July 7, 2006
The 57th annual Old Timers Reunion will
be held Thursday of OTR Weekend, starting NOON, till the
following Monday at the The Robertson Association (TRA) camp
in WV. To
attend OTR you must be a TRA member or the guest of a TRA
member.
TRA Membership: TRA membership costs $10. You must be sponsored by another TRA member and/or be a member of a pre-approved caving group. For details, visit www.otr.org, or contact Tim Brown, TRA Membership Secretary, at tim@timcoinc.net or send SASE to Tim at 57051 Marietta Road, Byesville, Ohio 43723. Deadline for TRA to receive all necessary paperwork is July 31, 2006. TRA memberships are NOT available during OTR and the deadline is firm.
Early Arrival/Late Departure Policy: Unless you are on the list of workers that are actually required to set up OTR or on the list of TRA workers that are actually required for work weekends, you will not be able to enter the site prior to noon Thursday. Coming to one work weekend will not put you on the early-arrival list. Staying after noon on Mon is only permitted for pre-authorized OTR clean-up crews to ensure that OTR staff can also leave.
Pets: No pets are permitted at OTR, including the gate area or chained to/inside vehicles at the gate.
Insurance Surcharge: The insurance surcharge is included in the fee schedule below.
2006 OTR Registration Fee Schedule
| |
Adult |
Junior |
Child |
Guest |
| Arrival Day |
18+ |
12-17 |
3-11 |
|
| Thursday |
43 |
39 |
30 |
+15 |
| Friday |
41 |
38 |
28 |
+15 |
| Saturday |
39 |
34 |
24 |
+15 |
| Sunday |
33 |
30 |
23 |
+15 |
Infants under 3 are permitted free entry.
Registration is open around the clock from 12 noon Thursday to 12 midnight Saturday. Staff and hours may reduce after midnight Thursday and Friday. Registration CLOSES 12 midnight on Saturday and reopens 8:30 am Sunday. OTR closes completely to new registrants and guests at 6 pm on Sunday. If you plan on arriving after 6 pm on Sunday, you must make prior CONFIRMED arrangements with our registration staff, Steve McLuckie at scagrotto@hvc.rr.com or Dave Fricke at caverdave1@cox.net; and you must pay the full registration fee for Sunday. It is the responsibility of the person who wants to arrive after
Registration closes to ensure confirmation of arrangements with Registration staff. If your name is not on their list, you’re not confirmed. Please get confirmation ahead of time to avoid the hassle of being turned away at the gate.
Day Passes: Passes are good for the day purchased from 8:30 am until 6 pm. To stick around after 6 pm, go through registration and purchase a regular pass. Without exception, day passes are $15 and include the non-refundable insurance surcharge, regardless of length of visit.
Guests: Guests are welcome at OTR, when invited and sponsored by a TRA regular member, who is responsible for the guest’s behavior. TRA regular members may sponsor up to 2 adult guests. Guests of all ages (except infants) pay the regular registration fee plus a $15 guest surcharge. Family companions 18 and over are considered guests. Non-adult guests must be children of adult sponsors or the adult sponsor must provide proof of guardianship. We cannot permit entry to guests under 18 who are not lawfully in the custody of their adult sponsors. Legal verification may be required. Please choose your guests carefully; invite only cavers.
Children of TRA Members: Children of TRA members up to the age of 17 are not considered guests and do not pay the guest surcharge. Caving children may apply for their own membership ($10). Parents are fully, solely responsible for their children at OTR.
Photo ID: You must provide legal photo ID at registration, even if you do not intend to consume any alcoholic beverages on site. OTR staff are authorized to request and see ID of any individual on-site. You must be over 21 to consume any alcoholic beverages on-site; and staff may ask for validation at any time.
Checks: OTR accepts cash or checks written in US funds and on US banks. OTR charges $30 on returned checks and reports nonpaying registrants to the authorities. OTR does not accept registration payment through credit or debit cards.
