General Membership Meetings

Newsletter Articles must be received by JANUARY 20 th to be in the February newsletter and sent in Word format. Send to newsletter@geskiclub.org - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Membership Forms can also be found on the website at http://www.geskiclub.org/pdfs/memapp.pdf Cross Country Corner -Bolton Valley Weekend Trip-Downhill & XC both-jan 10-12, XC Cost-$225.- -Betty Murtaugh's XC Party-Saturday, January 18. 11:00 AM-Meet at First Niagara Bank in Barneveld on RT 12 or if you know where the Green Belt Trail is you can meet us there at 11: 15. Meet at Betty's afterward. Betty will supply Chili & I ll make a salad. Anybody else attending should bring a drink of your preference or a dessert. -Tony & Jan's XC Party-Saturday, February 1. Meet at 11:00 AM at First Niagara Bank in Barneveld on RT 12 if you want to car pool or just meet at Tony's at 11:45 AM if you want to go there directly. Bring a dish to share & your drink of preference. -Jackson Hill XC-Saturday, March 1. Meet at First Niagara Bank in Barneveld at 11:00 AM, we can carpool from there. Bring snacks & we can possibly have a drink or an early dinner afterward. -Osceola XC Trip-Saturday, March 15. Meet at the McDonald's on West Dominick St in Rome at 11:00 AM. Bring a snack & we'll possibly go out for a drink or an early dinner in Rome. -Any questions call XC leader Mike Hardiman-982-2224 GE SKI CLUB NEWSLETTER MAILING ADDRESS: PO BOX 327 NEW HARTFORD, NY 13413 WEBSITE: www.geskiclub.org JANUARY 2014 VOL. 47 ISSUE 09 Inside This Issue Cross Country Corner 1 Board Officers & Happy Hours 2 Alpine Edge 4 Volunteers Needed 6 Winter Events 12 Calendars (2 months) 13-14 General Membership Meetings Are held at the Elk s Club on `1315 Champlin Ave in Yorkville at 6:30 PM. Meetings are now the 3 rd Tuesdays of every month from Sept. to April. Guests are always welcome. Speakers for January will be from Mt. Snow and Okemo Just thought you would like to read this Blog from a SNOW Study that is going on in the Tug Hill area. Go to: http://wasatchweatherweenies.blogspot.com

BOARD OFFICERS FOR 2013-2014 PRESIDENT KATHY WHITE 853-5946 (president@geskiclub.org) VICE PRESIDENT KAREN GEIERSBACH 790-0130 (vp@geskiclub.org) TREASURER JEANNINE MURTAUGH-REATH 735-0349 SECRETARY RON GEISKOPF 732-5926 ALPINE ANDY REATH 735-0349 CROSS-COUNTRY MIKE HARDIMAN 982-2224 MEMBERSHIP/Info/Applications ROSEMARY FORSTI 735-8842 (membership@geskiclub.org) NEWSLETTER DONNA WESTER 525-5210 (newsletter@geskiclub.org) PUBLICITY COLLEEN WELCH 797-2009 SOCIAL CHRISTMAS/SPRING OPEN (social@geskiclub.org) TRIPS DICK FORSTI 735-8842 ANN SLATTERY 793-2019 (trips@geskiclub.org) SERGEANT-AT-ARMS KORKIE URBANIK 336-1395 CONRAD DORN 794-9570 NOTES FROM THE PREZ: January 2014 Our December Christmas meeting was absolutely wonderful. We had at least 80+ in attendance. The club sponsored a wonder meal which was enjoyed by all. We had a 50/50 raffle that resulted in a win of $75.00. Merry Christmas Ernie. We also gave away 5 bottles of great wine and at least 8 lift tickets. OOPS almost forget the hand warmers... Our members brought in over 110 bags of clothing. Some were taken to the Rome Rescue Mission by Kathy Reese and Chris Mihm. Thanks girls! Your offer to do deliver was most appreciated. Ron Geiskopf and I delivered a ton of stuff to the Utica Rescue Mission and to the Veterans on Wednesday by 1:00 PM. All organization were so grateful to receive the needed items just in time for the Holidays. Thank you to Tom O'Hara for such a super idea and to all the members for their generosity. We are a great club. Thanks. PS: I also want to thank those of you who helped load the trailer. A special thanks to Greek Peek for a great presentation and for the lift ticket. They hope to see us this year as they have done much in terms of improvements. High Speed Quad for one. Great price on lift ticket any time. Just show your membership card. Another benefit of membership. The month of January will bring about many events. Weekend trip to Bolton Valley, Gore day trip, and a weeklong trip to Sugarloaf. Cross country at Betty's and a few great Friday night social hours. Check the newsletter, Facebook and news blasts for more info. It is that time of year when you should start thinking of nominations for upcoming elections. Why not run for an office. It is so much fun and rewarding. Give back to the club. We need some new blood and new faces. You are our future so please think about it. Nominations forms will be out very soon. All nominations should be in by the end of February so we can prepare the ballot. Please keep Liza Johnson in your thoughts and prayers. By the time this newsletter is published she would have had hand surgery for 15 broken bones. This was a result of an auto accident. We are all thinking of you.... Kathy HAPPY HOURS (around 6 pm for Happy Hour) Jan 3 Green Onion 2018 Genesee St. (near Uptown Theater) Jan 24 Woods Valley Ski Area 9074 Dopp Hill, Westernville **************************************************************** Feb 7 Coal Yard Charlies - 100 Depeyster St, Rome, Feb 21 Applebees - 4755 Commercial Dr, Feb 28 Snow Ridge Ski Area, 4173 W Rd, Turin, ($7 night skiing (3-8:30pm)) Newsletter Articles must be received by JANUARY 20 th to be in the February newsletter and sent in Word format. Send to newsletter@geskiclub.org The Webmaster Tim Mathews email address is tim@geskiclub.org

