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.
2009-2010 Board
If you have any questions about CANOE at all, feel free to email any member of the board and ask away.
President: Allison Pfeiffer
Back from the Left Lung of Darkness, our Indomitable Overlord returns with tales and bounty to distribute among her chattel. Bedecked with jewels, her concubines crowd around her, hoping to be blessed with a drop of her holy spittle. Among her many charms is an ability to browbeat anyone who stands in the way of outdoor pleasure into submission.
Vice President: Tess Dornfeld
Comrade Tess Dornfeld carries forward our revolutionary cause splendidly, everything in our country is going successfully at present and will proceed with success in the future as well. The era of Tess Dornfeld is glorious today and will be more prosperous and resplendent in the future. Our revolution has a really great future.
Treasurer: Sophie Williams
Resembling a small owl, Sophie's love reaches deep in the pockets of "cash money". Dis dame doles out the dollar$ in her dinosaur duds. Her sensibilities are green, (and we're not just talking about the environment). Contact her if you want cold, hard, currency.
Secretary: Emily Kelly
Possessing a certain je ne c'est quois, having half the height (all the parentheses) and greeting style reminiscent of A.A. Milne's ursine character, our secretary is full of VERVE!! Her verbiage is impeccable, her adjectives imaginative (though not obscure)! Look for her language in our plentiful (oft unexpected) emails.
Gear Manager: Neil Foley
Gear! Gear! Gear! This is what Neil chants as blood pours from his nose in the wilds of wintry Yellowstone. He can be found in the CANOE House kitchen at 2 a.m. cooking potatoes (just like his Irish forbearers) in his namesake, the 22" cast-iron Mama Foley. Contact this impressive specimen of humankind for any gear needs you may have.
Gear Manager: Sarah Crump
This explosive dynamo uses her Northwoods knowledge to manage at least half of CANOE's gear. A master weaver of broken gear and broken friendship (bracelets), she takes on the task of distributing gear with a ferocity reserved usually for hyenas ripping into freshly exposed antelope flesh. Contact her with kind words in order to partake in the gear shed's veritable cornucopia of accoutrements.
Food Manager: Annie Boucher
Even though she has been recruited by the Metropolitan Opera on the merits of her laugh, she has magnanimously agreed to spend the year procuring victuals for our illustrious organization. Beware that a fight with Annie will end with an empty belly, and a bloody imprint of a griffin on your FACE!
Publicity: Myla Fay
After an unsuccessful stint in the US Navy Seals, Myla Fay (a.k.a. Agent Fat Rooster), a space major, has returned to CANOE to make posters that are "out of this world."
Publicity: Drew Chambers
We are excited to announce that Drew Chambers has recently been honored with the Ross M. Mitchell Memorial Endowed Chair for Meeting Ogre Arts. If you see s'mores, Drew bought the marshmallows (or should have).
Climbing Czar: Ray "Maguguguh" McGaughey
Ray McGaughey features two powerful motors. The first motor drives the powerful roller brush that agitates the carpet, bringing debris and germs up and exposing them to the UV-C light that can kill them. The second motor generates incredible suction; dirt and microbes are quickly trapped inside the HEPA13 filter bag.
Ray McGaughey picks up dirt and debris in virtually one pass, and works great on any floor surface - carpet, tile, even hardwood floors. The attachments, including a hose that extends 13 feet, easily lock into place and lets you clean those hard to reach places like stairs, drapes, upholstery, and corners. And with a flick of a button, the roller brush engages or disengages, allowing you to seamlessly go from carpets to bare floors. The comfortable grip and telescoping handle with power button make it a cinch to turn on and operate. It's also simple to turn the UV-C light on and off, and the Ray McGaughey nameplate glows blue to let you know that it's on.
Merchandise: Michael Knudson
He's from the mean streets of Decorah, and spent the bulk of his childhood jockeying for position among the professional pig racers of the Whippy Dip parking lot. His garb is made entirely of beaver pelts that he has won with his cliff diving talents, though he could have gotten them easily with his merchandising experience. He can get you a T-shirt, a sticker, or any other sweet club-related retail item that you can dream up.
Pro Deals: Lilly Betke-Brunswick
Imagine her disappointment, dear reader, when after a day of hiking, she lays her beleaguered head upon her pillow, hoping for rest, and feels only the cold caress of the rocky ground. Her spirits lift as she writes to Thermarest, demanding a new pad. Her letter-writing skills will save you from similar misfortune, and maybe get you a free pencil or box of macaroni.
Web Condor / Monkey / Panda: Chris Wilen
Whether he be wooing you with masculine wiles on the dance floor, wolfing a dangling donut, or wowing you with his fiery acrobatics, Señor Wilen, keeps you entertained and keeps you afloat aboard the boat of knowledge on the CANOE website, although these powers have been known to be libaciously laundered.
General Board: Bill Brinkman
Born between the humps of a Bactrian camel, Bill Brinkman emerged from the womb with a pith helmet on his head, and made haste in tying his own umbilical cord into a neat bowline. Be the first to confirm the rumor of his bodacious merit badge tattoo! The women and the willows are set aflame by his bow drill...
General Board: Amy Clement
Have you been on every CANOE trip this year? Amy has. Have you interned in an African diamond mine? ...we digress. Amy is living proof that size doesn't matter, and that a love of baked goods can get you very very far. Her snacks have fueled many a late-night board discussion. She replaces Blake Hansen as the largest red mustache on the board.
General Board: Patty Dana
A member of the "Dana"sty, Patty brings the experience of many generations to the general board. Ever sure of her step, Patty's family wisdom is enhanced by her own native intelligence. At six years old, Patty demonstrated her propensity not only for fashion, but also for the sweet, sweet nectar of life. Fortunately for us, age has brought her temperance AND an idea of the appropriate use of consonants.