6 Yrs in Army

Army ROTC

Competition (friendly)

Father

It's kid friendly

Like how the club caters to children

Like the competitive aspect

Love the woods

Military practice for CIOR competition

My organization uses it in "leadership training"

Nagged by future husband

Read maps better for backpacking

Want to meet people

Wanted to learn compass navigation for diving

Wanted to learn how to use compass

Book

Dennis W introduced it at work

Flyer at REI

Flyer in sports store

Girl scout training

Girl scouts

Intro talk at UC Berkeley

Knew Joe before he started club

Like combined physical/intellectual challenge

Member of Missouri club

Members of COC

NEOC, SCO

Newsletter from Trail Assoc.

ONA

Other O club

Pamphlet

Scout O

Sierra singles club

Signs at park during event

Singles convention

SJ Merc

Sought it out when I moved to bay area

Stumbled across event listing

Tandem company email

USOF (5)

Was in St. Louis club

Was into it in WA state, moved here

1983 City Sports

California

Chronicle (5)

Competitor magazine

magazine on health/diet`

Oakland Tribune

ONA

Orienteering magazine

SF Weekly

SJ Merc (5)

Sunset (2)

Tahoe weekly

Truckee North Tahoe Week

Actually find time to attend an event

Be w/ my son

Become more self reliant

Compete in more events

Compete in selected Int'l competitions

Do better

Fun for kids, teaches them skills

Get to meets more often

Have fun!

Improve health

Improve in adv. courses

Improve O’ing ability

Increase participation in meets

Learn O'ing basics

Orient well in new places on good maps

Run controlled, mistake free courses

Share a sport w/ my son

Teach Oing to Scouts

Assist scout groups w/ their own event. Tony P. helped us do this 2 yrs ago. It was great and got about 150 kids to try orienteering

Compass giveaways, coloring maps, terrain appreciation walks

Games for kids being babysat, short nature hikes

Give more guidance on map reading. Instructions at Start O are not very thorough

Great job, as far as I can tell

Have only participated in 1 event

Have special courses. May be simply have 2 result lists for white and yellow, adults vs. kids. EVERY course for kids MYST have prizes.

I am concerned about safety for kids competing alone (esp. in urban areas). I have complained about this, as I think it's a potentially serious danger.

Injury

Live demos at schools

My son's great on W/Y/O w/ me, but also loves any start o which he can do on his own. Mildly disappointed if there is none or if it closes early. In general we have a great time!

O games and skills workshops at social events

Organized groups activities by age group, or scavenger hunt

Outreach to schools to inform children about O'ing; make events more kid-friendly

Pre-event "training" for kids on simple compass and map reading

Skate O, Bike O

Stair step of activities where kids can get badges for mastering specific skills

Stickers for participating, ribbons

Teen O meetings

Q11

Directions to site sometimes unclear

Don't know anyone else to do it with

Don't live in Bay Area

Don’t live in CA

Events too far away

Health problems

I avoid some sites because of the cattle. Have seen bulls on the loose (mostly Las Trampas, also Shell Ridge, Morgan Terr.)

I live in Colorado

I prefer traditional courses, usually skip Sprint O, score O, etc.

Just can't find time

Like to try new areas

Not enough events

Not enough time

Other interest

Other things to do

Other volunteer efforts

Overseas member

Recent surgery

School commitments

Scouting activities

Sprained ankle

Too many activities

Too many unusual events.

Too much going on

Too tired, sometimes too far

Been busy w/ other sports on weekends

Don’t know enough

Feel like we're casual members at best. Not hooked enough to want to get more involved. Haven't been to event in 2 years

Goals are to get O skills and participate in physically challenging event. Haven't yet met those goals

Have kids w/ me, they need to be watched

Have my child, and he would get bored

Health problems

Homework

I have helped some but haven't been asked lately

I'd love to if it could be reasonably time-bounded, or if could be done w/ a young lad.

