Mission
The Carleton Association of Nature and Outdoor Enthusiasts (CANOE) serves the Carleton community in numerous ways. Our goals are to promote outdoor education and provide opportunities for all members of the Carleton community to enjoy nature. We believe that the enjoyment of outdoors leads to respect for nature and engenders ecological thought and concern. Practically, this includes (but is not limited to):- Organizing and running the Pre-Frosh trips for incoming freshmen.
- Maintaining CANOE house as a place for people sharing the above goals to live together.
- Organizing trips that provide opportunites for any member of the Carleton community to experience nature.
- Lending gear at no charge to interested parties to facilitate continuing outdoor exploration and enjoyment.
2008-2009 Board
If you have any questions about CANOE at all, feel free to email any member of the board and ask away.
President: Juliet Dana
Totally prepared and rockin' ready for life / CANOE, Juliet is our fearless leader. There will be no task too great or too undistributable for her and CANOE trips and events will leap out of the loins of the club ready to get everyone excited about the outdoors. Email her if you have any general questions about CANOE or anything at all.
Vice President: Tess Dornfeld
Ostensibly the only duty of the Vice President is to reserve the campus vans CANOE uses each weekend. Tess thought that too trivial so decided to wrestle 18 bears in a mud pit each evening for her dinner (and is still undefeated) before becoming so excited about the outdoors and planning wild CANOE events for the whole campus with no abandon.
Treasurer: Amy Alstad
Those aren't boreal pines in the background. Oh no. They are in fact trees made of solid money and Amy wants you to have a chunk of the change. So help her get that smell of dollar bills out of her clothing by giving her receipts from your trips so everyone can be reimbursed (somewhat) from CANOE's coffers of solid gold. Email her if you have any questions about trip finances or hot investing tips.
Secretary: Kristin "Ducky" "Weenz" Sweeney
Ducky has the utmost pride in forging the quality weekly newsletter of CANOE, CANEWS, and pushing it to your inbox with lightning eagle claw like speed. She does a crossword or two blindfolded then separates some inseparable differential equations just to keep her writing mind sharp. The rigor pays off and is quite visible in her emails. Let her know if there is anything you would like to be included in the weekly emails to the outdoor enthusiasts of Carleton.
Gear Manager: Blake Hansen
Harnessing the power of good, evil, black, white, sugar, spice, everything nice, and beard, Blake manages CANOE's gear with the ferocity of ten thousand lions and the face of a lost puppy. Broken stoves return to a functional state, rips in sleeping bags mend themselves, and iron ore extracts itself from the earth and casts itself into a shiny new steel canoe trailer when graced with Blake's presence. He really is a doll, though; email Blake if you would like to rent some gear from CANOE.
Gear Manager: Aaron Fricke
As you can see in this exceedingly hard to obtain candid shot of Mr. Fricke, he can manage the production of quesadillas one handed. Aaron also has been known to make the kitchen so hot that one can't stand the heat and one needs to leave the kitchen. Aaron also also is the fire that one jumps out of the frying pan into. Beside these thermodynamic talents, he is your go to chill dude if you need to rent gear.
Food Manager: Drew Chambers
On CANOE trips, Drew will be the twinkle in your eye that leads to a mature food baby. After taking note that the brownies he has prepared are already gone, rest assured that the same quality of brazen deliciousness will be provided on every CANOE trip (provided you get him meal plans and ID numbers as soon as you can). Email this excited Drew for questions about the food you will need / want so desperately on your trip.
Publicity: Jon McMurry
In order to keep up appearances, Jon makes sure to moisturize his whole body in ice cream. This has the wonderful side effect of making him ready to conjure up events for the whole CANOE community during our biweekly meetings. Some of them might make you need to take a shower, but it will be so worth it. He also uses this super skill to make posters so everyone knows of the goodness.
Publicity: Myla Fay
Myla is stoked about being able to push forth the goodness of CANOE onto the people and come up with most excellent events to have. She even painted a mustache onto her face in ugly crayon. Now people will ask her, "why did you sully your pretty face?" "So I can tell you about CANOE and the good times we have and want to share," she will respond.
Climbing Czarette: Allison Pfeiffer
After an off-hand remark about fair tax laws, Allison had to escape from four hundred thousand thieves by climbing over up a 16 foot tall sheet of glass. Because of this, Allison took a liking to the sport and now is ready to take CANOE members on climbing trips that tickle their fancy and their forefingers while keeping them out of danger. If you have any questions about such trips or gear, let her know. She was born ready.
Pro Deals: Rebecca Sheridan
Just as Rebecca was able to coax her hair into disobeying gravity for free, she hopefully will be able to wheel and deal her way into some sweet arrangements for CANOE with some reputable outdoor gear producing companies.
Web Condor / Monkey / Panda: David Selassie
David manages the web page.
General Board: Kailyn Kent
Born with a wooden spork in her mouth and raised by Peruvian break dance soccer players, Kailyn is ready, was ready, and will be ready to put her energies where her mouth is and make CANOE events of all types happen from the primordial soup of thought.
General Board: Michael Knudson
A beacon of distilled hope in a sea of excitement is Michael. Who knows what he will devote his mystical energies to? I sure don't. But rest assured that the blue flaming ball of energy in his torso will produce great ideas for CANOE trips and events.
General Board: Sophie Williams
Sophie will tackle you. That's how super mad pumped about CANOE events she is. Whatever needs to be done within the realm of fun (which is really the only realm we deal in) Sophie will rock out and help with. You should just email her to see how excited she is. She'll respond with something about as equally exciting as a firework in your mailbox.