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ACTIVITY LEADERS

NB: You have the right to refuse to include anybody in your activity if, in your opinion, they are (for example) inadequately equipped or physically unfit.

* At the meeting place ensure everyone signs the sign-in sheet (a Club and Landowner liability waiver).

* Choose a SWEEP and make sure everybody knows who it is and what the Sweep will be doing! Leaders and Sweeps carry radios for safety use, route confirmation etc.

* Explain the route to the starting-point of the actual activity; provide a map where necessary.

* Ask if anybody needs a ride and help set that up; mention the suggested hiking and rambling carpool gratuity (posted on individual schedule sheets) and which everybody is encouraged to pay; point out that it is not paid to the driver until the activity is completed (again, insurance reasons - we are not Taxi Drivers!)

* Emphasize that everyone MUST remain behind the LEADER and in front of the SWEEP.

* Ask each person to tell someone for those times when leaving the trail for a "nature call".

* Point out that if a person DOES get separated from the group, he or she must stay put; an individual is much easier to find if they refrain from wandering off.

* The activity will take place at the pace of the average participant.

* When appropriate, explain about the possibility of ticks and how to deal with them.

* At Trailhead check for additional participants who may have driven there direct.

* Optional: mention coffee stop after the activity is ended.