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Geoffpinkerton at 21:28, 14 January 2025

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Geoffpinkerton: Updated snowshoe contact.

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Updated snowshoe contact.

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Geoffpinkerton at 15:37, 3 September 2019

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 The gear locker is located at the Public Storage facility at 94 Braid St., New Westminster. You can access the site off of Braid St. or Brunette Ave.
-Blue Mountain Scout Hall has snowshoes to rent. 1st Poco currently (Jan 2018) has some and they can be booked by emailing cohosnowshoe@gmail.com. Darren McCrabb thecrabbyscouter@gmail.com, has some and they can be booked by contacting him directly.
+Blue Mountain Scout Hall has snowshoes to rent. 1st Poco currently (Jan 2018) has some and they can be booked by emailing cohosnowshoe@gmail.com. Darren McCrabb (thecrabbyscouter@gmail.com) has about 20 pairs that he rents for about $5/pr and they can be booked by contacting him directly.
 Alternatively, we have rented snowshoes from Mountain Equipment Co-op.

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 The gear locker is located at the Public Storage facility at 94 Braid St., New Westminster. You can access the site off of Braid St. or Brunette Ave.
-Blue Mountain Scout Hall has snowshoes to rent. 1st Poco currently (Jan 2018) has some and they can be booked by emailing cohosnowshoe@gmail.com. Darren McCrabb darren.mccrabb@scouts.ca, has some and they can be booked by contacting him directly.
+Blue Mountain Scout Hall has snowshoes to rent. 1st Poco currently (Jan 2018) has some and they can be booked by emailing cohosnowshoe@gmail.com. Darren McCrabb thecrabbyscouter@gmail.com, has some and they can be booked by contacting him directly.
 Alternatively, we have rented snowshoes from Mountain Equipment Co-op.

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 = General =
 The Quartermaster is responsible to maintain our gear and can be reached at quartermaster@newwestscouts.ca.  We have a cargo trailer, a canoe trailer that holds six canoes, and a locker full of camping gear.
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 The gear locker is located at the Public Storage facility at 94 Braid St., New Westminster.  You can access the site off of Braid St. or Brunette Ave. A code is required for the gate and must be entered both to enter and exit; if the same number of codes are not entered, the locker alarm may refuse to arm, causing an issue with the facility. Contact a fellow Scouter for the gate code.
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 Blue Mountain Scout Hall has snowshoes to rent.  1st Poco currently (Jan 2018) has some and they can be booked by emailing cohosnowshoe@gmail.com.  Darren McCrabb darren.mccrabb@scouts.ca, has some and they can be booked by contacting him directly.
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 Alternatively, we have rented snowshoes from Mountain Equipment Co-op.
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 Coho Area has a large 10'x20' tent that we use for Hyack Camp.  As the Blue Mountain Scout Hall has an unknown future, it is currently stored at Geoff's house.
 ==Quartermaster Plea==
 Please bring the gear back  in as good or better shape than you took it.  If something is in need of repair, please repair it if you can, purchase a replacement, or alert the Group via the Group Committee.
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 Some particular things of note when using the Group gear:
 * Return the gear to the shelf where you found it (the shelves are numbered).  It may not look like it, but there is some organization to the locker.

