NYSOGA Winter Rendezvous 2024
Thursday, April 4 – Saturday, April 6, 2024 (Saturday, April 6 Directors’ meeting)
WHITE EAGLE CONFERENCE CENTER
2910 Lake Moraine Road, Hamilton NY 13346
NYSOGA Rendezvous is a formal gathering of licensed guides held each year in early Spring. Rendezvous offers an opportunity to meet other members, interact and network with other guides, attend seminars, observe how the Association is working on behalf of its members, and pick up First Aid, CPR and Water Safety trainings for prospective new guides as well as the venue for re-certifications for current guides and so much more! Winter Rendezvous is also a site used by DEC for its spring testing of new guide candidates.
Thursday, April 4
Registration & Store, Noon – 5 pm – The Lodge
Water Safety for Guides, 1 – 4:30 pm – Cleveland
Guide Exam Review & open discussion, 6:30 pm – Cleveland
Friday, April 5
Breakfast, 7:30 – 8:30 am – The Lodge
Registration & Store, 8:30 am – 5 pm – The Lodge
Standard First Aid, 8:30 am – Noon – Cleveland
Lunch, Noon – 1 pm – The Lodge
Adult CPR/AED, 1 – 5 pm – Cleveland
Dinner, 6 – 7 pm – The Lodge
Welcome Meeting and Social Time, 7 pm – The Tepee
Saturday, April 6
Breakfast, 7:30 – 8:30 am – The Lodge
Registration & Store, 8:30 am – 5 pm – The Lodge
“Hyker Kanooski Quiz” (just for fun), 9 am – 5 pm – The Tepee
Seminar #1: 9:00am – ?? Cleveland (downstairs)
Marketing and Operations Roundtable – presented by Scott Locorini, with Jamie Arnold.
Seminar #2: 9:00-9:50am Cleveland (upstairs)
The Physical Demands of Guiding – presented by Alyson Hackett, PT, OCS, Cert MDT
Seminar #3: 10:00-10:50am Cleveland (upstairs)
NYS DEC Sustainability Plan (EO22) – presented by Brendan Woodruff, NYS DEC Director of Sustainability
Seminar #4: 11:00-11:50am Cleveland (upstairs)
NYS DEC Forest Ranger Emergency Operations – presented by NYS DEC Forest Ranger Chet Lunt
Lunch, Noon – 2 pm – The Lodge
Guest Speaker: Leslie Suprenant – The Legacy of Anne LaBastille
NYSDEC Licensed Guide Exam, 2 pm – Cleveland (DEC pre-registration required)
Regional Meetings, 2 – 2:30 pm – Locations TBD
NYSOGA Directors Meeting, 2:30 – 5 pm Delaware
Social Time, 5 – 6 pm – The Tepee
Annual Guides’ Banquet, 6 – 9 pm – The Lodge
Awards, Quilt Drawing, Door Prizes
Social Time, 9 pm – Tepee
Sunday, April 7
Breakfast, 7:30 – 8:30 am – Lodge