Onondaga Ski Club

Board Meeting Minutes

January 2, 2008

Present: Mark Bidwell, Tom Button, Dick Butler, Mary Clay, Christa Foster, Scott Foster, Lloyd Howse, Kay Kotwas, Jack Lancette, Marian LaPierre, Leo Naylor, Neville Sachs, Allan Smith, John Sonne, John Whelan, Doug Zamelis

Excused: Jan Carr, Marvin Patnode, Scott Severance

President Tom Button called the meeting to order at 7:15 pm.

Secretary’s Report: Motion was made by Scott and seconded by Dick to accept the December board minutes as submitted electronically.

Treasurer’s Report: The treasurer’s report has been received and filed. There were no questions. John reported that cash flow looks good, mainly due to the trip money currently in the account.

Committee Reports

-- Membership: Jack reported that current membership is 459, up from 377 in December. This includes 14 junior and 39 out-of-state members.

Sugarbush now insists on seeing a card that shows that we are NJ Ski Council members. Until we get the stickers, Tom will notify Sugarbush and possibly send a membership list. Jack will alert members via his listserv.

-- Communications: The February Boomer deadline is January 15.

-- Lodge: While at the lodge the end of January, Neville plans to do an infra-red scan of the building to determine major heat leaks. Two organized lodge weekends are coming up, one February 8-10 and the second March 14-16. The Sachs family would like to rent the lodge during the week of August 9-16.

-- Trips: The Garnet Hill XC trip is full with about 20 people attending. Sign-up for the Mt. Tremblant bus trip, March 28-31, is still behind expectations. Approximately 15 to 20 signed up; the minimum required number is 28. The Banff trip is full.

-- XC Skiing: January dates are listed on the OSC web site’s calendar: Jan. 5, Stony Pond, Jack Lancette will lead; Jan. 12, BREIA trails, Gary and Donna Woolschlager will lead; Jan. 19, TBA; Jan. 26, Heiberg Forest, Marion Jerose and Bob Wiley will lead.

-- Social: Night on the Town will be Sunday, January 20, at the Wise Guys Club.

Happy Hour will be Thursday, January 24, at Smorols. Mark suggested the Sheraton University Inn for the next month. Tubing Party scheduled for Sunday, Jan. 27, 10am at Four Seasons.

Dick and Mark reported that approximately 32 OSC members attended the Greek Peak New Year’s Eve party and all had a great time skiing and partying.

-- Racing: Team NASTAR racing starts Sunday, Jan. 6, at Labrador.

Old Business: Tom asked for motion to approve the wording of the by-laws change regarding absentee ballots as composed by Arley. The by-law change would then be presented to the general membership at the January meeting, publicized in the February Boomer, and brought to vote by the general membership at the March meeting. Neville moved to approve, Scott seconded. Motion passed.

Doug had read through OSC’s insurance documents. Lodge policy seems to be up to date but he’ll request a full copy from the agent. Same with the club policy. He has contacted a lawyer in Vermont and is expecting feedback on implications regarding non-member use of the lodge.

Tom and Marvin are still working on establishing a marketing committee to get more exciting publicity for our club. Neville suggested that while a committee chair is being sought, Tom should be the acting chair to get the ball rolling.

New Business: An election committee must be established and it was decided that the same members as on last year’s committee would be asked to serve again. Tom will ask one or two more members to serve.

As suggested earlier by Neville, Mark made a motion to offer an honorary OSC membership to David Figura, the Post Standard outdoors editor who had interviewed Tom for a lengthy article about OSC, and to invite him to cover the Onondaga Cup und Team Nastar races. The motion passed.

There being no further business to discuss, Dick moved to adjourn, Mark seconded, and the meeting was adjourned at 8:30 pm.

Respectfully submitted,

Christa Foster

Recording Secretary