will meet immediately after the membership meeting to elect officers for the year.

Leaders!
Did you know??
You can send your releases into the office electronically.
Either scan the release, or take a photo and email it. Do check that the image is legible before hitting the send button, though :)

Help us get the word out!
Volunteers are needed to organize and staff COP tables at various Health and Wellness Fairs. These are often held during weekday business hours, but we do have some weekend opportunities also.
Reply to, well, it would be great to have someone to coordinate these things, but until we do, reply to the COP Office office@outdoor-pursuits.org or call 614.442.7901.