This Budget has been reviewed by:

E-Board Representative:____Katie Murphy___________________Date:_________

Title	Name	Email	Phone #
President	Matt Filippelli	Filipm	276-7720
Vice-President	Nicolas Colby	colbyn	274-8793
Equipment Chair	Robert Svensson	svensr	272-0576
Treasurer	Joan Gitnick	gitnij	273-2684
Secretary	Ian McAninch	mcanii	276-7790
Cairn Editor	Jeffrey Jew	jewj	276-4559
Member-At-Large	Eric Breon	breone	542-7330
Activity Chairs:
Canoeing	Rebecca Wilday	wildar	273-2684
Caving	Christopher Cook	cookc	274-8793
Cross-Country Skiing	Rob Svensson	svensr	272-0576
Ice Climbing	Eric Breon	breone
Kayaking	Stoddard Panall	panals	276-7927
Rafting	Collin Hitchcock	hitchc	271-8133
Rock Climbing	Neil Grabowky	grabon	276-7596
Winter Mountaineering	Keith Langenwalter	langek	276-7289
First Aid	Nicolas Colby	colbyn	274-8793

Year	Total	Student	Fac/Staff	Alumni
1997-1998	192	181	5	6
1998-1999	236	229	2	6
1999-2000	202	191	1	6
2000-2001	210	200	2	8

Goal B: Every year the ROC sponsors an Intercollegiate Outing Club Association (IOCA) event held in late September or Early October on Turtle Island on Lake George, our annual Fall Lake George Celebration. This trip is a long-standing RPI tradition that begins on Friday when we transport the gear to the Island by powerboat and ending on Sunday when everyone leaves. Because this is a long-standing tradition we send flyers to other schools as well as IOCA alumni. Because of the amount of required equipment that needs to be transported from RPI we rent a trailer as well as a powerboat, while the people canoe over to the island. Several traditions of this weekend are providing meals and the square dance Saturday night. This requires us to hire square dance callers and transport them to and from the island.

Program 1) Canoeing: Each year we try and replace the worn out equipment and the equipment that has been lost over previous years. Lifejackets are especially important because they are used for canoeing, kayaking as well as rafting. The paddles are used for both rafting and canoeing, and typically several are lost over the course of a year. Last year one of our canoes was destroyed on a club trip. These canoes are used every year, especially at Fall Lake George. Because we are required to rent any canoe that we cannot provide a canoe would pay for its self in the long run.

Program 2) Caving: The Caving program of the ROC, the RPI Grotto, is an official NSS grotto and therefore must pay dues each year. Each year we must retire old equipment such as old ropes and carabiners in order to maintain safety standards. We would also like to continue replacing our older ascenders that are no longer reliable, standardizing the type of ascenders that the club owns making it easier for beginners to learn. We also need repair parts for lamps and helmets to keep our equipment safe and reliable on all trips. Additionally we have lost many old carbide lamps, or have been forced to retire them, we would like new lamps to replace those we have lost in the past year.

Program 3) Ice Climbing: Ice Climbing has become more popular among club members in the last couple of years. In order to accommodate the demand we need more plastic boots in both the smaller and larger sizes since we currently lack both. Currently we don’t have enough crampons to accommodate everyone who wishes to climb, a new pair of technical crampons would allow one more person on each trip. Finally crampon bags are essential for the protection of both the crampons and the individuals carrying the crampons. Crampons have sharp edges that can pierce both skin and other equipment. Crampon bags would prevent other equipment from getting ruined and increase the safety of trip participants.

Program 4) Kayaking: Each year we have a greater demand for our kayaking trips then we have available kayaks. This is also true for many of our pools sessions, where we teach people how to kayak, throughout the year. We have recently had to retire several old kayaks due to large cracks and holes that have inhibited their ability to float. Some of the clubs kayaks are over 20 years old and therefore their plastic is wearing thin as well as lacking many of the newer safety improvements. Several of the club neoprene spray skirts are unsuitable for river conditions, having gaping holes or other problems. Since each kayak require a spray skirt and a paddle to be useful we would like to purchase all of these. Hip snaps are adjustable foam hip pads that help the person kayak stay in his/her boat and improve rolling ability. Drysuits also need constant repair and are in constant use since the water is typically cold. These suits are used for both rafting and kayaking and keep participants warm.

Program 5) Climbing Wall: The Club maintains and operates an indoor climbing wall for any RPI student or associate to use. We have been slowly purchasing holds for the wall since its completion. The wall need additional holds to allow climbers to use all of the facilities.

Program 6) Rock Climbing: Both the Dynamic Ropes and the Climbing shoes get heavy use each year. The ropes are used for Rock-Climbing, Ice Climbing as well as in the Climbing Wall for public use. For safety purposes old ropes must be retired when they show signs of wear. The current climbing shoes that the club has are used in the climbing wall as well as on club trips. We currently lack larger sizes and often have to turn people away from the wall or allow them to climb in their bare feet. The new shoes would be used to replace the pairs of shoes that are falling apart and to purchase larger sizes.

Program 7) Winter Mountaineering: The ROC would like to enable more people to participate in winter hikes. We currently do not have enough decent backpacks that would allow people to carry the gear that they would need for winter camping. Currently all of the club’s good backpacks are in used with people still wanting more. In addition to backpacks because of winter conditions hikers need both ice axes and headlamps to safely traverse over ice and after dark since days are shorter in winter. The club’s older winter sleeping bags are loosing their loft, increasing their temperature and decreasing the supply of club sleeping bags for winter weather.

Program 8) Cross-country Skiing: We have not purchased any skis in a number of years. In this time several pairs have had to be retired or have been lost. In addition to this we would like to purchase more boots in larger sizes since currently we lack those sizes. We also have several pairs of skis in the telemark style and very few boots that can be used with these skis. Kick wax and pole glue is necessary for the yearly maintenance and everyday use of the cross-country skis.

Program 9) Rafting: A raft repair kit is needed in order to be prepared for damage to the rafts. These kits contain patches and sealing material that will allow us to lengthen the life of our rafts. A guide paddle is needed to help the job of our club leaders on raft trips. Currently they are forced to use normal paddles, which do not have enough leverage to properly turn the rafts or enough length to reach the water from the guide seat of our rafts.

Program 10) First Aid: We need to yearly replenish the club first aid kits with the items that are commonly used. Also this year we would like to purchase a large container, such as a tackle box to contain and organize the first aid supplies that the club currently has.