Onondaga Ski Club

Board Meeting Minutes

January 2, 2007

President Tom Button called the meeting to order at 7:04 pm.

Present: Doug Ahlsen, Dick Butler, Jan Carr, Mary Clay, Christa Foster, Scott Foster, Kay Kotwas, Jack Lancette, Jane McCarthy, Leo Naylor, Marvin Patnode, John Sonne, John Tuttle, Karen Whedon

Absent: Terry Avery, Mark Bidwell, Scott Severance, John Whelan

Guests: Arley Morey, Ken Robbins

Secretary’s Report: Was accepted as presented.

Treasurer’s Report: Was distributed via e-mail. There were no questions; the report was received and filed.

Committee Reports

-- Membership: Jack reported that from 250 renewal reminders mailed in November, more than 100 were returned. Recently he sent follow-up reminders via e-mail and received approx. one half dozen renewals. We have 422 members including 12 past presidents; approx. 180 members haven’t renewed.

-- Boomer: No changes. Information, such as list of officers, lodge information, etc., will be included as space allows.

-- Lodge: A special committee meeting was called December 12 to discuss some issues that were questioned by the board in regards to the survey results, mainly family usage during off-season. The committee still has to come up with pricing for rental of the whole lodge. Debbie Kimberley is planning a bus trip to the lodge February 2-4. Martin Luther King weekend is almost full; March 2-4 weekend is almost full.

-- Trips: Belleayre trip Feb. 16 may be a carpool trip since there won’t be enough for a bus. Leo is working on a couple more dates in March and hopes for enough sign-ups. We’d have to leave between 6 and 7 am to be at mountain by 9 to 10 am.

Stowe has 36 signed up, 2 cancellations. Garnet Hill is full.

Western trip: Arley sends out information as he gets requests. He expects to send out lodging and transportation info soon. He’s leaning toward motel rooms to keep the cost down. There are big savings on lodging, etc. in April and the weather and conditions are excellent.

-- XC Skiing: There will be an outing every Saturday; the January schedule was e-mailed to members. January 6: Jack & John W. will lead a ski or hike at Green Lakes; January 13 Debbie Beaumont will lead at Beaver Lake; January 20 Mary Clay will lead at Osceola; February 3 at Highland Forest.

-- Social: Night on the town is Friday, January 12, at Saratoga Steak. Next Happy Hour will be Thursday, Jan. 25, 5 pm, at Smorols on Avery Ave. Free tacos starting 5 pm.

New Year’s Eve at Greek Peak was attended by 19 OSCers. Skiing (4-10 pm) was marginal with three runs open. Per Dick Butler, this should be promoted as a family affair since there is special entertainment for children. Buffet was very good including non-alcoholic beverages. D.J., dancing. Torch parade and great fireworks. Cost was $35/pp.

-- Racing: NASTAR is scheduled to start on January 7. It’s only a total of five weeks and shouldn’t conflict with the OSC Cup race. Cup race date is February 25.All programs were pushed back one week because of lack of snow.

Old Business: John Sonne showed a first, rough draft of the business card lay-out designed by Dianne Emmick. Suggested correction: Change “ski house in Vermont” to “all season lodge in Vermont.” A question came up again about the proposed three-fold flyer. Nothing further has been done. We should still have a digital file of the old flyer.

Jack is taking over e-mail communication temporarily because Jan’s e-mail is down. Jack has group mail (freeware) and he can send out 100 at a time which is much faster than Jan’s old system. He plans to install the program on Jan’s computer so she can go back to contacting members.

New Business: Tom is working on a slate of officers for the nominating committee. He has approached some members and will submit the complete list of committee officers to board members via e-mail within a couple of days.

Jane received mail from Steamboat to promote the area with an invitation for a complimentary stay for someone from the club. Leo is going to investigate some more.

Since there was no other new business, Tom asked for a motion to adjourn the meeting. Scott made the motion, Dick seconded. The meeting was adjourned at 7:54.

Respectfully submitted,

Christa Foster

Recording Secretary