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WCA Membership – Important Information about changes to your Expiry Date

Submitted by garyataman on

Thank you for your ongoing support of the Wilderness Canoe Association (WCA). Your purchase of a WCA membership ensures the ongoing success of the WCA, your access to paddling and social events, production of our Nastawgan journal and the continuing support of MyCCR Canoe Routes.

WCA is changing all future memberships to expire on March 31

Currently all memberships expire 1 year from the date they are purchased. To ease the administrative burden on the volunteers who support the WCA, and especially our membership secretary, and to make it easier for you to remember when to renew your membership, the WCA Board has decided to change all future memberships so that they expire on a single date - March 31. We picked March 31 because it is the start of paddling season and it will allow members who prefer to renew their membership in person to do so at events such as our AGM, the WCA Symposium and other venues like the Outdoor Adventure Show which are typically held before March 31.

What does this change mean for you?

We want to make this change as easy as possible to implement, but also to have minimal financial impact on the club. For the majority of WCA members (about 65%) this change will mean a one-time bonus of additional membership time. However, for a minority of members (about 35%) this change will shorten their membership period for this year. For these members we offer the opportunity to request a one-time partial refund of their membership dues. To be eligible for this refund, members must renew by their current membership expiry date, must be entitled to a refund of more than $10, and must send a request for refund in writing to our WCA treasurer (treasurer@wildernesscanoe.ca). We will do our best to process these requests as quickly as possible, but it is a manual process so may take some time.
Following are more details about this change based on your current expiry date.

If your membership currently expires from January 1 to March 31 (about 65% of our membership)

Your new expiry will be March 31 of the same year. This means you’ll get a one-time bonus of up to 3 extra months of membership at no additional cost. You do not have to take any action.
Example: If your membership currently expires January 31, 2019, we will change your expiry date to March 31, 2019 and you have a one-time bonus of 2 months of membership at no additional cost. Your renewal after that will always be for the period April 1 to March 31.

If your membership currently expires from April 1 to December 31 (about 35% of our membership)

Your new expiry will be March 31 of the following year. This means that for this year only, your membership will be shorter than a full year. You may request a one-time partial refund of your membership dues if:
1) You renew by your current membership expiry date;
2) You will be entitled to a refund of more than $10 based on the fraction of your
shortened annual membership; and
3) You send a request for refund in writing to treasurer@wildernesscanoe.ca.

Example: If your membership currently expires September 30, 2018 and you renew for one more year, we will change your expiry date to March 31, 2019, which will shorten your membership period to about 6 months instead of 12 months. You will be entitled to request a one-time partial refund of your membership dues of about $17 based on a single membership. Your renewal after that will always be for the period April 1 to March 31.

Questions

Please send us an email at treasurer@wildernesscanoe.ca or write us a letter if you have any questions or comments. You can also contact any of the WCA Board members (contact information is in Nastawgan and on our website).

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: How can I figure out my membership expiry date?
A1: Login on www.wildernesscanoe.ca/WCA_home. Go to My account>View Tab>Expiring WCA Membership date will be posted.
A2: Mail a expiry date request to P.O. Box 91068, 2901 Bayview Ave.Toronto, Ontario, Canada M2K 2Y6.
A3: Contact membership@wildernesscanoe.ca and request current expiry date.

Q: Why don’t you just give all members additional months of membership to move everyone to a future March 31 expiry date.
A: We looked at this option, but the cost from loss of membership dues was over $3000 and the Board did not think this was in the best fiscal interests of the WCA and all members.

Q: How will you refund partial memberships?
A: If the original membership was paid for by credit card, we believe we can process a partial repayment. If the original payment was not by credit card, we will work with the member to determine how to best process the refund.

Q: Will I still receive a reminder that my membership is due for renewal?
A: Yes. Once all memberships expire on March 31 we will be able to provide plenty of reminders of your upcoming renewal.

Q: Can I pay extra to move my expiry date forward to March 31 (instead of requesting a refund)?
A: Yes but please contact us prior to your expiry date and we will help you do this as it may not be possible to do through the website.

Q: Can I get a partial refund if I don’t plan to renew my membership?
A: No – partial refunds are only offered to members meeting the noted conditions, one of which is to renew your membership before your expiry date.

