Committee Responsibilities

Each group will function with committees to facilitate ease of travel in China. Here are the committee responsibilities. These committees do not have official meetings! If you somehow feel inadequate for the assigned committee, only you will know.

Luggage Committee:
--Obtains carts at airports, places luggage on carts and rolls carts to destination;
--Ensures that entire group stays together and moves as a group with luggage carts (you have now entered a group society);
--Maintains luggage inventory;
--Hands personal luggage to fellow participants when handling group luggage;
--Makes sure each participant has visual check of personal luggage;
--At hotels makes sure everyone knows time luggage needs to be placed outside hotel door for bellhop pickup for departures;
--Carries extra self sealer luggage tags for lost tags; and
--Carries extra identification ribbons for lost ribbons on luggage.

Note: Do not wander out of the international luggage area at PEK without being with the entire group. Check to make sure everyone has their luggage and then come out together as an entire group! When we emerge from the airport in Beijing, there will be people wanting to help with your luggage. Do not let a single one help! Soon, we will have more help than we need and they will want money! Don't stop! Stay together as a group! Peng and I will help to chase them off. The same when we return to the airport and at the train station. We will hire help at the train station and then we stick with the luggage. At the hotel the bell boys will deliver the luggage to rooms and I will sign off on all the pieces and take care of the tip.

Gift Committee:
--Arranges gift needs one day in advance in consultation with group managers and
--Arranges for gift transport to all gifting events.

Comfort and Logistics Committee:
--Advises on daily attire;
--Handles first aid needs;
--Carries files for medical and emergency information;
--Collects passports for hotel arrival; and
--Maintains participant room list.

Note: Make sure you have your passport with you on the bus when we change hotels and for our arrival in Beijing. Do not have your passport in a bag stored in the bus storage compartment! We need to collect them for registration at the hotel. They are returned in a timely manner so you can exchange money. Do not assemble as a group at the front desk to demand to have your passport returned!

Culture/Language and Travel Committee:
--Advises on international travel;
--Advises on culture/language issues; and
--Maintains group cohesion.

Group Managment Committee:
--Handles logistics
--Advises on protocol