President’s Message:
I would like to welcome you to the Oregon-California Trail Association (OCTA) website and encourage you to explore and take advantage of all it has to offer. In turn, I hope this would inspire you to join us and participate as a member in some of our activities as well as enjoy the stories of the Pioneers. You will find links to the eleven associated Chapters, and can join one (or more) and enjoy the outdoors, weather permitting, on the trail!
Our history is threatened as trail remnants are endangered by housing and industrial developments, transmission lines, solar panels, wind farms, and pipelines. It is our responsibility to know where the trails are, to accurately locate and map them, to preserve and protect them and to tell the stories of the Pioneers who traveled them. By joining us you can help protect the California and Oregon Trails and the history they represent.
Check out as well our Facebook link at https://www.facebook.com/OCTA1982 and our YouTube channel with more than 30 videos https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=oregon+california+trails+association.
John Briggs
President
Oregon-California Trails Association
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OCTA Leadership Manual, Strategic Plan & Organization Chart
Governance of OCTA is the responsibility of the Board of Directors. This section contains OCTA’s Leadership Manual, Strategic Plan, and organization chart.
OCTA Leadership History
This section provides a listing of officers, directors, and headquarters staffing since OCTA’s incorporation in 1982; a list of OCTA Board of Directors decisions; and a list of OCTA Awards.
Activity Forms
Included are a variety of forms that can help members and leadership do their work. There are volunteer and visitor acknowledgement of risk forms, award nomination forms and education award applications, donation and use agreement forms, conflict of interest, budget development and reimbursement forms, and more.
Convention Information
Conventions are an important activity in the yearly cycle of OCTA events.