GE SKI CLUB NEWSLETTER MAILING ADDRESS: PO BOX 327 NEW HARTFORD, NY WEBSITE: March 2017 VOL. 50 ISSUE 11

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1 THE EDGE GE SKI CLUB NEWSLETTER MAILING ADDRESS: PO BOX 327 NEW HARTFORD, NY WEBSITE: March 2017 VOL. 50 ISSUE 11 Inside This Issue Board Meetings 1 Board Officers & Happy Hours 2 Events Page, special ski deals 3-4 Alpine Corner 5 Winter evens 6-8 Nomination Forms 9-10 Relay For Life 11 Boilermaker 12 Rescue Mission thank you 13 Trip agreement form 14 Calendar of events General Membership Meetings Are held at the Elks Club 1315 Champlin Ave. Utica NY Meetings are at 6:30 PM on the 3 rd Tuesday of every month from Oct. to April. Guests are always welcome. Any member wishing to submit a Newsletter Article must submit content to the President for approval prior to the 20 th of the month. If approved will be in the next month s newsletter. All Forms (i.e. membership, trip, and wavers) can also be found on the website at Board Meetings Board Officers meeting is held the second Tuesday of each month at 6:00 pm at the Gander Mtn. store in New Hartford. General members wishing to bring anything up to the Board are welcome please contact the President to be placed on the agenda. *********************************************************************************************************** Note: to view pictures of club events go to the GE Ski Club Facebook page and click on photos then click on the album that you would like to view. If not on Facebook, go to the website go to the photos page and click on the link at top to be taken to the GE Ski Club Facebook Albums page. Also check out the Council Websites for additional trips that they are sponsoring: New York Capital District Ski Council: New Jersey Ski and Snowboard Council: 1

2 BOARD OFFICERS NOTES FROM BETH March 2017 PRESIDENT Beth Martin VICE PRESIDENT Tom Lazzaro TREASURER Jeannine Murtaugh-Reath SECRETARY Jerry Gortner ALPINE Andy Reath CROSS-COUNTRY Donna Dunn MEMBERSHIP/Info/Applications Stu Miller Rosemary Forsti Hello, Spring is in the air, but there is still snow so it is a great time to do some spring skiing!!!!!! It is time to vote for next year s Board of Officers. Nomination forms have been included in this edition for your convenience. Be sure to look for them and nominate someone that you feel would be a good addition to move our club forward. Beth NEWSLETTER Sandy McGlynn newsletter@geskiclub.org PUBLICITY Fran Small SOCIAL CHRISTMAS/SPRING social@geskiclub.org TRIPS Dick Forsti trips@geskiclub.org SERGEANT-AT-ARMS Kathy Green Mike Hardiman HAPPY HOURS (5:30 pm for Happy Hour) March March 10 th Rt. 69 Steakhouse March 24 th Packy s Pub April April 7 th Sanctuary Court St. Utica April 21 th Pizza Boys New York Mills 2

3 Ski club events* GE SKI CLUB EVENTS 2016/17 as of 2/21/17 COUNCIL SKI DAYS*** Sat Mar 4 ski demo day HUNTER Mt Mount Snow: 2-10,11,12- $50, 67, 57; 2/13-16-$ , 11, 12 - $50,67,57 Sun- Mar 5 Day Bus-GORE GORE-$42-1/12 ; 2/9; 3/6 OAK- $28-1/8, 16; 2/12; 3/12 Sun Mar 12, X-C Day,-TBD STOWE- $46-2/8-10, 3/17-19 Sat-Sat, Mar 11-18, Club week, WHITEFISH For full list, see NYCDSC council web site PICO- 2/3-$37, 2/4,5-$41, 2/6-$36 OKEMO- 1/20-$49, 22-$54, 27-$49; 2/12-$54 Sat. Mar 18, ski demo day OKEMO KILLINGTON- 2/3 -$45, 2/4, 5-$50, 2/6- $45 HUNTER- 2/26- $49 2/27-$40 Sat-Mar 25- Spring Ski Picnic-ROYAL MT SUGARBUSH- 1/2-8 -$52 Butternut- Mon-Fri, Non Holiday $20, weekends $40 April, 1-4- club trip to Canada- Mt Tremblant CATAMOUNT- Mon-Fri Non holiday $20, Sat. $49, Sun $45 BOLTON VALLEY- $35-2/6-11; 3/20-26 April 29 Spring Dinner Whiteface $42-3/ 5, 6, 30, 31 MOUNTAIN SPECIALS TOGGENBURG- Over 80-ski free, Military ID- $20 anytime. Lift, lunch, lesson- Adult -Tues/Thurs, $30/35; Sr.- M/W/F, $20/25. EMPIRE CARD-WHITEFACE-GORE-BELLEAYRE $99-1st day free, 6 th day free, 50% off mid week, 25% off weekends/holidays. O.R.D.A- coke wed(non holiday) $48, any coke product (whiteface, gore, -bellearye-$32) McCauley, Non holiday Fridays, $12 For all G E club trips, you must be a member and a trip form must be completed for each event. * Events and dates may be changed, added or delegated, depending on snow conditions, weather or other circumstances beyond our control, without notice. Ski club discounts Lift ticket prices--snow Ridge $25; McCauley $20, Oak $28, Toggenburg $30- savings $20, Catamount- M-F $20, Greek Peak- $49, Royal- 2 for 1. *** *** Must show ski club card & possible photo I D 3

