Denver Member Initiatives Committee (DMIC)

Mission: To solicit, encourage, recruit, facilitate, and support Denver Group members’ engagement with CMC, and to be a clearinghouse for ideas or initiatives members may seek to develop for the benefit of the Club and/or its members.

In other words, our projects are initiated by members, other Denver Group Committees, Denver Group Council, and CMC

staff.  Sometimes the idea is a way to improve an already existing project. Other times it is to start-up and establish a new program and then hand it off to a permanent administrator.

How We Work:  DMIC is a small team of volunteers who work together on seasonally current projects. Although each of our projects has a lead, we work to support each other as needed.  We administer a larger group of trip leaders and experienced helpers who assist with New Member Trips, the Ascending Hike Program and/or Beginner Snowshoe School.  Other Denver Group members assist on project-by-project basis. We do our work online and rarely meet in person.

If you have an idea for DMIC development or if you are interested in serving on DMIC, even for introducing or helping us on just one particular project, or in being part of our trip leader group, write us at cmcdgdmic@gmail.com. Trip Leader or School Instructor experience is desirable but not a must. Much work can be done from home.

Past projects, passed on to others, include:

Quick Start Seminars (now transferred to Denver Schools Committee)

Day Hiker School (hybrid version of Wilderness Trekking School; transferred to Denver Schools Committee)

Beginner Snowshoe Clinics (transferred to Denver Schools Committee)

Reviving New Member Night (now a staff project)

New Member Welcome emails (now a staff project)

CMC Acronyms (waiting for integration into the new CMC website, can be found here: CMC Denver Group Acronyms

CMC Track Manager (waiting for integration into the new CMC website, can be found here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1GcGlirkDNxYLujoQdZypbXvepWf49FIbYkdbLLt5OI0/edit#gid=0)

If you have an idea for DMIC development or if you are interested in serving on DMIC, even for introducing or helping us on just one particular project, or in being part of our trip leader group, write us at cmcdgdmic@gmail.com. Trip Leader or School Instructor experience is desirable but not a must. Much work can be done from home.

2022, ongoing DMIC initiatives include:

New Member Hikes
 •  Introductory trips for new and prospective members about how the trip sign-up, carpool, and trailhead processes work. Learn about hike classifications and CMC schools, meet other new members, and ask questions.
About three trips offered per month, year-round on Saturdays and Sundays at Apex Park Open Space		 Michael McMahon
 
Contact: mjmcmahon1@gmail.com
Ascending Hikes  
 •  A conditioning program geared towards members seeking to increase their personal hiking fitness and stamina with the goal of reaching the summit of a Colorado 14er by season-end.		 We are looking for a volunteer administrator for this program after 2022.  It could become a School.   The Ascending Hikes program posts in the Spring.  Runs May – September Robbie Monsma
Contact: CMCAscendingHikes@gmail.com
Beginner Snowshoe School  
 •  A free clinic designed to teach members how to snowshoe: equipment, preparation, and techniques. No classroom time. Takes place on an actual snowshoe practice trip.
•  Afterwards, member should be comfortable signing up for any easy to moderate snowshoe trip on the CMC calendar.		 We are looking for a Director for this School.   Beginner Snowshoe School will occur only if the Covid pandemic allows. Most weekends, January through March. Interim School Co-Directors: Michael McMahon
Robbie Monsma      

Contact:
CMCBeginnerSS@gmail.com

Current DMIC Members:

Michael McMahon: A retired pharmacist, Michael has been a CMC member since 2017 and is a Trip Leader.  He has been a Wilderness Trekking School associate instructor since 2019.  Michael has enjoyed hiking and snowshoeing frequently since joining CMC.  mjmcmahon1@gmail.com

Robbie Monsma: A retired attorney-mediator and CMC Trip Leader, Robbie was Co-Chair of the CMC Denver Group Council for 2018-2020.  A Basic Mountaineering School grad, she was a founding director of the Bobcats Section, 2015-2020.  Robbie has worked on new member issues for many years as part of her Council work. remonsma@gmail.com

Genna Morton, Denver Group Council Liaison: A former member of the Appalachian Mountain Club, Genna became a member of the CMC in November 2020.  She has taken several CMC courses and is in the process of becoming a trip leader.  Genna is a communications specialist for the City and County of Denver.  cmcdgdmic@gmail.com 

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