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About wellytg

A loose group of tramping enthusiasts from Wellington New Zealand, the home of "tramping", more commonly known as hiking or trekking.

Updating your Profile

Meetup Website help

It’s a good idea to keep your profile up to date. This helps event hosts to have a better idea what experience you have, what skills you possess, along with what tramping level you are currently at.

It simply makes organising trips much easier so there is more time to do the fun stuff.

We’ve recently updated the questions so it’d be really helpful if you made the effort and updated the answers on your profile page.

How do you update them?

First off you’ll need to access the site from a PC. (The smartphone APP version of site is even more hopeless than the PC version so don’t bother trying!)

Go to the Wellington Tramping Group page. Make sure you are logged in and click on “You’re a member“.

This will open a drop down menu with “Your member profile” as shown below:

Click on “Your member profile“.

This opens up the old version of Meetup (was it mentioned that the Meetup website is designed by imbeciles?)

You can then click on “Edit profile” to update your answers.

Check your Profile photo

You can also change your profile picture from this page.

Please have a photo of your face that others can recognise. Some hosts will not allow you to attend trips otherwise.

If we’ve missed anything then let us know in the comment sections. Thanks 😀

Cracking down on “No Shows”

Etiquette

Having people drop out of a trip at the last minute can be a logistical nightmare. It’s the bane of every event organizers life. It’s also bloody rude as it shows a lack of respect for other peoples time!

3 No shows and you get banned from the group!

We are making an effort to crack down on those who drop out of tramps at the last minute, or don’t show up at all.

Keep your RSVP up to date

It’s easy to do, simply click on that going or not going button and try to avoid last minute changes of heart. Otherwise you could deny someone else the chance of attending.

3 strikes and Out!

We have a 3 strikes and out rule. All event organizers are being encouraged to mark attendee records. Especially for Committed Day Walks and Overnight Trips

Only those listed as Organizer and Co-Organizers can view attendance records. But any hosts wishing to have a check carried out are welcome to contact one of us with a request.

For example, you may not wish to take someone who had a recent no show to give them a gentle kick up the butt, or reduce the chances of the trip being disrupted.

Last Minute RSVP change?

When you change your RSVP to “Not Going” you open up a spot for someone on the “Wait List”.

If you are on the Wait List you may wish to change your RSVP to not going should a last-minute spot become available. Unless of-course you are ready to attend.