Activities For Your Calendar Your ski club has planned a number of fun activities that bring us together as a club and as friends. Please join us for any (or all) of these outings. If You Have an Event in the Upcoming Months, Please Contact the Vice President at VP@geskiclub.org to Schedule your Activity. The NY Deal is back Winter is finally here and most if not all the ski areas will be open around the State! On January 9 th, 2014 skiers and snowboarders can enjoy a beautiful day on the slopes for $12-$24! With this program skiers and riders can go to www.iskiny.com to select and purchase a $12 voucher (up to 2 per household per date) that they print at home. They can take their voucher to the ski area they chose and redeem for a lift ticket for the day or evening. Future skiers can also take advantage of this program with a select number of learn to ski or ride packages that will be available at some ski areas for $25. ISKINY President Scott Brandi noted Last year this award winning promotion was extremely popular with thousands taking advantage of it and we are extremely pleased to bring back an expanded promotion this season. There is also a Discover Learn to Ski offer as well, for more information and to purchase your voucher(s) today go to http://www.iskiny.com/ski-deals/discover-ny-skiing.

THE ALPINE EDGE Don t go swimming until an hour after you eat! Remember your parents telling you that? Well there was truth to that and it somewhat applies to skiing also, except you won t drown. How many times have you had lunch and then gone back out skiing and felt cold and tired? The reason is the same as not going swimming. Your body takes a lot of blood to digest food. So it restricts the blood flow to your arms and legs so there is more to go to your guts to digest the food. Now your arms and legs don t have as much oxygen or warm blood to feed those muscles, so you feel tired and chilly. To prevent this, take a few minutes after eating to sit and relax so the body can digest the food and be able to get the blood flow back to your arms and legs to the proper amount. Be sure to check the events calendar for different mountain specials. There are many that if you can take a midweek day off you can ski pretty cheap. There are also a couple of additions since the last one. There will be a couple of ski happy hour Friday nights. The first is on Jan 24 at Woods Valley and another on Feb 28 at Snow Ridge. Remember the first club ski day at Snow Ridge on JAN1. Lift tickets will be $22 (need 15 or more people), must show GE membership card. First GORE MT bus trip on Sun Jan 5. Bus will leave the New York State department of transportation parking lot in North Utica on the barge canal (across Genesee St from Aqua Vino) at 6:45 AM SHARP. It will then stop in Mappledale to pick up North Country people a little after 7. Contact Dick Forsti ASAP if you would like to go (rforsti@juno.com). $75 bus and lift ticket. BYOB refreshment for trip home. Looking for a nice skiing 2014 calendar, Dicks sporting goods has them by the register s in back by the parking lot entrance. Some great ski pictures. They also have some great NIKE, Under Armor and other brand base layer clothing that maybe on sale after Christmas. Think Snow and have a great skiing and boarding season. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ For those who may be interested in one of the council trips that are planned. From the New Jersey Ski & Snowboard Council: Jan 26-31, New Hampshire, $559 PP Dbl, Lodging at Indian Head Resort, 5 breakfast, 4 dinners, 5 days lift(any combination of Loon, Cannon, Bretton Woods, Waterville Valley, or Attitash), 3 après ski parties, taxes, & tips. Feb 22-March 1, VAIL, several prices depending on departure airport (Newark, LaGuardia), and lodging preference, from $1745 to $2715. March 16-21, Sunday River, Maine, $440, 5 nights lodging, 5 days lift, lessons, welcome party, 1 buffet dinner. From N Y State Capital District Ski Council: March 8-15, Red Mountain BC, Canada, $1535, lodging, air, rental cars, mountain shuttles (5 min), 5 days lift. If interested or want more info and paper work on any of these trips, e-mail Andy at andyrr@verizon.net and I will forward it to you. Andy

