Onondaga Ski Club

Board Meeting

April 5, 2005

 

 

President Scott Severance called the meeting to order at 7:05 PM.

 

Members present- Scott Severance, Anne Sonne, Bill Beaudin,  Marv Patnode, Terry Avery, Jane McCarthy, Kay Kotwas, Tom Button, Jack Lancette, Leo Naylor, Arley Morey, Diane, Clark, Joe Cali, Kurt Londhair, Tom Button, Mary Clay

 

 

Members excused- Jan Carr, Karen Whedon, Christa Foster

Guests- Dick Butler

 

Secretary’s Report- accepted

 

Treasurer’s report- accepted

 

Old Business

 

Nominating Committee- Plans are complete for the upcoming election.  Since there are no positions that are being contested, no ballots will be needed.  There will be a nomination to accept the ballot and the secretary will cast the vote.  This will eliminate the need to count ballots.  There was a discussion on absentee ballots.  Kay has been doing it informally but she will research exactly how absentee ballots should be handled.

 

Membership- There are still 565 members with 4 applications currently being processed.  We have had $148 in contributions.  There is a box on the application blank for contributions.  Joe Cali suggested that we give a free membership to members that may encourage other members to join. 

 

Outings- John Whelan is leading a trip to Blue Ledge on the Hudson the third weekend in April.  Lodging will be at Garnet Hill.  There is also a canoe/kayak trip scheduled May 7th to Kayuta Lake.

 

Long Range Planning Committee-   The next meeting will be Tuesday April 19th at Scott’s office at 7 PM.

 

Boomer-   The board agreed that the Boomer is going very well.  There was a discussion on putting the Boomer on the website and eliminating approximately 200 Boomers that need to be sent.  We will have to look into the feasibility of using the website as far as savings to the club and ease of retrieving on the site (using Adobe Reader).

 

 

 

Lodge- The lodge is running at a breakeven point.  The lodge is providing a great service to club members and is a draw for new members. Also Bill ran out of ski tickets that were being sold at reduced rates.  This season the ski club sold 20 Whiteface/Gore tickets, 220 Sugarbush tickets and 75 Killington tickets.  There was a discussion on running bus trips to various ski areas which would include the ski tickets.

 

 

Trips- Scott mentioned that there are trips being looked into to Aspen and Europe.    Currently the committee meets twice a year but it may change to be more proactive in encouraging more members to lead trips.  Scott feels that we need to advertise our trips to others outside the ski club to promote more interest.  Jane McCarthy is looking a trip to Ottawa during Winterlude in February. 

 

Social- Happy Hour will be Tuesday April 19th at Colorado Mining Co.

 

 

New Business

 

Movie- Joe reported that school districts will not commit to renting space at this time.  Joe is going to look into the New Times Theatre at the Sate Fair.  He would like to see a venue that will hold 300 people.

 

Online Auction-   Scott suggested having an online auction to raise money for the club.  In order to eliminate the clerical work, bidders could do their own paperwork or else we could use a vehicle such as E-bay.  We could sell such things as services and lift tickets.  We need to make sure that there will be a profit for work involved.  A committee would have to study the logistics. 

 

 

The meeting was adjourned at 8:11 PM.

 

Respectfully submitted

 

Anne Sonne,