Onondaga Ski Club
Board Meeting Minutes
February 4, 2008
Present: Tom Button, Dick Butler, Jan Carr, Christa Foster, Scott Foster, Marian LaPierre, Leo Naylor, Marvin Patnode, Neville Sachs, Allan Smith, John Sonne
Absent: John Whelan
Excused: Mark Bidwell, Mary Clay, Lloyd Howse, Kay Kotwas, Jack Lancette, Scott Severance, Doug Zamelis
Guests: Joann Butler, Ken Robbins
President Tom Button called the meeting to order at 7:08 pm.
Secretary’s Report: Motion was made by Scott and seconded by Dick to accept the January board minutes as submitted electronically.
Treasurer’s Report: The treasurer’s report was received and filed. There were no questions.
Committee Reports
-- Membership: Total active membership as of February 1, 2008 is 496, up from 459 on January 2. This includes 19 junior and 47 (39 in January) out-of-state members.
-- Communications: The March Boomer deadline is February 15. Candidate names will be listed in March Boomer, bios and pictures in April Boomer.
-- Lodge: The lodge is almost completely booked for the February 7-10 lodge weekend, coordinated by Diane Clark. Other weekends in February are also well attended.
Neville and Carol took an infrared scan of all rooms in the lodge to show where heat loss happened and he made a PowerPoint presentation of the findings. On the main floor there are many areas that showed great heat loss. The upstairs rooms didn’t show significant loss. One suggestion was to move the thermostat from the dining room, the coldest room in the house, to the living room. Allan thanked Neville for taking the infrared. He also mentioned that he’s glad one of the lodge committee members volunteered to be on the new marketing committee.
-- Trips: The
Garnet Hill XC was very successful with 19 people attending. Conditions were
excellent as were the accommodations in the Apple Tree Farm. The
-- XC Skiing: Information about the February XC ski outings is listed on the OSC website’s calendar and e-mails will be sent regularly as a reminder and to notify membership of changes.
-- Social: Night on the Town will be Sunday, February 17, at Kirby’s in
Westvale.
Happy Hour will be Wednesday, February 27, at the Sheraton University Inn. Marv reported that the tubing party at Four Seasons was very successful with about 50 people attending.
-- Racing: Two NASTAR races left. Well attended, a success. OSC cup race coming up on February 23. Marv invited some new organizations besides the regularly participating clubs.
Old Business: Dick brought up that according to our bylaws, in order to make changes to the bylaws we must have a membership vote by ballot rather than show of hands. To get membership approval for absentee ballot voting, this will be done at the March meeting and Marv volunteered to print out ballots. Stewards of election are the same as at last April’s election.
Scott asked if Doug Z. has reported back on his findings
regarding
New Business: Nominating committee chair Joann Butler reported that committee members Marian L, Dick B., Kay K., and Charlotte B. have contacted members for nominations and the name of those who are currently on the slate are: Marv for president, Scott for 2nd vice president, Christa for recording secretary. There are five board openings. Jack Lancette, Bob Dewey, Marilyn Woyciesjes, Dave Devendorf, Doug Zamelis, Bob Wiley, and John Tuttle agreed to run. Bios must be emailed to Marv by February 12; photos will be taken at the February general meeting.
The
Marv provided handouts of the “Securing OSC’s Future” document and that included amendments in italics as agreed upon at a committee meeting in January.
There being no further business to discuss, Neville moved to adjourn, John seconded, and the meeting was adjourned at 8:32 pm.
Respectfully submitted,
Christa Foster
Recording Secretary