contact us

Use the form on the right to contact us.

We're excited to hear what you're up to!  

P.O. Box 347171
San Francisco

415-385-2103

We are a growing NETWORK of local organizations using training and outdoor gear libraries to help connect kids to the outdoors across America. 

MyTurn

In 2020, OEN began offering a gear library management system, called MyTurn, for members as an optional add-on to their annual membership fee. Managing gear library inventory and reservations has been a long-standing challenge for many OEN members and so far those who have implemented the software are having a positive experience with it. OEN members get a non-profit pricing discount which depends on the number of items you’d like to list. . Please contact Seraph if you’d like to see how the system works or if you want to chat with a member who is currently using the system.

Instructions for setting up a MyTurn system

http://myturn.com/s/oensetup - click on free trial

The list is here. For example categories I recommend looking at getoutdoorsleadville.myturn.com or bawt.myturn.com. We will spend the first meeting going through each of these, but like I said please explore.

1) Set all the system wide parameters-

  1. Set up categories - 20-25

  2. Set up sub-locations for item restrictions based on membership.

  3. Set up member types - both for payment levels and restrictions - eg an individual member with access to backpacking gear vs and supporting member with access to only warm clothing.

  4. Concurrent with item set-up, finetune pricing structures for membership levels

  5. Decide whether you will track each item individually or if identical items are interchangeable.

  6. Add waivers to system

  7. Determine your item numbering system if you want item numbers to be a certain way. Default is each new item get the next available number.

2) Create one copy of each item. This allows you to make sure it has all the right restrictions, data, etc.

3) Mass duplicate items using the import/export system

4) Concurrent with items, go through email templates, spanish translation phrases, home page

5) User testing

6) Deploy

Links to OEN members MyTurn reservation websites

  • Bay Area Wilderness Training Visit (Active)

  • Detroit Outdoors Visit (Active)

  • The Mountaineers Visit (Active)

  • Chicago Park District Visit (Active)

  • Mancos Gear Share Visit (Active)

  • GR Thrive Outside Gear Library Visit (Active)

  • Maine GearShare Visit (Active)

  • The Wildseed Gear Library Visit (Active)

  • Philadelphia Gear Library LLC Visit

  • Wasatch Mountain Institute Gear Library Visit (Active)

  • Atabey Outdoors - Visit

  • Friends of Anacostia Visit

  • Chaffee Mobile Gear Library Visit

  • Outdoor Outreach Visit

  • River City Outdoors Visit (Active)

  • Kindling Collective Visit (Active)

  • The Outdoor Inclusion Coalition Gear Library Visit (Active)

  • HFAdventureCommunity Gear Library Visit (Active)