If I were truly in love w/ it and more active I would. It's fun, but not top priority

It's a very occasional sport for us. We have many hobbies, and cannot volunteer for all. Sorry!

Just can't imagine how to fit more volunteer activities into my life, even if wanted to

Just joined in last 6 mos.

My kids and their activities take too much time

My poor English

Need to attend first!

No child care for 4 & 7 year olds

No free time as a single dad

No time to even attend as much as I want

Not yet experienced enough

Other commitments have curtailed my O'ing time.

Poison oak

Starting new career, not enough time

Too new

Usually takes too long to drive

Was glad to assist at one event. Upon arrival, was told I was not needed

Wasn't specifically asked, and am busy most weekends

Would like to map, but have no experience. I have done registration

Accountant

aerospace

analyst/programmer

Aquaculture

Artist/retired pilot

Attorney (2)

Au pair (next 10 mos. in US)

Banker

Bookkeeper

Businessman

Cabinet maker

Career counselor

Chemist

City administration

City planner

civil engineer

computer network engineer

computer tech support

county analyst

Customer support rep

Electronic technician

Eng. mgr.

Engineer (12)

Engineering mgr.

Environmental consultant

Environmental engineer

Firefighter (3)

Food broker

gen'l mgmt

geotechnical engineer

grad student

Grad student

High tech marketing

HR exec

hydrogeologist

Industrial scientist

insurance professional

Labor market analyst

Labor union exec. director

Lawyer (4)

Leadership trainer for small non-profit

Librarian

Manager

Manger

Marketing Mgr.

Math consultant

Mgmt consultant

Mgmt consultant

MIS liaison

Mother

Network Engineer

Network engineer

Office work

Oil company exec

Physical security analyst

Physician

Product mgr.

Programmer (4)

Publishing/editing/writing

Real estate asset mgmt

Research chemist

Retired (5)

RN (2)

Sales

Sales & Mktg

Scientist/federal analyst

Shipping clerk

Software company mgr.

Software dvlpt mgr.

Software engineer (5)

Sr. DB administrator

Student

Student

s'ware consultant

S’ware engineer (2)

Systems analyst

Systems engineer

Teacher (4)

Tech writer

Technical

Travel agency owner

Ultrasound technologist

USAF

Videotape editor

Angel Island, Pleger Estate, Huddart

Any in San Mateo Co)

Any in Santa Clara co.

Anything in Sierras

Armstrong Woods, Tomales Bay, Sam'l P Taylor, Angel Island, mt. Diablo, Portola, Sugarloaf Ridge

Black Diamond, Contra Loma dam, Delta areas

Butano

Chabot, Black Diamond, Mt. Diablo

Clark Ridge, Tilden

Close to Palo Alto

Coordinate w/ GCO

Cuesta Park for come and try; Ronconanda Park

Edgewood park, Muir Woods

Flagler (next to Huddart)

GGNRA, Point Reyes, Black Mtn (in China Camp)

GGNRA, Pt Reyes, S. Taylor, Stanislaus Nat'l Forest; Mt. Burdell (Novato)

Henry Coe

Henry Cowell

Henry Cowell, Castle Rock, Butano, andy SF Fish and Game land, Pescadero

Huddart, Foothills, mid-pennisula (anything)

Lake Merritt, Tilden, Angel Island, Wildcat Canyon

Mid penninsula open space nr. Skyline

More areas north of SF

More east bay regional parks

More Sierra maps/Tahoe/gold country

More south bay parks

MROSD parks like Skyline Ridge

Mt. Burdell, Devil's Gulch at Sam. P Taylor.