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-The Quartermaster is responsible to maintain our gear and can be reached at quartermaster@newwestscouts.ca.  We have a cargo trailer, a canoe trailer that holds six canoes, sixcanoes (one was stolen in 2015 and we replaced it in 2018), and a locker full of camping gear.
+The Quartermaster is responsible to maintain our gear and can be reached at quartermaster@newwestscouts.ca.  We have a cargo trailer, a canoe trailer that holds six canoes, and a locker full of camping gear.
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-The storage facility is located at 94 Braid St., New Westminster.  You can access the site off of Braid St. or Brunette Ave.  The trailers are accessible from 5:00am to 10:00pm daily.  Both the trailers are locked.
+The gear locker is located at the Public Storage facility at 94 Braid St., New Westminster.  You can access the site off of Braid St. or Brunette Ave. A code is required for the gate and must be entered both to enter and exit; if the same number of codes are not entered, the locker alarm may refuse to arm, causing an issue with the facility. Contact a fellow Scouter for the gate code.
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-The utility trailer is a Wells Cargo model RF581 that is about 8' long and 4' wide, with a 2” ball, and the curb weight is 790lb.  It does not have a wheel at the front and is really heavy to move by hand.
+The utility trailer is a Wells Cargo model RF581 that is about 8' long and 5' wide, with a 2” ball, and the curb weight is 790lb.  It does not have a wheel at the front and is really heavy to move by hand.
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-The Quartermaster is responsible to maintain our gear and can be reached at quartermaster@newwestscouts.ca.  We have a cargo trailer, a canoe trailer that holds six canoes, five canoes (one was stolen in 2015), and a locker full of camping gear.
+The Quartermaster is responsible to maintain our gear and can be reached at quartermaster@newwestscouts.ca.  We have a cargo trailer, a canoe trailer that holds six canoes, sixcanoes (one was stolen in 2015 and we replaced it in 2018), and a locker full of camping gear.
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-[http://pac.scouts.ca/ca/CarriageHouse Carriage House] in Burnaby has quite a bit of equipment that they lend out for free or a nominal cost.  We have rented snowshoes, archery equipment, and a cargo net for Climb Up.  They are inconveniently only open on Tuesday nights from 6:30-8:00.  The contact is Gordon Tilley on Tuesdays from 6:30pm to 8:00pm at (604) 614-6576.  The address is 6344 Deer Lake Ave., across from Burnaby Art Gallery and the Burnaby RCMP at Deer Lake Park (N 49° 14.488 W 122° 58.310).  There was a fire at Carriage House on 12 Jan 2018.
+Until it burned down, [http://pac.scouts.ca/ca/CarriageHouse Carriage House] in Burnaby had quite a bit of equipment that they lent out for free or a nominal cost.  We have rented snowshoes, archery equipment, and a cargo net for Climb Up.  They are inconveniently only open on Tuesday nights from 6:30-8:00.  The contact is Gordon Tilley on Tuesdays from 6:30pm to 8:00pm at (604) 614-6576.  The address is 6344 Deer Lake Ave., across from Burnaby Art Gallery and the Burnaby RCMP at Deer Lake Park (N 49° 14.488 W 122° 58.310).  There was a fire at Carriage House on 12 Jan 2018.
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 Alternatively, we have rented snowshoes from Mountain Equipment Co-op.
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 ==Quartermaster Plea==
 Please bring the gear back  in as good or better shape than you took it.  If something is in need of repair, please repair it if you can, purchase a replacement, or alert the Group via the Group Committee.
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 The gear in the locker includes:
-* Camping gear (lanterns, tents, four 10’x10’ pop-up shelters, white light-weight and green heavy-weight shelter sides for the shelters for use on winter or wet camps, 3 large and one small light weight (aluminum) tables, 1 large folding table, a dozen water jugs, 2 spare sleeping bags, etc.).
+* Camping gear (lanterns, tents, four 10’x10’ pop-up shelters, white light-weight and green heavy-weight shelter sides for the shelters for use on winter or wet camps, 3 large and one small light weight (aluminum) tables, 1 large folding table, about a dozen water jugs, 2 spare sleeping bags, etc.).
 * Tents as follows:
 ** three "2"-person MEC Tarn 2 tents (good for Scouters).
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 ** fourteen Eureka El Capitan 3 (good for 2 Scouts or 3 Cubs).
 ** about fifteen new grey/blue tents that are slightly bigger than the El Capitan 3s (good for 2 Scouts or 3 Cubs).
-* Groundsheets or the tents
+* Groundsheets for the tents
 * Cooking gear (coolers, pots and pans, propane & white gas single & multi-burner stoves, etc.).
 * Propane trees for connecting lanterns and stoves to a 20lb tank.
 * Four burner stove in a stainless steel case.  Don't forget the large black hose with the quick connect.
 * Gear for winter camps (1 and 2-burner propane heaters, 3 snow shovels)
-* Paddling gear for the canoes (canoe dolly, PFDs, paddles, bailers, throw ropes, etc.).
+* Paddling gear for the canoes (canoe dolly, PFDs, paddles, bailers, throw ropes, whistles, painters (bow and stern ropes), etc.).
 * Miscellaneous other gear (axe, saws, some firewood, etc.).
 * Event gear (apple day boxes, signs and cans, wooden spars for the banner when used in a parade, reindeer for the Christmas Parade, torches, etc.).
-* Patrol boxes (four wooden Scout boxes and 1 metal Venturer box).
+* Patrol boxes (four wooden Scout boxes and 1 metal Venturer box) that are prepacked with gear.
 * Propane tanks are kept in the box trailer, not the locker.  There are at two 20lb ones and several small green ones.
 * Inflatable boat with oars.
 * White pipes holding four bows and dozens of arrows.

