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Our “Team Building Social Event” will be on Saturday February 27, 2010. This social event was created to allow members to socialize and interact with each other, and be able to work together as a team. This social event allows members to be put in a difficult situation, and yet get together and work through it which they will also face in the club and elsewhere. We hope that this event will help members become team players in keeping the spirit of CSA alive!

*We will be meeting for carpool at 8:30am at Sacramento State’s Parking Structure III, and leaving at 9:00am sharp. Please wear comfortable clothes, shoes, and pack your lunch.

Any other inquiries or concern about this event, please contact us at csasac@gmail.com with the subject line, “Team Building Social Event Inquries/Questions.”

Info from facebook event page:

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=326134711441

CamSA and CSAS make a good team, right? Let’s all strengthen the bonds between and within our groups at this teambuilder! And have fun exploring the natural cavern wonders while doing so!

Interested? Find out more about the trip by reading the Frequently Asked Questions and schedule:

FAQs:

1. Who’s going? What if I need a ride or able to give out rides?

2.What if I don’t see my name, want to go, or can no longer make it?

3. What time will we be leaving? When will we be back?

4. How do I get there?

5. How much does it cost? What do I need to bring?

6. What can I do there?

**1. Who’s going? What if I need a ride?**

We have compiled a list of names of people interested in going so far. Officers will be arranging rides based on location/convenience. There will be rides given to/from Davis, Sac, and Stockton. If you need a ride, we will notify you all once we finalize carpools by the end of the week. If you can provide rides, please let us know:)

1. Robert

2. Quoc

3. Hung

4. Jory

5. Gerardo

6. Sophany

7. Thavy

8. Linda Kang

9. Vicheka

10. Abby

11. Darla

12. Liza

13. Vira

14. Sam

15. Tina S.

16. Alenie

17. Trae

18. Ko

19. Roxanne

20. Tina E.

**2. What if I don’t see my name, want to go, or can no longer make it?**

If you’re still interested in going, please ASAP so we can add your name to the list, no later than this THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 8PM, so that we can save seats for those that want to go.

If you can no longer make it, please inform us by this THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 8PM, so that we can open up seats to those who still want to go.

**3. What time will we be leaving? When will we be back?**

If you’re in the Davis/Sac area, we will meet in at the Sac State Parking Structure III at 8:30am and leave Sac at 9:00am sharp. We have made a reservation for the cave tour, so it is greatly appreciated that we get there on time.

If you’re in the Stockton area, we will update you all on final time later this week.

We expect to leave the park by 4:00pm.

**4. How do I get there?**

Please use the link below and get directions ahead of time. It is estimated to take about 1 hour and 45 minutes from Sac area.

Directions to Moaning Cavern Park:

5330 Moaning Cave Road

Vallecito, CA 95251

(209) 736-2708

**5. How much does it cost? What do I need to bring?**

The cave tour will cost $10, but may end up being free, depending on school grants being requested. As always, please do not let cost deter you from going!

Please pack your own lunch and wear comfortable clothing.

**6. What can I do there?**

Besides the group cave walk tour, there will be other optional activities, such as gold panning and rock climbing, for you all participate in. There’s always time for us to bond with each other!:)

Tentative Schedule:

8:30am   Meet up in Sac

9:00am   Leave Sac

10:30am-11:00am                    Arrive at Cave and Mine Adventures

11:00am -11:30am                   Introduction to Team Building Activity

-Member retention has been an issue that we have been facing

-During evaluations, members have asked for more social activities to build social networks to build a comfort level to work with each other

-The purpose of today’s activities is to allow members to interact, work with, and appreciate each other in unfamiliar, difficult situations, in which they will eventually encounter in the organization

-State organization’s goals/purposes in Constitution

11:30am-12:00pm                    Lunch

12:00pm-1:00pm                      Activity 1: Cave Walk Tour

1:00-2:00pm    Rest/Icebreakers

2:00-3:30pm                         Activity 2: Ziplining

3:30-3:45pm                        Small Group Evaluations

-The organization will be broken up into small groups and given guiding evaluation questions to discuss within those groups.

-Sample questions include:

-When going on the cave walk tour, what obstacles did you face? Were they physical? Emotional? Were passageways difficult to get through? Did it take more than one person to help you get through difficult passageways? Did you feel that the walk was time consuming? Was it worth the effort for you to work together to navigate through the cave safely together? How does this relate back to obstacles that you, as a club member, and/or the organization face? What are some potential solutions to tackle these obstacles?

-When ziplining, what did it take to be able to successfully get to the other side? What challenges did you face? How does this relate to the club’s challenges? What can we do to address these challenges?

3:45-4:00pm                   Open Evaluations/Closing

-Small groups will return back to the whole organization to share experiences and evaluations.

-Officers/group leaders will conclude the event and provide overall message of event: To retain members when they return back to the UC Davis/Sac State campus by connecting each other with the obstacles and experiences they face together in order to work to further carry out club goals and purposes.

4:00pm                                 Departure