Onondaga Ski Club
Board Meeting
September 6, 2005
President Scott Severance called the meeting to order at 7:02 PM.
Members present- Scott Severance, Anne Sonne, Bill Beaudin, Terry Avery, Kay Kotwas, Jack Lancette, Tom Button, Jan Carr, John Sonne, Mary Clay, Louise Beaubiah, Judy Swanson, Jane McCarthy, Marv Patnode, Kurt Londhair
Members Absent- Leo Naylor, Karen Whedon, Chris Watson
Secretary’s Report- Judy brought up that the cost of the Boomer did not reflect the cost of mailing. This will be changed in the minutes.
Treasurer’s report- accepted. There was some discussion on the payments for trips especially Tremblant.
Membership- There
is 594 members. We mail to 510
households and commercial establishments.
We have 66 out of state members.
Jack wanted to know how long that we should send Boomers to those
members who have not renewed. It was
decided that we would terminate the paper Boomers as we usually do in
November. Starting January the Boomer
will be available by way of the web site except for those who pay an additional
$10.00 which represents the cost of printing and mailing the Boomer per family.
Those members will continue to get the Boomer via mail. Meanwhile Jack will be sending out a reminder
to those who do not renew at the general meetings.
Chairs to welcome new members.
Boomer- Karen was out of town however, she has had a meeting with the printing company to break down the cost of the Boomer.
Outings- John is planning various trips including a hike to Ithaca. Marv suggested that all outings be sent to 3 venues- to Jan Carr, to Arley and to the Web site.
Terry reported that the trip to Roger’s Rock on the west shore of Lake George. In August was a great success. A high point was an authentic Chinese dinner. The next camping trip will be July 30, 2006. Sign up early to reserve your place.
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Lodge- Diane and Dave Clark will be taking over Lodge reservations in September. Bill reported that the transition is a little rocky due to conflicting vacation schedules .
Work Weekend will be the 14th, 15h and 16th of October.
The lodge is almost full during the Columbus Day holiday.
Chris Watson will be working with CNY Edge and Spark to help work on the weekend which will be on September 23-24. So far only a few reservations have been made.
Trips- At the September meeting, there will be a presentation that we will be a power point presentation of all the trips that hopefully will generate more interest. We can also include trips like Covewood that will have already taken place. The trip to Innsbruck ($1,100) will be held February 18-26 and is almost is filled. The trip to Aspen ($1425) will be March 4-11, 2006 and is co-chaired by Bruce Way and Marian LaPierre. The trip to Tremblant ($440) will be March 17-20. Other trips that have been announced are to Far Hills (January 13-16), to Garnet Hill (January 20-22) and a possible scuba trip that is going to take place in April that Jeff Jacobs is spearheading.
Social- The next Happy Hour will be at Limp Lizards at Western Lights on Tuesday September 20. The next night out is Friday, September 19 at Daniela’s Steak House. Cocktails will be at 5:30 and dinner at 6:30.
Movie Night- The ski movie is scheduled for October 22 at the Palace Theater. Scott is looking for a publicity committee. John Sonne suggested that we ask people at the general meeting to work on the movie committee.
Badges- Louise has been looking into permanent badges for club members. Judy recommended that we find out who made our badges in the past and contact them. They apparently have merged with another company so we will have to do some detective work to find them. Judy will do that.
Trip Committee Concerns- Judy Swanson reported that the Trip Committee is part of the bylaws and is a standing committee. She reviewed some of the points that were listed in the by-laws. The reason that the trip committee was formed was because of trips that were being sponsored by club members that were new to the club and had not been to the locale that was being advertised. Basically the committee is in place to protect the club from any financial liability. Scott pointed out that the current trips involve those people who are involved in the trips and that the trips were set up so the club would not suffer any financial liability. Because Art Holbin has not been able to lead the committee and because Judy was out of town, the committee more or less became inactive. Marv suggested that those members on the committee become active again. Marv also suggested that we review the by-laws and decide where we want to do as far as continuing to follow the by-laws.
New
Business
Painting- Mike McCabe came across a painting by Fred Thrane, a founding member of the club. This picture is for sale on E-Bay and Mike is willing to front $100 if the club is willing to provide the rest. John Sonne moved to table the issue until the next meeting and Tom seconded it. The motion was passed.
Brochures- Our brochure that we printed a few years ago is still being passed out and needs to be redone. The original computer setup is still available and Christa Foster, Jan Carr and Judy Swanson were involved in the original edition. John Sonne volunteered to talk to Christa and to work on the revised edition.
The meeting was adjourned at 9:16 PM.
Respectfully submitted
Anne Sonne, Recording Secretary