California
Mountaineering Club
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POLICIES
- Members will take personal
responsibility for safe practices and conduct themselves during Club
outings in a manner that will not impair the safety of the party.
- CMC members and guests may
participate in Club outings. Guests must be 18 years of age or older and meet
the following conditions:
- Be approved by the
leader/organizer.
- Have signed a waiver.
- Be sponsored by a
Regular member present on the outing.
- Can participate on
only two club outings.
- Guests will not exceed
the number of regular members on the trip
- Club trips will be posted on
the CMC website, in the newsletter, or both. Send your trip write-up(s) to
the outings coordinator. There should be at least three openings on the
trip at the time it is posted on the website or when the member receives
the newsletter.
- Each trip will have a
designated trip leader/organizer. The trip leader/organizer will have
complete authority over the conduct of the outing, including who may
participate in the outing. However, trip leader/organizers are not
authorized to waive the requirements of paragraph three above.
- The trip leader/organizer
will verify the membership status of each participant using the current
Club membership list. In the case of otherwise qualified non-member
guests, the leader/organizer will ensure that the guest signs the waiver
before joining the trip.
- All participants will sign
the Club trip sign-up sheet at the beginning of the trip.
- The
trip leader/organizer will send in the Club sign-up sheet and guest
waivers to the Outings Coordinator within
30 days of the conclusion of the trip.
- The trip leader/organizer
will make a reasonable effort to know the whereabouts of each participant
during the trip. At the end of the trip, the trip leader/organizer will
not leave the road head until all cars have started.
- Participants wishing to
deviate from the leader/organizer’s itinerary do so on
their own and must sign out on the trip sign-up sheet.
- All members are expected to
provide their own adequate medical insurance and major personal liability
insurance coverage.
- Members who deviate from
these policies may be subject to the disciplinary procedures of the Club,
including expulsion.
Revised: August 30, 2008
Revised: December 11, 2008