West Michigan Kayaking Club · Leaders & Admins

Leadership Resources

A working hub for club trip leaders and admins — trip templates, planning basics, and admin information. This page is not linked from the public site menu, so bookmark it.

Club Leadership

Brad De Young President

Trip Templates & Leader Tools

Master Trip Report Template

Every club trip report is built from the club's master template — one page embed with the trip's route, launches, and day-by-day story. The rules that keep reports trustworthy:

  • Watermark all club photos with the club badge before uploading them.
  • Flows and weather come from recorded USGS and NWS data only. Never estimate a flow — if a reading does not exist, the report says “[not available]”.
  • Fill in every placeholder in the template; delete any optional block the trip does not need.
  • Follow the wording rules written in the template file's header, exactly as written there.
Trip Reports Hub All Trip Reports

Planning a Club Trip

The club Calendar is the single source of truth for events. Create the event on the club's Facebook Page and it syncs to the calendar on the website. Every trip listing carries the date, the river, the distance, the difficulty, and how to RSVP.

Club Calendar Safety Guidelines Current Water Levels

Mileage Log

Log your river miles after every paddle — the log lives on the homepage and the leaderboard keeps the season's totals. The river guides list segment distances, which helps when planning a route or logging a trip afterward.

Mileage Log River Guides — Lower Peninsula River Guides — Upper Peninsula

Admin Information

Membership

New members sign the membership agreement on the Become a Member page. Signed agreements are delivered to the club's email, and the member email list is updated from them. The Facebook group is the main coordination channel for paddles.

Become a Member Facebook Group

Weekly Rhythms

  • Daily: new Facebook Page events sync to the club calendar and are shared to the group as event cards.
  • Tuesdays: trip reminders post to the Facebook Page for trips starting within the next 7 days.
  • Wednesdays: the Question of the Week posts in the Facebook group.

Club Contacts & Channels

Calendar Trip Reports Safety The Kayakers Journal Become a Member