Emmy Hendrickx Membership
Gary Ataman WCA Chairman

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Surf Cambridge Fund raising Event July 22

Submitted by McCollJeff on

If you are looking for something to do next Sunday, July 22, come on down to Cambridge and support the effort to create a paddle destination in South West Ontario on the Grand River. Surf Cambridge is a nonprofit organization raising money for a permanent river wave for paddlers and river surfers. The site itself is a perfect for this, but we need your help to make it become a reality!
This will not be a site for “big” water but a site where paddlers can come and learn various paddling skills.
The site itself is a perfect site for this.
But the site needs to be developed for this purpose.
There are various events (link at bottom) and I will address the slalom portion of these fund raising events.

At present there is not the infrastructure for a paddle site here in lower flows and Surf Cambridge was formed to achieve this goal.

For the slalom portion we will be using floating buoys for our gates.
It is not a race. The gates are being used for instructional purposes to give you something to aim for in the river.
This event is also for open to canoe or kayaks.
There will be two sections, one for those with some moving water experience in what is mostly Class I and faster current and an easier section of Class I and a moving water section.
The image is taken at our event site.

For the “more experienced” group slots from an instructional stand point we will be using the gates to improve the efficiently of your river eddy work and positioning your boat in currents.

For those in the “fun run” time slots we will introduce you to white water strokes and positioning and we will try and adapt as best we can for each paddler.

Since this the inaugural event of Surf Cambridge to get the project off the ground and in the public eye, the time allotments for each group is limited to only 50 minutes and hopefully we can give you a taste for what can be accomplished here.

Even if your a more experienced paddler come on out and support a great cause and support the local paddling community.

Slalom site link
https://andreahoba.wixsite.com/surfcambridge/slalom-course

For the Event page
https://andreahoba.wixsite.com/surfcambridge/the-grand-river-run

Surf Cambridge
https://andreahoba.wixsite.com/surfcambridge

P.S.
If you are one of the “older” paddling folk come on down and lend a hand!

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Ontario Forest Fire Season has begun!

Submitted by McCollJeff on

Forest Fire Season has started.
All camp fires for either heat or cooking are banned in the North Bay area. This ban includes fireworks.
http://www.nugget.ca/2018/05/16/open-burning-banned

Ontario Forest fire site.
http://www.gisapplication.lrc.gov.on.ca/ForestFireInformationMap/Index…

Even though we had heavy rains in QE Park on Thursday the ridges were crunchy dry by Friday afternoon.

Jeff

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Paddling Partner wanted

Submitted by YoungDavid on

“I am looking for a paddling partner for a 6 - 7 week canoe trip in July / August, 2018 to paddle the Churchill and Nelson Rivers. The trip will commence in Lac La Loche, Saskatchewan around July 1st and at the halfway point just east of Pukatawagan, Manitoba we will cross the Kissising Portage from the Churchill River to the Burntwood and Nelson River systems. We will finish up around mid August at Gillam, Manitoba.
My wife and I will depart NL by crew cab truck with canoe and gear around June 24th and can pick up the paddling partner in route. After dropping off the paddlers with canoe and gear she will drive the vehicle to Thompson, Manitoba and fly back to NL. At the end of the canoe trip I will pickup the truck in Thompson, Manitoba and drive back east and deliver the paddling partner to his pick up point.
There will be great campsites and fishing along the way.
Call or e mail me for details. E mail herman.perry@outlook.com ph 709 754 5227”

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GUIDED TRIPS

Submitted by ElliottTom on

Can anyone please suggest or recommend an outfitter who provides guided trips in the barrens?

Thanks,

Tom Elliott 905 648-1560 elliottp@mcmaster.ca

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Tent City Closing

Submitted by NessBill on

 Tent City Outfitters has long been a reliable source of good outdoor equipment for those in Toronto's northwest end. Like so many small retailers today, they are finally closing their doors. While they don't carry a lot of specific paddling gear, they would be an excellent place to check out if you are in need of a quality new tent, sleeping bag, stove or pack.



Tent City Outfitters, 1600 Steeles Avenue West, northwest corner of Steeles & Dufferin.



Bill

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