Overflow Camping: Located in the SE quadrant, this area is designed to welcome later arrivals. It opens in 3 clearly marked stages. Check the map on the website and in registration. The lower perimeter opens at 5 pm Thursday. The interior opens next at 12 noon Friday, and upper area next to the public road opens last at 5 pm Friday. If you want to camp in these areas, plan your arrival times accordingly. Exceptions cannot be made. Campsites cannot be reserved. Markings and tape will be removed.
Sauna Area: They’ve got rules to keep it a safe and enjoyable experience for all. Please follow those rules and treat staff with kindness.
Schedule of Events
Thursday: Lutz Rock: Raising the Flag, Memorial Service for departed old-timers. Bonfire: ROOTs and COOTs Gathering. Main Pavilion: 3-D slide show followed by Mummy Madness movies - a chance to recycle your OTR 2005 fez or wrap yourself in bandages.
Friday: Old fashioned pub crawl - catch Shanty Irish at COOTers and later crawl or stagger to the main pavilion to see The Prodigals.
Saturday: Auction, Lion’s Club chicken dinners, TRA Awards Ceremony, groove to the Rhodes Tavern Troubadours.
Sunday: Sauna fund-raiser, Kilt night, OTR Awards Ceremony, dance to DJs Johnny Parsons and Debbie St. Pierre, after-hours farewell fun.
SpeleoOlympics: Begin noon Friday and end noon Sunday. Check the OTR Program or Contests Shack for details, schedules, and rules.
Kiddie Activities: Some activities are planned for caver children. This is not a babysitting service and parental involvement is required. The playground is available during daylight hours only. Parents must supervise and be responsible for their own children.
Vendors: Vendors must make prior arrangement with Vendors Coordinator Kelley Deem at (304) 216-9818 or kdeem@frontiernet.net. Wednesday is set-up day for vendors; please don’t arrive earlier. Food concessions are already prearranged and must have the proper health and safety permits. No other food concessions are permitted. All vendors selling food or beverages may be visited by the Health Department’s inspector and must be set-up and ready for inspection when he arrives.
Campsite Competition: The best dressed campsite receives an award.
Wireless Network: The campground is being equipped with a new high-speed wireless network with wireless Internet access for a small fee to cover costs. Check details at Registration.
Porta-Pots: They cost an arm and a leg to get cleaned out. Please don’t put posters on them or throw stuff in them other than human organic waste and bits of used toilet paper. It’s your own registration fee that goes up to pay for increasing pumping fees.
Trash: Please recycle. If you can pack it out, do so. We note who brings and leaves furniture onsite and you may be invited to not return.
Special Announcements: We are looking for volunteers to: clean out the shower houses (Can your grotto or camp adopt a shower house for a day?); help out with all the little grungy tasks that no one ever wants to do - like emptying trash cans, restocking toilet paper, etc. If you would like to help, please contact the OTR Chair via the Contacts tab at www.otr.org (upper-right on Home page), or during OTR.
We are also looking for someone to donate the following sound equipment for use by our professional volunteer staff during the parties, awards ceremonies, and other special pavilion ceremonies: 1 QSC speaker amp RMX 1450, 1 Mackie mixer CFX 16 MK II, 1 mixer case ATA CFX 16, 1 snake, 6 PSSL mike stands A 300, and 6 SHURE mikes. If you are willing to donate these to OTR, please contact the Chair prior to OTR.
During OTR 2006, in addition to the yearly savings for future things like the new pavilion, we’re setting aside $1.00 of every registration towards the future purchase of a new stove for the sauna; and .50¢ of every registration towards a new climbing tower. There is also a restricted fund for sound equipment. If you would like to donate to any of these four specific restricted funds, we’ll have boxes set-aside for each at the OTR administrative office trailer.
To contact OTR staff, go to www.otr.org, and click on the link for Contacts (top, right). OTR is a caver event - Please sponsor only cavers. PMI is our main sponsor year after year. Please support them by buying their ropes. John Cadle continues to be a sponsor in 2006 for donating registration computer equipment. Give that man a cigar! This information may be distributed to caving clubs, cave conservancies, and individual cavers only.
