05/17/2018
With a very appreciative tip of the hat to all who created, maintained, used and enjoyed Mendocino Adventure Ropes Course since its inception in 1995, as outgoing director, I would like to alert you, in the various regional communities, to a need and an opportunity. MARC has entered a six month transition period to renew, re-energize and rethink itself, if need be. All input is encouraged. Virtual and face-to-face conversation to coalesce ideas and implement a strategy created by those interested in transitioning MARC has begun and will be ongoing. With so much change currently in the air, this should be favorable timing to re-populate the advisory board, enlarge the facilitator pool, review the infrastructure, line out fulfillment of director role tasks, align with partners, etc. A ropes or challenge course has many potential applications-recreation, education, health, environment, conflict management and resolution, resource management, exploring the interplay between personal and group perspectives-all arenas and skills our region is rich in and needs to continue embodying and supporting. To participate in MARC’s Coalition Co-creating Community, use [email protected], the website, page, network locally and create a Friends of MARC chapter-we will convene mid- August in Leggett for a tour and sampler course, as desired, to steward MARC into its next era as a regional resource.
Nonae Sears, Director MARC 2008-2018
