A helicopter parked on the grass with the sun low behind it and a line of firs to the left
Boulder Creek Retreat

Boulder Weekly

Wednesday, October 7
No. 008  ·  Week of Mon, Oct 12 For the Boulder crew
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A short Monday note from around the campus, so we are all working from the same information.

The quarterly all-staff meeting was Wednesday, and the notes are below. This week the Yeo Wedding is on the campus Friday through Sunday. A first trail map is up, and the Boulder Creek Information Hub is the next thing being built.

Last week

Thank you for Wednesday

The quarterly all-staff meeting was Wednesday. Adam opened by thanking Urban for the work around Boulder Meadows, and a good part of the meeting went to what would make each job here easier.

Thank you to everyone who came and everyone who spoke up.

From the staff meeting
What was shared
The weeklyThis letter goes out every Monday by text and email. If someone on the campus is not getting it, tell Hattie or Roger.
QuotesGroups who ask about the campus now get a quote page and a photo lookbook.
PartnersA list of local experiences that groups can add to a stay is being put together. Know someone nearby who offers one? Tell Hattie.
Disc golfAdam's idea: make the course an art walk, with targets designed and built by local makers. Names of welders, carvers and artists go in the Signal chat.
BookingsWhere the calendar is headed: larger groups. Corporate retreats, winter training groups, and the Austere Surgery Course again in July.
CateringTimberline Catering has a food truck on order, expected in late spring.
From the staff meeting
What you asked for
GroundsOne list of jobs with photos, a priority on each, and who checked it off.
HousekeepingEarlier notice before a busy weekend, and one place to ask for supplies.
RepairsOne place to report something broken, so it reaches whoever fixes it.
DoorsA welcome sign by each door when a building has guests, so guests find their room and housekeeping knows it is occupied.
ToolsA way to see who borrowed what. Urban has the hand tools hung up in the metal building. Borrow what you need and put it back where it hangs.
EventsOne named person to call first during each event.
Answers from last week
Who taught you to dance?
MillyLearned a few new swing dance moves last week! So fun to try them out at the barn dance!
RozzyWahoo! The dance was so great! I think we should do that for for every season!
Hattie ClarkI definitely need more teaching - very excited to learn more about swing dancing!
RogerI still need to properly learn haha

Being built

Next up

The Boulder Creek Information Hub

One place to check what is happening on the campus: who is staying where, what needs doing, and who has it. Housekeeping comes first. Each group gets a walkthrough when its part is ready.

Around the campus

A first trail map is up. Six trails, traced from Milly's tracks, with three trailheads. Tap a trail for its name and length.

The campus from above with six trails drawn in color and three trailheads marked
The trail map.
Open the trail map
From the helicopter, Wednesday.

From your photos

Photos and videos you added over the last two weeks.

A basket of tomatoes, beans and greens from the garden
A pink dahlia held over the grass
A maple in full yellow by the pavilion
Orange and yellow trees against a blue sky
Add your own photos here

This week on the campus

Oct
16
Fri–Sun
Yeo Wedding
Friday through Sunday.
Oct 16Boys Fight Club at Boulder Meadows, 4 to 6 PM

The next eight weeks

From the campus calendar
OCT 5 OCT 12 OCT 19 OCT 26 NOV 2 NOV 9 NOV 16 NOV 23 All-staff meeting Yeo Wedding Boys Fight Club, Fridays Pinkerton Family Fish and Game Mt Hall Fundraiser Christmas Village (proposed) THIS WEEK
Bars are days on the property, dots are the Friday Boys Fight Club, and the shaded column is this week.

Coming up

FridaysBoys Fight Club at Boulder Meadows, 4 to 6 PM
Oct 23–25Pinkerton Family
Oct 27–29Fish and Game
Nov 6Mt Hall Fundraiser
Nov 27–29Christmas Village, first weekend (proposed)

Barry's question

Answer in the notes box below
What should every guest know about before they get here?

An idea from the staff meeting: a monthly letter to past and future guests about what happens here. Your answers start the list.

Type your name, write your note, press Add note. It shows up right here for everyone. Anything else for the letter goes here too: a thank you someone earned, something everyone should know before Friday, a question for the team.
Sunset behind the ridge, clouds lit from below
Sunset.

Around Bonners Ferry