Onondaga Ski Club
Board Meeting
August 2, 2005
President Scott Severance called the meeting to order at 7:04 PM.
Members present- Scott Severance, Anne Sonne, Bill Beaudin, Terry Avery, Kay Kotwas, Tom Button, Jack Lancette, Leo Naylor, Tom Button, Jan Carr, John Sonne, Mary Clay, Louise Beaubiah, Chris Watson, Karen Whedon, Judy Swanson
Members Absent- Kurt Londhair, Marv Patnode, Jane McCarthy
Secretary’s Report- accepted
Treasurer’s report- accepted. The new format was greeted with enthusiasm.
Membership- There is 588 members. We mail to 505 households and commercial establishments. We have 64 out of state members. Anyone who joins after May receives the membership for the next year.
Boomer- Karen passed out a sheet with figures for a four page Boomer. This would cost approximately $82.00 per month. The Boomer will consist of a front page with a President’s message, etc. ; a second page with a membership application; a third page with Lodge information and a fourth page with Board of Director info.
Outings- The annual trip to Covewood will be held on September 9-11. The trip fee is $130.00.
Terry reported that the Ski Club was superbly represented in Vermont at the Warren Fourth of July parade that Terry described as “quirky”. Pat George(dressed as a cow) spearheaded a Ben and Jerry themed walking float that was very impressive. Supporting marchers included Joan Salem, Terry Avery and Dick Malewski.
Terry also reported that the annual camping trip has grown to 23 campers and will be at Roger’s Rock in Lake George.
There will be a Family golf outing Friday, August 12, at a private golf course- Brown’s Greens on route #31. 18 hole players will start at 4:30PM. Dinner will follow at Rogue’s Roost. Another golf outing will be planned at a later date.
Louise Beaubiah is hosting a bikeride at her house on August 13. Long riders will leave around 9AM with medium and short riders leaving later. Food will be served around noon.
Jan and Larry’s Black Lake weekend is August 5-7…There will be dish to pass nights at the Sonne’s on August 3rd and the House’s will be hosting a night out while we bike in Tully.
Judy Swanson and Dick Lewis are hosting an outing on Saturday, August 20 at Dick’s House on Lake Ontario.
The ride around the Lake is scheduled for August 28th at Jan Carr’s house.
Lodge- Diane and Dave Clark will be taking over Lodge reservations in September.
Work Weekend will be the 14th, 15h and 16th of October.
Chris Watson is working with CNY Edge and Spark to set up a weekend at the Lodge. Chris himself is moving to Vermont and will continue to oversee the weekend, which will on September 23-24.
Trips-The trip to Innsbruck will be held February 18-26. The trip to Aspen will be March 4-11, 2006. Lodging will be in town near the lifts. The trip to Tremblant will be March 17-20. It was mentioned that the two trips are very close together but they draw different groups. The change this year will that the bus will leave at 1 instead of 4PM so there will be an extra evening in Tremblant. The cost will be $440 with a $90 deduction for non skiers. Leo is still looking into a new Six Flags resort that will be opening near Lake George. There is also a trip scheduled for Garnet Hill in January.
Social- Happy Hour will be Tuesday August 23h Traditions in Fayetteville at 5:30 PM. Mary is looking into Limp Lizard’s at Western Lights for the September Happy Hour. The next night out is Friday, August 19 at Borios. Cocktails will be at 5:30 and dinner at 6:30.
. Movie Night- Chris Watson is looking into a movie night at the Palace Theater which has been recently renovated. He feels that we need to attract new members and that this would be an excellent venue to introduce the club and its benefits.
Meetings- To save time at meetings, it was suggested that we hand out lists of events or have one person read all the upcoming events.
Trip committee- Art Holbin is still chairman of the trip committee in absentia. Judy Swanson wondered why members of the trip committee were not informed about the committee’s decisions. Scott pointed out that the committee needed to move forward in a timely manner. Tom Button made the point that different people need to be involved.
The meeting was adjourned at 8:39 PM.
Respectfully submitted
Anne Sonne, Recording Secretary