I have a condo at the Lake Placid Club Lodges for rent or sale. More information can be found on their website www.lakeplacidclubresort.com. The rental is $600 for the last week in January 2014, 1/26/14 to 2/2/14. The condo is within walking distance to downtown Lake Placid. The back door opens to the golf course. Just outside one can see the top of Whiteface and the Olympic jumps. Please call Dick Dreyer at 370-4466 for more info. Greetings GE Ski Clubbers, The Little House B&B is the Best Kept Secret in The Gore Region for overnight accommodations. Two clean and comfortable guest rooms offer at a great value. GE Ski Club members can enjoy 10% off mid week, non holiday ALL WINTER LONG!!! Ski and stay two days or more and get discounted lift tickets at Gore. Happy Skiing, Bill Mead www.facebook.com/thelittlehousebandb www.thelittlehousebandb.com ph. 607-341-1295 We are planning the July camping trip at Lake Harris next summer. We will be going the weekend of July 18-20 th and have reserved campsites #60, 64, 65, 56 & 45. Lake Harris is Near Newcomb, NY. You can reserve a site at www.reserveamerica.com

Volunteers Needed This spring we will have Elections of Club Officers for the 2014-2015 year. Please consider helping out your club in one of the positions listed below. With a little bit of your time and some planning you will help us continue our great success in having some fine trips and activities for another year. You may nominate anyone including yourself for any position. Nominations will be due in February. Three volunteers are needed for the Election Committee who will help contact potential nominees to be placed on the ballot. They will also count the ballots on Election Night. If interested, contact the vice-president. BOARD MEMBER JOB DESCRIPTIONS PRESIDENT: Preside At All General Meetings And Board Meetings. Coordinate and oversee all Ski Club activities and functions. Work closely with all Directors. Promote the Club In the ski community. VICE- PRESIDENT: Assume duties of President in the event of the President s absence. Notify Board members of Board meetings. Chair Nomination Committee. Coordinate spring/summer events. Assist in planning and running meetings. TREASURER: Responsible for managing all funds of the Club. Keep full and accurate account of all receipts and expenditures of all events. Responsible for deposits and reconciliation of Club s checkbook. SECRETARY: Keep minutes of all meetings. Take care of any other correspondence. NEWSLETTER: Revise and type information received from President and Chairpersons for Newsletter. Responsible for printing, collating, and correct bulk mailing of Newsletter. TRIPS: Plan, organize, take sign ups, and be responsible of all details dealing with bus companies, resort and ski area for day and weekend ski trips. Work with Alpine and Cross- Country Chairpersons. Assist in advising non-ski related trips. ALPINE: Promote Alpine skiing and ski areas of NY State and surrounding areas. Set up ski lesson programs. Work closely with Trip Chairperson(s) on trip selection and planning. Promote Club with local Ski Shops. Work with NY Capital District Ski Council and other Ski Clubs. CROSS-COUNTRY: Promote X-C Skiing and the ski areas of NY State and surrounding Areas. Set up lesson program if interest warrants. Work closely with Trip-Chairperson(s) on bus trips. Set up car-pool ski trips. Promote Club with local Ski Shops. Chair Committee of X-C helpers. PUBLICITY: Send Public Announcements to local media to publicize the Club and it s meetings. Keep Club informed of community affairs. SOCIAL: Plan the Club s major social events and gatherings. Work with board to assist with special projects. Assist in planning and entertainment at General Meetings. MEMBERSHIP: Take Membership Applications at Meetings. Compile membership information for Newsletter Chairperson(s). Work closely with Board and Newsletter Chairperson(s). SARGEANT-AT-ARMS: Responsible for greeting members and collecting monies at General Meetings. Assist the Treasurer.

