Running Box and Other Tasks

It may seem that UMHC is all about hiking, but in reality, the most frequent event we engage in is the daily ritual of box, so named after the bright red box it is dedicated to.

Box is crucial to allowing excited hikers to sign up for trips and is on the whole a simple affair. However, missing the smallest part can be disastrous and result in sad hikers, a lot of unwanted phone calls and generalised hassle.

This is the step by step guide of how to run box in only 10 steps!


 * 1) Box runs every day in the activities centre from 12:30-13:30. Sign up for boxes at the committee meeting only if you know you can make it, and point out if you can't be there the whole time. If it later transpires you can't make it, let someone know!
 * 2) Get the box, it lives in the ticket office on the ground floor of the Union. If your life has got to the point where you are reading this, you are probably one of the special people on the list allowed to take out the box.
 * 3) At the start of box the money should be counted and listed in the box book. At this point you would have probably had to use a key to open the box, but fear not if you don't have one, desperate committee members have found many other ways to open it.
 * 4) If it is Monday you also need some sign up sheets. These can be printed off the committee email list. Otherwise the list should be hidden somewhere in the activities centre.
 * 5) Eat your lunch.
 * 6) Sign up hikers! Don't forget to mention the basics and show them the example hiking boot if they look confused.
 * 7) Record money collected in the box book.
 * 8) Give some lost students directions to wherever they want to go in the building.
 * 9) At the end of the hour, count up the money and record it in the book. When box has been done properly, it never adds up. You should worry if it does! You can then take the box back to the ticket office and stash the lists.
 * 10) On a Friday, make sure somebody makes a float for the trip. Hopefully the treasurer will do this but that can't always be possible. Don't forget to take the list with you as well!

Happy boxing