Hey Everyone!
Thanks so much for turning out for Climbing Day this past Sunday! It was awesome to meet so many new people and see returning members after such a long summer :) This email is gonna be a brief summary of all the information you need to get started with the club and climbing in Rochester.
General Interest Meeting
For those of you who weren't able to make it to our GIMs,
here are the slides. Please reach out if you have any lingering questions about the club and what we do.
Practices
This semester, General Practices (our main club meetings) will be
every Sunday from 12:10-1:15pm at CRG (exactly the same as last semester). This time is chosen to accomodate taking the orange line shuttle whose schedule can be found
here, to summarize though:
- The Monroe & Alexander Stop (Stop 5) is a block away from CRG (Central Rock Gym).
- To get to practice, the bus leaves Rush Rhees around 11:50am.
- To get back from practice, the bus leaves the Monroe & Alexander stop around 1:28pm.
- We meet up in the kids section which is next to the fitness room and the bouldering arch.
If you're worried about missing the bus or getting lost, there's usually a big group of climbers taking it both to the gym and back so you can group up with them and learn the route. If you can't take the bus for any reason, don't hesitate to send a message in
our discord asking if someone can give you a ride, many of our members and Eboard have cars and would be happy to drive you!
Dues/Discounts
First, to clarify any confusion,
you are welcome to pay dues at any point in the semester. Our previous emails mentioning a date/"deadline" of 9/1 related to dues was just emphasizing that if one wanted to get CRG discounts
for September, you needed to get your dues in before 9/1. In general though, if you want to get discounts starting in a given month, you must pay dues
before the start of that month. So, for those of you who haven't paid dues yet, as long as you get your dues in during September, you'll get discounts for October, November, and December. As a reminder these discounts are: $20 off CRG memberships (from $75 to $55), and $15 off CRG day passes (from $30 to $15). So the $45 dues (paid once per semester) pay for themselves after just 3 daypasses or ~2 months of membership, (and that's not taking into account all the other benefits you get from paying dues such as: free professional coaching, fully paid for competitions, etc.). Finally, for those of you who'd like to start a membership at CRG for the first time, be sure to take advantage of their day pass deal! The deal allows you to start a membership with the first month only costing the price of a day pass (which includes the $5 day pass you got if you came to UR Climbing Day), just ask about the day pass deal at the front desk at CRG.
So to wrap up:
- You can pay dues anytime this semester, but the earlier you do the more money you'll save.
- Dues can be paid using this link and are $45 once per semester. If you have issues with the paying via the link please contact Joe.
- If you plan on using the discount on day passes rather than a CRG membership, please forward the dues purchase confirmation email to urclimbing@gmail.com so we can get you activated immediately (instead of waiting until the start of the following month).
- If you have any issues with discounts not applying, please contact us not CRG. (We will likely respond fastest on our instagram @urclimbing).
- If this is your first time setting up a CRG membership, ask about the day pass deal at the front desk to get a big discount on your first month!
- Make sure to sign up at CRG with the same name you paid dues with (or vice versa).
Please let us know if you have any other questions! and be sure to join
our discord and follow
our instagram to stay up to date on everything we do!
- Your E-board
Henry Welles, President
hwelles@u.rochester.edu
Josh Rainbolt, Vice President
jrainbol@u.rochester.edu
Maya Hewitt, Event Coordinator
mhewitt2@u.rochester.edu
Joe Lugten, Business Manager
jlugten@u.rochester.edu
Abbey Kampel, Competition Chair
akampel@u.rochester.edu
Nate Fisher, Publicist
nfisher4@u.rochester.edu
Sam Edinberg, Compliance Officer
sedinber@u.rochester.edu