Advertising Courses

Everyone Sports, Expeds and Adventure Training
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  1. Create a bidding event on SMS
  2. email event link to RATTO/WATTO/OCW
  3. Follow up email 2 weeks after to all-OCs
  4. Sit back and watch all the bids flow in :smile:
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This was foremost in my mind - checking my understanding that personnel can see an event (given the link) and bid for it without their unit being invited?

If so, that’s probably the most efficient route.

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I didn’t say I agreed with it, it is a source of immense frustration, but it is a blocker for people seeing it.

Is part of the application form going to be asking for our Air Cadet Central User name so you can identify people :joy::joy:

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Lol, no, I don’t care… all we care about is whether people are likely to take ages to train in how to move a boat about in a moderate water environment.

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Don’t worry it was a joke, that would be very odd!

I am looking forward to hearing more about this opportunity and looking more at the AT link above when I’m on a desktop.

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Does a good quality capsize qualify as a “moving a boat in moderate water”? #askingforafriend

As for advertising it, RATTO and WATTO route, a note on the Course Calendar, a message in the AT Training Hub thing and Facebook posts on the Llanbedr and Windermere Centre pages - that should reach the masses and force the message if the WATTO route fails.

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Less about the quality of capsize, more about the quality of getting back in after! :smiley:

In all seriousness, training will be included (including the getting back in bit) - but we need people to have a reasonable level of kayak skill so they can adapt to the nuances of a sea boat relatively quickly - otherwise it’s a Sea PPA rather than an exped.

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That AT page Facebook page idea is good.

Where are you thinking btw?

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Isle of Skye

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@redowling Just seen a course announcement on the Windermere Facebook page about what I can only assume is the course you were talking about. Just thought I’d share to say it is being seen at least!

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Yep, it’s gone via email, AT portal and SM within about 10mins of each other.

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And it worked. The message in is spreading… Nearly as fast as covid. But not quite.

(Too soon??)

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You beat me too it, I was just going to say I saw it on FB.

Edit, saw the post around AT being under training so will look later, although I don’t have the experience for this year.

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The post I saw was from NACATC Windermere. It had the link to the details on the post.

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Seems like the majority are seeing it on social media so far! Will be interesting to see how quickly it filters down.

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Remember to add the ‘how did you hear about this course’ in to the course critique.

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Nothing official sent to me yet…

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I’ve certainly not seen an email yet, no.

@redowling another idea if you want a wider spread is email to the region/wing POCs and ask if they can then add a link to the AT portal on to their relevent SharePoint pages?

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Well my Wing can’t say they don’t know, it’s gone out on email, Staff FB Page and the Public Facing FB page.

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tbf, I’ve only heard about it here. I don’t use fb enough to find things out from amongst the noise of other groups I follow (and nothing official here yet either)