4 ******SPECIAL SKI DEALS****** MUST show membership card and photo I D for these specials MOUNT SNOW 3/17 until closing- Sun-Fri, adults $40, seniors- $37 Saturdays-$48 Group rate lift price any day with membership card HUNTER MT.: March 26-$39, Mar 27- $30 KILLINGTON: April 7- $43 GORE: March 6, 25, and 26- $42 OAK: March 12 - $28 WHITEFACE: March 30 and 31 - $42 4

ALPINE CORNER 3/17 Plenty of skiing left for this season. The ski areas have received lots of natural snow this year and have made snow, so this warm spell shouldn t have too much effect.

Send check and completed trip form to Dick Forsti soon to reserve a spot on this trip. Price includes 3 days of skiing, lodging and bus transportation.

5 ALPINE CORNER 3/17 Plenty of skiing left for this season. The ski areas have received lots of natural snow this year and have made snow, so this warm spell shouldn t have too much effect. Just in case though, why don t you sign up for the Mt. Tremblant Canada trip. This was a great trip last year and when asked, a majority of respondents picked this for a return trip this year. Send check and completed trip form to Dick Forsti soon to reserve a spot on this trip. Price includes 3 days of skiing, lodging and bus transportation. Nominations for ski club officers are being held. If you re the type who gets pleasure out of volunteering, helping organize, are outgoing and sociable, why don t you put yourself in nomination. ALL positions are open. Don t think because someone has been doing a position for a while you can t run. This is your club. It is run by volunteer members for the good of all the members. Thinking of new equipment? New ski demo day at Hunter Mt. weekend of March 4 & 5. Also remember the last Gore bus Sunday ski bus is going to be March 5. $85 adult, $75 senior, lift ticket and transportation. If interested, send check and trip form, or , or call Dick Forsti. All trip details are elsewhere in newsletter. SATURDAY March 25 will be our annual spring ski picnic at Royal Mt. Rt 10 Caroga Lake. Try to bring a hors d oeuvres, salad, or desert to pass. We will buy main entre and drinks from Royal. Remember to show your membership card for reduced price lift ticket. THINK SNOW AND KEEP SKIING & BOARDING ANDY Please note that all pertinent forms (membership, trip, and liability wavers) are available for the following GE Ski Club sponsored trips on the GE ski Club Web page at 5

Gore Bus 1/8 1/29 2/12 3/5 Departure time: 6:45 AM from DOT parking lot Will stop at Barneveld Leave

Country and Snowshoe pay bus only rate You must fill out a separate trip form for each trip.

, Utica, NY 13501 735-8842 richardforsti@gmail.

6 Gore Bus 1/8 1/29 2/12 3/5 Departure time: 6:45 AM from DOT parking lot Will stop at Barneveld Leave Gore at 4:30 to 5PM Expected return to Utica 7PM Adults $85 Seniors/Juniors $75 Bus only $40 Cross Country and Snowshoe pay bus only rate You must fill out a separate trip form for each trip. Make checks out to GE Ski Club Send to Dick Forsti, 1728 Sherman Dr., Utica, NY richardforsti@gmail.com The Board was leery of committing the club to buses this year. This year you must make a decision at least 2 weeks before the date of departure. If we do not have the riders we have to cancel!!!!! 6

7 Cross Country Skiers!!! Take the Gore Bus!!! It will drop you off and pick you up!!! (See Gore adv. for times + dates) Price for YOU!!! Bus - $35 Skiing at Garnet Hill $22 7

The voting is in! The monkey says it is a return trip to Mt Tremblant. Sat April 1 to Tues April 4 Same hotel! Condos with two bedrooms, full kitchen and living room. Hotel has a hot tub.