Mt. Diable, Marin Headlands

Mt. Diablo, Henry Coe, Henry Cowell, OSP on Skyline

Mt. Tam (2)

Nat'l forests in Sierra

Parks along Skyline, Hwy 35

Penninsula open space

Pinnacles, Sierra foothills

Pt. Reyes

Pt. Reyes

Pt. Reyes, Olompali, Black Diamond, Wildcat Canyon

Purisima Creek or La Honda creek

Rancho San Antonio

Rockville Park in Suisun

Skyline, Rockville Park (Fairfield) Sugarloaf (nr Sonoma)

Sonoma State University

Tilden, Mt. Diablo

Vasona, Sunol, Alum Rock

"Cliquish" isn't right word. I just think they have no reason to want or welcome new members

Excellent questionnaire!

For a while I was feeling lots of pressure w/ all the '; marketing plans and more volunteerism needed. I just want to have fun!

Funny -- I set up, run and teach short O courses [for work] but have never participated in a BAOC event.

Generally the club is well run, holds good events. Encouraging a higher level of volunteering is important (but probably difficult)

Good luck w/ the survey. I did run a meet twice and found it is very hard to please the advanced gung ho members. I would like to assist someone running a meet sometime.

Great work! BAOC is well run. 10 out of 10!

Hold B or higher events or practice sessions more often. 1 month between courses is WAY too long to hope to build on previous mistakes/strong points. IMO, the street/campus etc. O courses may be fun, but don't do much to make one a better orienteerer.

How about a downhill Alpine O? Has it ever been done?

I don't go as often as I used to because the friend I went with doesn't go as much now. Seems to be hard to make new friends at O meets. Have done registration to meet people, but...

I have really enjoyed the Canoe O's

I think this survey is a great idea. The volunteers that are doing this should be commended!

I would be willing to travel farther for 1 day rogains as they meet my rule of thumb, which is total driving <= hrs spent in O'ing

I would like to pair up w/ another person...They could be a mentor, or other new person. I really look forward to events. Yet it seems to be more an 'event' than a place to learn with others.

It is hard to get to know people unless you volunteer or go to events that have a place and time to talk (like potlucks), not just run.

It would help to see descriptions of tasks and whether I could run a course as well that day (i.e. schedule and time commitments)

Keep up the good work. Include info and results on the Sacto meets in the Bulletin.

More training to move from adv. beginner to intermediate. Example: we don't know how to pace. More map reading training, more family events.

Once again, I hope you'll think about the potential safety problems of kids competing alone

The more you volunteer, the friendlier people are. I loved Wed. practice sessions.

This is an excellent survey and the newsletter is the most impressive small group I've ever seen. Keep up the good work!

We particularly love Big Basin, Joe Grant, Nisene Marks. Lots of variety there.

You are on the right track, keep it up!

Longer comments:
#1
"I very much enjoy orienteering and would love to be able to do it more. It is
rather frustrating that so many of the meets tend to be national events, etc.
It seems that one has maybe one or two chances every couple of months to
attend a non-qualifying event, but you have to go to Sacramento or Santa Cruz!

I realize that you are trying to meet the needs of everyone but perhaps you are
spreading yourself too thin. I honestly don't think that Sacramento or Santa
Cruz have been considered as "Bay Area".

Maybe you should consider having Beg/Intermediate weekends and Inter/Adv
weekends and competitions, or qualifying weekends.

I think you could attract and keep more newcomers if we had more event options
that were a) within 1-1 1/2 hours drive, and b) were not attached to national
qualifying events, etc.

Thanks"

#2

"For a while I was feeling a lot of pressure w/ all the "marketing plans" and
more outreach and volunteerism needed. I want to have fun! I believe the Bay
Area is always going to be a tough place to grow the club because of all the
diversities available (e.g. sports, arts, theater, parks, etc.). The club
membership ebbs and flows, and I believe we all do the best we can to volunteer
and promote the sport. I guess I am just not a "pusher" nor a
salesperson/marketing type :-) (and will continue to volunteer at a 'sane'
level for myself.) And, that's also partly why I don't wish more events to be
held, because then I feel there would be more demands on my time, volunteeri
ng."