GOTC Recognized Instructor Process Open for Public Comment

Dear GOTC Community,

As many of you who attended the 2011 Rendezvous are aware, GOTC has been working on a process for instructor recognition. At the Rendezvous, GOTC distributed draft copies of an overview of the process in order to solicite public feedback. 

GOTC would like to make the draft avaliable to the entire community and open to public comment through January 20th. 

Thank you to those who provided thoughful suggestions, questions and feedback at the rendezvous. Please feel free to  write us with any additional ideas.

How to participate:

1) Download the GOTC Instructor Recognition Draft Overview

2) Email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. the following:
   -Name
   -Name of your company or organization (if any)
   -Comments on the draft process

Questions? Email us those as well, and we'll get back to you!

Thank you for taking the time to be involved and let us know your thoughts.

Warmly,
Sam "Oak" Johnson 
GOTC Board Member

Welcome!

About the GOTC: In 2007, a group of some of the most experienced tree climbing instructors and facilitators came together with the goal of creating an inclusive and democratic organization to serve our growing community. From that initial meeting arose the GOTC, an organization dedicated to serving the recreational, adventure, experiential and educational tree climbing communities.

The GOTC Board and Council are made up of instructors, facilitators, and individual climbers representing a diverse range of tree climbing related communities and interests. Our areas of focus include:

• Promoting safe practices for rope and harness tree climbing*
• Providing learning opportunities and services for individual climbers
• Increasing access for tree climbing
• Facilitating professional growth and accreditation for instructors and program leaders
• Forging links with outdoor experiential organizations and the public
• Fostering wilderness, environmental and climber ethics

* Please note: The GOTC will not set standards for individual, independent, solo climbers operating outside the formal arena of program, facilitated, or instructional climbing. The GOTC acknowledges that a vast array of techniques and styles exist for those climbing at the personal and informal level, some of which may be inconsistent with those employed in more formal programmed settings.

Please feel free to contact the GOTC for further information, or with any questions on membership, programs or tree climbing, at  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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