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WELCOME TO THE ONONDAGA SKI CLUBWho Are We?The Onondaga Ski Club was formed over 50 years ago in Syracuse, New York, for the purpose of bringing skiers together and promoting the fun of skiing. It has expanded and become a club for many activities, covering all of our four seasons. In addition to cross country and downhill skiing and boarding, we are active in biking, tennis, golf, bowling, camping, hiking, reading, ski racing, canoeing and kayaking, to mention a few. Our social activities and parties are frequent throughout the year at restaurants in and around Syracuse and at our Lodge in Vermont. Check out all our activities under the these links for Skiing , Activities , Club Trips , or check out our Calendar of Events . Club Lodge: 
Our Lodge in Lower Granville, Vermont is located between Sugarbush and Killington ski areas and is now an all season facility, helping to expand our membership throughout the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern states as well as New York. It is owned and maintained by our club and provides economical and reliable year round lodging for our members. Club Meetings: Our club holds a general meeting at 8 PM on the second Tuesday of each month from September thru April at the Ramada Inn on Buckley Road, Liverpool, NY. These meetings are open to the public and feature information on trips, local ski areas, social events and up-coming activities of the club. Club Communications: The Schussboomer has been our newsletter, since the early days of the club, and is still available to members in a printed form and on this web site. This website as well as an e-mail list of members, requesting to be kept informed, are the modern communication tools of our club. Feel free to browse around and get acquainted. Website Navigation: The navigation bar (Tabs) at the top of this web page will take you to other parts of our website. The navigation menus in the left panel of each page will also take you to pages within the selected Tab. The remainder of this "Home Page" provides a monthly message from our president and a short synopsis of the club's "hot topics". Click on this Navigation Link for a detailed discussion of our site layout. Joining OSC: As you get acquainted, if you like what you see, feel free to join us by mail, or just come to one of our general meetings and sign-up there. PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE for March 2008
This column is written under pressure. The Honda CRV has a dead battery since some idiot left the lights on and drained the battery. That means that I had to run errands since I took Susan's car to work. In addition, I stayed too long at work. The result is that I have to write this column and pack for our trip to the Lodge tomorrow after getting home after nine. After two days of skiing and a great time with friends at the lodge, I may get out of the doghouse, if I behave. Pressure. Pressure. The ski trip to Banff Lake Louise was a great success. One participant's quote, "The best ski trip I've ever taken." Thanks to Janice and Christa for organizing a successful fun trip. Start thinking about where you'd like to go next year. Leo has mentioned the Lake Tahoe area. I've skied there and it has some notable ski areas and exciting nightlife if your not to tired form skiing. Don't be shy. Mention your suggestions to Leo or a member of the Board so we can have another successful trip next year. The trip to Mt Tremblant is full; thanks to Leo and his committee. The cross-country skiing group has organized a number of trips, but by the time this Boomer is published, they may be limited to the Tug Hill Plateau. The biking schedule has been published in the Boomer and is on the website. This year we'll have a very short ride in the beginning for those who might feel intimidated about joining us for the first time. Don't forget the bike clinic at the Sonne's on April 26th to make sure your bike is in top shape. The last issue of Boomer contained the statements of the candidates for office. The nominating committee has presented us with a talented slate. Come out on April 8th, listen to the presentations, and cast your vote for the leaders of the club next year. Well, I've got one thing done. Now I have to pack so I can hit the slopes in Vermont. Tom Button President of the Onondaga Ski Club Paddlefest '08...Paddlefest '08 will be taking place May 16 - 18 in Old Forge. Check out the web site, http://www.mountainmanoutdoors.com . M&M ( juneway209@juno.com ) are planning to open up camp in Eagle Bay that weekend with sleeping/eating/etc for club members. First come /first served.2008 Banff/Lake Louise Ski Trip...Photo show with sound is now available, 15mb...click on http://www.osc-ski.org/video/Banff.wmv and wait for the show to start.2008 Onondaga Cup Race...Slide show is now available...click hereBook Reading Group...Start reading now to get ready for the next book discussion which will be Thursday, May 15, at Dave and Diane Clark's house. The book is Water for Elephants by Sarah Gruen. As usual, a dish-to-pass dinner at 5:30 PM will be following by the book discussion from 7-8:30.In this week's issue of Entertainment Weekly, Steven King picked Water for Elephants as one of his top books for 2007. He said the following: "For pure story, this colorful, headlong tale of a Depression-era circus simply can't be beat. Heroes, villains, romance, a wild-animal stampede! Big fun from page 1." It's a great book for discussion, too, with themes of loyalty, cruelty, reality vs. illusion, self-identity, the Depression, growing older, loneliness and friendship, relationships, animals. Short Story of Adopt-A-Highway Fall '07Highway clean-up project report.Short Story of Rollins Pond '07Each year a bunch of OSC members spend a week or so, camping, kayaking or canoeing in the Adirondack Park. This year we camped in the Rollins Pond State Campsite near Tupper Lake. Check out the story by clicking on this link. http://www.osc-ski.org/activities/Rollins Pond 07a.htm. Pictures are there too.Michael McCabe Lodge Reservations...Dave and Diane Clark, 1924 Hoag Rd. West, Warners, NY 13164,Phone # 315-635-1686 clarkdm@upstate.edu are our people to call for Lodge reservations. Contact them for information about things that are scheduled at or around the Lodge when you are planning your next trip to the Lodge. Get a group together or join those already scheduled for time that you plan to stay. They are also the people with discounted member ski tickets for Killington and Sugarbush ski areas. Address changes...Your membership information is our primary source of information for your phone number, e-mail address and US mail address. If any of this information changes during the year, we would like to be given an update so that we can stay in touch. An e-mail to our membership chairman, Jack Lancette at jlancet@twcny.rr.com with the change information is all we need to update your records.Board of Directors Meeting Minutes...We are now providing a copy of the minutes of our monthly Board Meetings in a attempt to make the OSC leadership process more visible to our membership. The minutes can be found on this site under "Club/Board Minutes" or by clicking on http://www.osc-ski.org/club/minutes.asp.ACTIVITIES/CALENDAR...Our upcoming events calendar has been redesigned to provide greater flexibility for entries. The new format will Accommodate longer descriptions of the events and can be in your own words and format. New events can be added to the Calendar by sending them directly to Jack Lancette by e-mail jlancet@twcny.rr.com or phone 454-0852.Site Navigation Help |
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