8 The voting is in! The monkey says it is a return trip to Mt Tremblant. Sat April 1 to Tues April 4 Same hotel! Condos with two bedrooms, full kitchen and living room. Hotel has a hot tub. The lift in the picture takes you from the hotel to skiing/boarding. Note: The Gondola on the mountain will remain open. Cost: for bus and hotel $290 3 day ski/boarding tickets: Adult $114 Senior (65) $81 $100 due at sign up Balance due by March 1 st Send payments & trip form to Dick Forsti, 1728 Sherman Dr., Utica, NY Questions: or richardforsti@gmail.com 8

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12 RELAY FOR LIFE The American Cancer Society had their Kickoff event on February 16th with inspirational talks and fundraising ideas. TEAM GE SKI CLUB will kick start our fundraising this month. Our BIG RAFFLE this year will be a Toshiba 49" 4K Ultra HD TV. We will also hold our annual BASKET RAFFLE during the April General Meeting. Please consider donating a basket for this event. For more info or to join our team: Contact Patti O'Hara (315) or Ron Geiskopf (315)

13 BOILERMAKER WATER STATION--JULY 9, 2017 As you all know Andy Reath has retired as Water Stop Chairperson. He did a great job and we all had a great time volunteering for this huge event and advertising our club. It won't be easy to fill these shoes but myself (Patti O'Hara) and Pat Tahan will do our best. Believe it or not it is time to think about the Boilermaker and signing up to volunteer. All volunteers need to register and sign a waiver and there is a deadline which is mid-april. Go to Boilermaker website: At the top right hand side of page click on "Volunteer" On this page the first section is entitled VOLUNTEER Scroll down and under the heading "Existing Volunteer" hit CLICK HERE You are now on RunSignUp Volunteer Page Scroll down to your Committee Click on "Volunteer Box" If you are an Existing Volunteer and have a RunSignUp account click on Sign In in the Registered Users Box on the right of page. A box will pop up, click on "Sign in" Another box will pop up, click on Register me. For new and Existing Volunteers type in the Task Password: boilermaker (small case) Fill out your personal information In the next Password Box create your own personal password There will be two waivers: yes, you need to agree to this one too even though it reads "running a road race" Click on Continue at bottom of page This next page is for Shirt size and Emergency Contact info and the Volunteer Waiver After completing Click on "Continue" This last page is for you to review all your information and be sure it is correct "Click on "Confirm Volunteer Information" PATTI O'HARA at prettypatoh@yahoo.com AFTER YOU HAVE DONE THIS Volunteer Party is at MVCC on Friday, July 7 at 5:30 Boilermaker Water Station is on Whitesboro St. Utica, corner of Cherry St. just west of Heintz Funeral parlor. Set-up starts at 6 AM. I will have a list of those who volunteered last year. Anyone who has changed their name, address, or t-shirt size let me know. Any new volunteer needs to me with name address, phone, and and t-shirt size. ALL VOLUNTEERS MUST SIGN A WAIVER electronic or paper (I will have some available) to receive their volunteer t- shirt, Volunteer Party Invitation and pin There will only be (1) Volunteer Party Ticket issued to each person for Friday Night Thank you Party. These tickets will be mailed to you. If you have any questions, feel free to me Patti O'Hara. prettypatoh@yahoo.com Thank you 13

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Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 4 ski demo day Hunter Mt 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Day Bus Gore Board Meeting Social Hour Rt.

15 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat ski demo day Hunter Mt Day Bus Gore Board Meeting Social Hour Rt. 69 Steakhouse Club week, WHITEFISH X-C Day,-TBD ski demo day OKEMO March Member Meeting Social Hour Packy s Pub Spring Ski Picnic- Royal Mtn

16 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 Mount Tremblant Social Hour at the Sanctuary Board meeting GOOD FRIDAY April Easter Member meeting Social Hour at Pizza Boys Spring Dinner

Board Meetings Board Officers meeting will be held the second Tuesday of each month at 6:00pm at the Gander Mtn. store in New Hartford.

Board Meetings Board Officers meeting will be held the second Tuesday of each month at 6:00pm at the Gander Mtn. store in New Hartford. THE EDGE GE SKI CLUB NEWSLETTER MAILING ADDRESS: PO BOX 327 NEW HARTFORD, NY 13413 WEBSITE: www.geskiclub.org APRIL 2016 VOL. 49 ISSUE 12 Inside This Issue Board Meetings & Basket Raffle 1 Board Officers