Ontario Climbing Federation

To our athletes, coaches, supporters, volunteers and everyone else who contributed to the 2019/2020 season, the OCF Board thanks you. Despite the abrupt ending caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, we are proud of everyone who competed, volunteered and supported the Ontario Climbing Federation helping to make the season prior to the crisis a big success. Thank you to all members who were able to attend the OCF Annual General Meeting which was held this morning. For those who were ...unable to participate, please review the documents on our website summarizing the season along with the presentation and slides of the meeting itself. We will do everything we can to keep you informed as soon as possible about next steps for the upcoming season. In the mean time, have a great and safe summer. #OntarioClimbingFederation #rockclimbing #competition #ontario #bouldering #speedclimbing #difficulty #ocftogether #climbing #community

Dear OCF Members, Our AGM Member Package was sent out to 2019-2020 OCF Members yesterday by email. It includes instructions on joining the meeting as well as the Board's 2019-2020 Impact Report. If you're not able to attend the AGM, please check out the Impact Report to see what we've been up to. For the rest of you, see you on Saturday! 2019/2020 OCF Board... #membership #agm #ontarioclimbingfederation #board #annualgeneralmeeting #climbing

As previously announced, the OCF 2020 AGM is scheduled for next Saturday, May 23rd at 10am. The AGM package (including instructions on joining the virtual meeting) will be sent to all 2019/2020 Members by email this week. Please make sure your contact information is up to date in the registration system. In order to help us prepare for the meeting and make it as informative as possible, please submit your questions in advance to [email protected]. We will try to address as... many of these as possible in our AGM presentation. We will also include a question and answer session at the end for additional questions that come up during the presentation. At this time, we would also like to introduce the two candidates up for election to the OCF Board: Jamie Galloway and Davis Barton. Please visit our website to read their full bios (link in profile). Some additional reminders: - Only Members may attend the AGM and vote for Directors - Members include anyone with a 2019/2020 Competitive Athlete, Coach or Supporter Membership - All Child Members may attend the AGM but may participate only as an observer - A parent or legal guardian of a Child Member may vote on behalf of that Child Member at the AGM and for elections to the Board We look forward to seeing you next weekend. #ontarioclimbingfederation #ocftogether #annualgeneralmeeting #board #election #community #ontario #climbing

Dear OCF members, We hope you are staying safe and healthy. We are excited that the collective efforts of physical distancing have started flattening the curve. With last week’s Phase I announcement by the Ontario government, the return to activities such as climbing could soon be possible. ... The OCF is not a recognized PSO as defined in Thursday’s announcement. As such, our 2019-2020 season remains cancelled, and we will not be scheduling any further competitions until it is permitted and safe to do so. As the situation develops, we continue to work on behalf of Ontario's competitive athletes and continue working towards our goal of gaining official status as a Provincial Sport Organization in order to better serve our members. Although the OCF’s mandate is limited to competition climbing, we are working to support Ontario gyms however we can. We have been actively participating in a National Pandemic Taskforce, which has produced letters for use in discussions with government and public health authorities, as well as a guidance document for gyms to use when planning their reopening. For more information, please see https://climbingcanada.ca/en/pandemic-task-force/. As private businesses, Ontario climbing gyms will each make their own decisions about reopening. Ontario gym owners have been collaborating to coordinate their planning around reopening. Our full website post includes a message put out by many of them following Thursday’s announcement. Link in bio. Sincerely, The Ontario Climbing Federation Board #ontarioclimbingfederation #ocftogether #statement #governmentguidelines #phac #ontario #healthandsafety #stayinformed #stayhealthy #staysafe #climbing

REMINDER: We are looking for new candidates to join the OCF Board of Directors! The deadline to submit your interest is tomorrow at midnight. Please see our April 27th post for full details and contact us if you have any questions. #ontarioclimbingfederation #ocf #ontario... #board #volunteer #community #compclimbing See more