I volunteered for the OTE event in Cleveland (on a somewhat smaller building) and had a great time; I recommend it!
Bob On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 12:09 PM, Tim White <[email protected]> wrote: > I hope the subject got your attention. ;-) > > Some of you may know me as the NCRC Southeast Regional Coordinator, or the > Editor of the Vertical Section's Nylon Highway, or as a CaveChat Moderator, > but I'm reaching out to the Texas caving community today wearing another > hat, as the Southeast Regional Tech Manager for Over the Edge. > > Over the Edge is a special events company that provides events for > non-profit organizations in North America. Participants are invited to raise > pledges in exchange for the experience of rappelling over the edge of a > local TALL building. > > OTE is recruiting Ropes Volunteers for an event in Austin, TX on June 25, > 2011 This is a great event with proceeds going to Make-A-Wish Foundation of > South and Central Texas. > > Below is the blurb right off of OTE's website. Bottom line...for a day and > a half of volunteering you get to rappel the 32 stories of One American > Center in downtown Austin for free! Caver and NCRC Instructor, Glenn Segrest > will be the Level 3 rope access technician in charge of this event, so you > would be working under him. This is a GREAT time and very rewarding. So much > so, that many other cavers that you may know now work for OTE. (Nina and > Jeff Martin of IMO, Rebecca Segrest; NCRC Instructors, Bill Putnam; SCCi and > NSS BOG member, along with others) > > To sign up as a Ropes Volunteer go to: > http://www.overtheedgeusa.com/default.asp?mn=1.432.473 > > To learn more about Over the Edge for the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Central > & South Texas go to: > http://www.austinovertheedge.com/ > > Feel free to repost this and pass it on to anyone that you think would like > to help. > > --------------------- > Ropes Volunteers > Volunteering… Building Better Communities > WE NEED YOU, SIGN UP TODAY! > > This event simply cannot exist without the gracious support of community > minded individuals like you. Our non-profit partners throughout North > America rely on the time, commitment and efforts of local volunteers. Our > volunteers are strong communicators with a passion for helping others and > are utilized in a support capacity to assist our industrial rope > specialists. You play a vital role in ensuring that a professional, > seamless, safe event happens. We are grateful for your consideration and > respect your time constraints ensuring that we schedule only what is > necessary. > > The time commitment we request is: > 30-45 min webinar 14-21 days in advance (sign in to follow) > 2-3 hrs staff training on equipment usage, and industrial safety practice > and procedures usually the day before the event > 6-12 hrs of time on Event Day > > What you get out of it: > A great experience of helping completely terrified people go over the edge! > A great sense of community and pride knowing that you made a difference > A big thank you from our local non-profit partner! > A nifty shirt, lunch and all the event day fixings! > An exclusive rappelling experience that very few have ever done! > > > Be safe, > Tim White <>< NSS 26949 RE FE > Editor, Nylon Highway > ------------------------------------- > Southeast Region Coordinator- > National Cave Rescue Commission, NSS > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Visit our website: http://texascavers.com > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > >
