WELCOME TO THE ONONDAGA SKI CLUB WEBSITE

Who Are We?
The Onondaga Ski Club was formed over 50 years ago in Syracuse, New York, for the purpose of bringing skiers together and promoting the fun of skiing. It has expanded and become a club for many activities, covering all of our four seasons. In addition to cross country and downhill skiing and boarding, we are active in biking, tennis, golf, bowling, camping, hiking, reading, ski racing, canoeing and kayaking, to mention a few. Our social activities and parties are frequent throughout the year at restaurants in and around Syracuse and at our Lodge in Vermont. Check out all our activities under the these links for Skiing , Activities , Club Trips , or check out our Calendar of Events .

Club Lodge:

Our Lodge in Lower Granville, Vermont is located between Sugarbush and Killington ski areas and is now an all season facility, helping to expand our membership throughout the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern states as well as New York. It is owned and maintained by our club and provides economical and reliable year round lodging for our members.

Club Meetings:
Our club holds a general meeting at 8 PM on the second Tuesday of each month from September thru April at the Ramada Inn on Buckley Road, Liverpool, NY. These meetings are open to the public and feature information on trips, local ski areas, social events and up-coming activities of the club.

Club Communications:
The Schussboomer has been our newsletter, since the early days of the club, and is still available to members in a printed form and on this web site. This website as well as an e-mail list of members, requesting to be kept informed, are the modern communication tools of our club. Feel free to browse around and get acquainted.

Website Navigation:
The navigation bar (Tabs) at the top of this web page will take you to other parts of our website. The navigation menus in the left panel of each page will also take you to pages within the selected Tab. The remainder of this "Home Page" provides a monthly message from our president and a short synopsis of the club's "hot topics". Click on this Navigation Link for a detailed discussion of our site layout.

Joining OSC:
As you get acquainted, if you like what you see, feel free to join us by mail, or just come to one of our general meetings and sign-up there.

PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE for April 2008

Well it's over; my time as President is done. Boy time flies when you're having fun. It's hard to believe I've been running meetings and writing this column for over two years. Of course I didn't do it alone. I want to thank the members of the Board of Directors who served with me. Special thanks go to those members whose term is up and who won't be serving next year. Dick Butler, Second Vice President, and Board Members Jan Carr, John Whelan and Doug Zamelis.

Congratulations to the newly elected officers and directors:

Marv Patnode, President; Scott Foster, Second Vice President; Christa Foster, Recording Secretary; and returning Board Member Jack Lancette. We especially welcome new members of the Board of Directors: Marilyn Woyciesjes, Dave Devendorf and John Tuttle. Thank you Joann Butler and her committee for all your work in finding a slate of excellent candidates.

Welcome back to Scott Severance from his sojourn in Florida! Thank you very much for your generosity of letting us use of your office for board meetings.

Now it's time to thank the committee chairs who made this year such a success:
Mary Jo DiNuzzo and Neville Sachs for organizing Adopt-a-Highway;
Marian Jerose for handling advertising in the Boomer;
Larry Harrison for organizing Tuesday night golf;
Jan Carr and Larry Harrison for all the great biking;
Gary Woolschlager for running tennis;
Jack Lancette for keeping up Membership, emails and the calendar of events;
John Whelan for offering adventures in canoeing, hiking and cross-country skiing;
Arley Morey for organizing NASTAR and keeping our webpage up-to-date;
Mary Clay, Diane Emmick, Janice Farrelly and Norm Pyzynski for all the fun social events;
Dianne Emmick gets a second thank you for running our reading group;
Christa Foster and Janice Farrelly for leading the trip to Banff;
Leo Naylor for leading the trip to Tremblant;
The Lodge Committee, chaired by Ken Robbins and Al Smith, deserve a special thank you for the great repairs and renovations that make the lodge so comfortable and attractive.
Diane and Dave Clark get an extra thank you for handling lodge reservations;
M & M (Mike and Marilyn McCabe) for greeting us and making us feel special at all the meetings. They are retiring as Hospitality committee chairs so we need volunteers to take up their post.
Marv Patnode for his work as editor of the Boomer. (He needs a replacement too.)
And a very special thank you to my wife, Susan, who edits these columns and has been very supportive and helpful during my term.

But before I close, you're not done with me- I'm chairing the marketing committee and I look forward to all your creative input and ideas.

I hope to see you biking or on the links before I see you on the slopes next year!

Tom Button
President of the Onondaga Ski Club

Adopt-A-Highway '08...

Adopt A Highway workers will meet at the Tully Burger King on April 26th, Saturday, at 9:30 AM. Call Mary Jo at (315) 457-4207 if you have any questions.
For a report on recent Adopt-A-Highway projects click here.

To all paddlers.
I am forming the 1st OSC Impromptu Paddle Party of the '08 season after Adopt-A-Highway on April 26. All interested paddlers should meet by at the Tully pizza shop in the parking lot at the traffic light intersection. Join the Clean-up gang for lunch at noon. Paddle party will depart after lunch, probably at 2. Labrador Pond is preferred venue but not firm. See you there. Remo

Book Reading Group '08...

Start reading now to get ready for the next book discussion which will be Thursday, May 15, at Dave and Diane Clark's house. The book is Water for Elephants by Sarah Gruen. As usual, a dish-to-pass dinner at 5:30 PM will be following by the book discussion from 7-8:30.

In this week's issue of Entertainment Weekly, Steven King picked Water for Elephants as one of his top books for 2007. He said the following: "For pure story, this colorful, headlong tale of a Depression-era circus simply can't be beat. Heroes, villains, romance, a wild-animal stampede! Big fun from page 1."

It's a great book for discussion, too, with themes of loyalty, cruelty, reality vs. illusion, self-identity, the Depression, growing older, loneliness and friendship, relationships, animals.

Home page update...

Spring cleaning time and our home page has a new look. The changes were made to give more attention to upcoming activities, especially activities requiring extended planning. This is our Spring and Summer look for the home page. If you are still interested in looking at our Fall and Winter Home Page, you may see that by clicking on Winter Home Page .

Paddlefest '08...

Paddlefest '08 will be taking place May 16 - 18 in Old Forge. Check out the web site, http://www.mountainmanoutdoors.com . M&M ( juneway209@juno.com ) are planning to open up camp in Eagle Bay that weekend with sleeping/eating/etc for club members. First come /first served.

2008 Banff/Lake Louise Ski Trip...

Photo show with sound is now available, 15mb...click on http://www.osc-ski.org/video/Banff.wmv and wait for the show to start.

2008 Onondaga Cup Race...

Slide show is now available...click here

Short Story of Rollins Pond '07

Each year a bunch of OSC members spend a week or so, camping, kayaking or canoeing in the Adirondack Park. This year we camped in the Rollins Pond State Campsite near Tupper Lake. Check out the story by clicking on this link. http://www.osc-ski.org/activities/Rollins Pond 07a.htm. Pictures are there too.

Michael McCabe

Lodge Reservations...

Dave and Diane Clark, 1924 Hoag Rd. West, Warners, NY 13164,
Phone # 315-635-1686 clarkdm@upstate.edu
are our people to call for Lodge reservations. Contact them for information about things that are scheduled at or around the Lodge when you are planning your next trip to the Lodge. Get a group together or join those already scheduled for time that you plan to stay. They are also the people with discounted member ski tickets for Killington and Sugarbush ski areas.

Address changes...

Your membership information is our primary source of information for your phone number, e-mail address and US mail address. If any of this information changes during the year, we would like to be given an update so that we can stay in touch. An e-mail to our membership chairman, Jack Lancette at jlancet@twcny.rr.com with the change information is all we need to update your records.

Board of Directors Meeting Minutes...

We are now providing a copy of the minutes of our monthly Board Meetings in a attempt to make the OSC leadership process more visible to our membership. The minutes can be found on this site under "Club/Board Minutes" or by clicking on http://www.osc-ski.org/club/minutes.asp.

ACTIVITIES/CALENDAR...

Our upcoming events calendar has been redesigned to provide greater flexibility for entries. The new format will Accommodate longer descriptions of the events and can be in your own words and format. New events can be added to the Calendar by sending them directly to Jack Lancette by e-mail jlancet@twcny.rr.com or phone 454-0852.

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