ACCT Hires New Executive Director

The Association for Challenge Course Technology Board of Directors is pleased to welcome James Borishade of Chicago, Illinois as our new Executive Director.

James brings to ACCT more than 10 years experience in non-profit management including 8 years at the senior executive level, most recently in his previous post as Executive Director of Jumpstart for Young Children.

Throughout his career, James has established himself as a respected authority on organizational leadership, strategic planning and growth, technology and media, as well as relationship building and outreach.

We are excited to have James as part of our team as ACCT moves forward into the future! ACCT has experienced tremendous growth and achievement in recent years.

With the continued effort of the board, committees, and membership James will help continue our success.

The ACCT Board of Directors

Join us for our upcoming conference in
Minneapolis, Minnesota February 3-6, 2011

We had a wonderful crowd in Atlanta last year and are looking forward to another terrific conference in Minneapolis!

Further details will be posted at www.acctinfo.org by August 2010.

The Ropesonline e-mail Discussion List

The Ropes List Service was established in May of 1997. It was designed to allow ropes course and adventure education builders, designers, facilitators, and operators the opportunity to discuss in an open forum type setting the questions, answers, concerns, and comments that arise from such programs.

The members of the Ropes List Service represent a wide variety of backgrounds and represent a number of different organizations within the Adventure Education and ropes/challenge course field.

If you are interested in subscribing or changing your subscription status, please use the form proved at http//:onbelay.com/mailman/listinfo/ropes-list

Beginning January 1, 2009, the Association for Challenge Course Technology will begin management of the Ropesonline.org website and listserv.  The ropesonline.org listserv known as the “Ropes List” is the largest online discussion forum in the challenge course industry.

Since 1997 Jeff Anderson of OnBelay, LLC has been hosting and providing management of the Ropes List listserv. Since its inception in 1997 the membership has grown to over 650 members worldwide. The Ropes List serves as an electronic communication vehicle for challenge course users, facilitators, trainers, builders and other enthusiasts to share ideas, ask questions and collaborate.

The growth and development of the challenge course industry has created additional demands on the listserv. Over the past year the Association for Challenge Course Technology has been working with Jeff Anderson of OnBelay, LLC on collaborative efforts for management of the listserv and the ropesonline.org web page for the benefit of the industry. 

The listserv will maintain its current function as a place for all members of the challenge course industry to come together to collaborate and discuss industry related information in an open format.  ACCT staff will now manage the subscription (and unsubscribe) requests posted directly to the listserv, and “away” messages. The tagline at the bottom of each message will change to reflect that ACCT is now co-hosting the list with OnBelay, LLC. Jeff will continue to serve our community in a technical capacity.

Within the next few months a new archive system for listserv discussions and web site user interface will be posted at www.ropesonline.org. This new system is being developed to allow for simple searching and listing of all previously posted and future discussions making it easier for all users to find the information they are looking for.

Information will be provided to this list and to ACCT membership to keep you abreast of upcoming changes.

Respectfully;
The ACCT Board of Directors & Jeff Anderson, OnBelay, LLC