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 * The white wash tubs should be cleaned and returned.  Often they are very greasy after a camp.
 * The stoves need to be thoroughly cleaned and dried.  Consider taking them home for a good clean.  It is no fun to open a stove at a camp that is gross from a previous camp.
-* The metal Venturer Company box, and the two wooden Scout Patrol boxes are (at least they should be) pre-packed with everything the Scouts and Venturers need when they go to a camp.  There should be enough other gear in the locker (stoves, pots, utensils, knives, cutting boards, wash tubs, etc.) for the Beaver and Cub Sections.  If there is something in the Patrol boxes that you need to borrow, please return it to the Patrol Box after use.
+* The metal Venturer Company box, and the four wooden Scout Patrol boxes are (at least they should be) pre-packed with everything the Scouts and Venturers need when they go to a camp.  The boxes can be borrowed for the Beaver and Cub Sections and there should also be enough other gear in the locker (stoves, pots, utensils, knives, cutting boards, wash tubs, etc.) for any addition needs.  If there is something in the Patrol boxes that you need to borrow, please return it to the Patrol Box after use.
 * The propane tanks should be assessed and re-filled if needed.  The Propane Depot at 3390 Lake City Way off of Lougheed Highway in Burnaby only charges for what they put in the tank rather than a set fee like the thieves at the Husky over the fence from the storage locker.
-* No loose food in the locker.  We do have some food stored in the locker (leftovers from camps) and it must be sealed in rubbermaid bins and not left out for the mice.
+* Please don't store loose food in the locker.  We do have some food stored in the locker (leftovers from camps) and it must be sealed in rubbermaid bins and not left out for the mice.
 * If there is any broken gear, it needs to be repaired or identified by writing the issue with a marker on green painter's tape (available in the locker) and emailing the quartermaster.  The last thing anyone wants to do is get to camp and have broken poles or no pegs in a tent.  The poles are straight forward to fix as we have a number of extra loose pieced that can be cut down and used.
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-The insurance is under Scouts Canada’s fleet insurance and is therefore due on the fleet renewal date of August 31st.  The trailers are in Scouts Canada’s name and therefore they get the renewal forms, not the Group.  In August, the renewal forms are mailed to the Group Commissioner by Leo Siu at the Scout office.  He can also provide a letter indicating that the Group Commissioner has the signing authority to sign for and renew the insurance.
+The insurance is under Scouts Canada’s fleet insurance and is therefore due on the fleet renewal date of August 31st.  The trailers are in Scouts Canada’s name and therefore they get the renewal forms, not the Group.  In August, the renewal forms are mailed to the Group Commissioner by the Scout Office.  They can also provide a letter indicating that the Group Commissioner has the signing authority to sign for and renew the insurance.
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 * Miscellaneous other gear (axe, saws, some firewood, etc.).
 * Event gear (apple day boxes, signs and cans, wooden spars for the banner when used in a parade, reindeer for the Christmas Parade, torches, etc.).
-* Patrol boxes (2 wooden Scout boxes and 1 metal Venturer box).
+* Patrol boxes (four wooden Scout boxes and 1 metal Venturer box).
 * Propane tanks are kept in the box trailer, not the locker.  There are at two 20lb ones and a few small ones.
 * Bike trailer.