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• PS - Monthly Membership Meeting

  • When
    Tue, August 25, 2026
  •  
    6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
  • Location
    Online using Zoom
  • Registered
    5 registrants

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  PLEASE NOTE: This PS Monthly Membership Meeting is held Online Using Zoom ONLY

  GOPS Monthly Core Group Meetings are usually held on the fourth Tuesday of each month starting at 6:30 pm, subject to change due to holidays and conflicting events. Meetings can be attended online via Zoom each month.

  Meetings are held simultaneously in-person in January,  March,  May,  July,  September and November 2023 and via Zoom. In-person meetings are held at the Center, 3rd floor Meeting Room 3, 1301 North Palm Canyon Dr., Palm Springs, CA.

  Meetings are held only via Zoom in February, April, June, August, October and December.

  Check the event registration details for the date and the particulars of the meeting.

  GOPS members can attend by registering for the meeting. For best results in attending via Zoom, plan to use a computer or tablet equipped with a camera and microphone. Information on how to enter the Zoom meeting will be provided to registrants in their Confirmation and Reminder emails.

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• SBVC - Flying Club / Primetimers BBQ - SAVE THE DATE

  • When
    Sat, September 12, 2026
  • Location
    5986 Sandspit Road, Goleta, CA 93117

  Flying Club / Primetimers BBQ

  Fire up the grill, let's make some noise,
  Burgers, dogs, and happy joys!
  Good food, good friends, a perfect day,
  Come hang with us, don't delay! 

  
  WHEN: Sept 12, 2026 @ TBD
  
  WHERE: Goleta Beach Park
  
  *Registration is not open at this time. More info to follow...*

  
  

  
  

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• PS - Hike / Bike / Day Event Planning Meeting NOTE NEW LOCATION

  • When
    Thu, September 24, 2026
  •  
    8:00 AM - 10:30 AM
  • Location
    Denny's,1201 N Palm Canyon Dr, Palm Springs, CA 92262

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  Hike, bike, and day activities planning meeting. We will eat breakfast, review the calendar and coordinate events through the rest of 2026.

  Due to the permanent closure of the Palm Springs IHOP and low attendance at the Rancho Mirage IHOP, we will meet at the Denny's (map here) across the street from the LGBTQ Center of the Desert in Palm Springs. 

  If you are unable to attend, please submit your hike, bike or other events and we will schedule them.

  Day Activities to consider other than hiking/biking:

  • Bird-watching at your favorite wetland

  • Movie night with an environmental focus

  • Plan a creative celebration of the equinox or solstice

  • Organize a docent-led tour of museum or park

  • Take a docent tour and then lead a similar one yourself for Great Outdoors

  • Attend a conservation lecture with other members

  • Organize a service trip to repair or build trails or weed out invasive plants

  • Set up a potluck brunch organized around a letter-writing campaign

  • Photography hike and follow-up potluck to review photos

  • Tour city dump or county watershed

  • Tour a sewage treatment plant

  • Tour little known public parks or open space

  • Mountain biking

  • Old-fashioned potluck picnic

  • Special events or exhibits

  • Ride horses

  • Planetarium or museum or zoo visit on free day

  • Anything that broadens our awareness of our environment is a valid outing

  Contact VP of Outings click here with your ideas and suggestions.

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• SBVC - Lake Lopez California: Arroyo Grande Harvest Festival Weekend!

  • Start
    Thu, September 24, 2026
  •  
    4:00 PM
  • End
    Sun, September 27, 2026
  •  
    12:00 PM
  • Location
    6800 Lopez Drive, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420
  • Spaces left
    38
  • Registered
    2 registrants

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  Lake Lopez - Arroyo Grande Harvest Festival
  
  The Arroyo Grande Harvest Festival is a local favorite event that features everything from entertainment to food, scarecrow and baking contests, games for the kids, movie night, and so much more! This family-friendly event highlights the best of Arroyo Grande and its neighboring communities. Harvest festival not your thing? Lake Lopez has lots to offer as well, with fishing, boating, zip-lining, water slide activities, hiking, and more! Also the Arroyo Grande area has several wonderful wineries minutes from Lake Lopez for touring and tasting! The village of Arroyo Grande is sprinkled with antique shops galore as well! 
  Your weekend is only limited by your imagination folks! 

  So come join us for a four day weekend of fun, friends and relaxation! 
  
  When: Sept 24 - 27, 2026 @ Lopez Lake Recreation Area-El Jardin Group Site
  
  Thursday-Check-in starts at 3pm-come on in, set up, settle in, meet your fellow campers and enjoy some snacks after all that set up work! 

  Friday-Harvest Festival starts in the afternoon at 4pm, so that gives you the whole morning to explore Lake Lopez itself, or the surrounding areas. 
  Saturday-Today's got a lot going on, with the Harvest Festival Parade from 1000-1130AM in town. Followed by the Harvest Festival Wiener Dog Races from 2pm-3pm. 

  Sunday-A mellow morning of breakfast with your fellow campers and packing up, as check out is at 1100AM. 
  So come on out to this central coast location and enjoy your Great Outdoors folks! 

  PARKING LIMIT-As always, there is a limitation of how many vehicles (ANYTHING with a license plate {car, truck, travel trailer, motorhome} counts!) of 10 vehicles for this trip. So please please please, carpool if you can, and if there's any question, please touch base with your trip leader:
  Joe D-805-588-1142
  [email protected]

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• SBVC/CORP - 48th All Chapter Conference and Campout - SAVE THE DATE

  • Start
    Fri, October 16, 2026
  • End
    Sun, October 18, 2026
  • Location
    TBA

  *** SAVE THE DATE ***

  Hello GO!

  Please make sure that you mark your calendars for the
  48th All Chapter Conference and Campout
  Hosted by GO-SBVC

  Dates
  Friday, October 16 thru Sunday, October 18, 2026
  Location
  TBA

  
  

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