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Dear Ski Club Member, It's Ski Season at Gunstock Mountain Resort. We have invested over a half a million dollars this year in snowmaking and trail improvements to enhance our 55 trails. We have an exciting new offer for Ski Clubs! You will now be able to purchase discount ski tickets ONLINE! All you have to do is register your Ski Club as a participant and your members in good standing will be able to access our website and purchase their own tickets. No more seeking our the 'Ticket Meister' for a last minute trip! A secure user name and password will be issued to each participating ski club who in turn will be able to share with their paid members. At the time of the purchase they will receive a receipt which they must print out and bring with them to the ticket window with a ski club membership card for the lift ticket. 3 easy steps and off to the slopes! Contact Wendy Barrett at wbarrett@gunstock.com or Sue Gaudette sgaudette@gunstock.com

******************************************************************************************************************** G E SKI CLUB WINTER EVENTS 2014* Jan 1, Wed, Ski Day SNOW RIDGE Jan 5, Sun, Day Ski Bus-GORE MT. Jan 10-12, Fri-Sun, Car pool, BOLTON VALLEY Jan 17, Fri, Ski Night, TGIF, Woods Valley Jan 18, Sat, X-C Day, GREENBELT TRAILS Jan 20, Mon, Ski Day-ROYAL MT Jan 26-31,Sun-Fri Week Bus Trip, SUGARLOAF, Maine (Call ASAP) Feb 1, Sat, X-C Day, SNOWBIRD LAKE Feb 2, Sun, Ski Day, McCAULEY MT Feb 6, WINTER OLYMPICS START Feb 9, Sun, Day Bus, GORE MT. Feb 15-22 Week Trip, ASPEN, CO. (Full) Mar 1, Sat, X-C day, JACKSON HILL Mar 2, Sun, Day Bus, GORE MT Mar 8, Sat, Ski Day, SNOW RIDGE Mar 15, Sat, X-C day, OSCEOLA Mar 16, Sun, Day Bus, GORE MT Mar 16-21, N.J. Ski Council, SUNDAY RIVER Mar 19-26, BIG SKY, MONTANA-(FULL) Mar 21-23, Car pool, Reggae Fest, MT SNOW Mar 30, Sun, Spring Ski Picnic, Royal Mt New Jersey Council deals Magic Mt.: Non holiday Fridays, 2 for 1($49) $44: 1/5, 2/2, 3/2;- $45: 1/11, 2/8, 2/19, 3/8 Bolton Valley $39, anytime 12/19/13 Special Mt deals McCauley- non holiday Fridays, $12 lift, also lunch specials. Senior season pass 60-69 -$99 Whiteface - $40 lift ticket Sundays: 1/6, 2/13, 3/10, 4/7 Magic Mt-$15 Thursdays-non holiday/non powder. Plattikill-$20 lift, Jan 29, 30, 31 NON Holiday COKE Wednesdays: Whiteface & Gore- $42 lift, Belleayre - $30 Gore- $10 off lift w/ can good, until 12/20 Toggenburg-Lift, lesson, lunch: Tues & Thurs $25 Seniors(60-69) Mon, Wed, Fri- $15 Snow Ridge Fri 3-8:30 pm $7: 1/10,24; 2/14,28; 3/7,14 Capital District ski discount* Mt Snow- $45 lift: 1/10, 2/21, 3/14; $53 lift: 1/11, 2/22, 3/15; $49 lift: 1/12, 2/23, 3/16 Hunter Mt. ½ price lift-thursdays (buy at group sales) 1/2, 2/6, 3/5, Whiteface-$38 lift: 1/17; 2/3, 3/2, 3, 30, 31 Pico-$29 1/23; $35 2/9; $37 : 2/18,19 $34: 3/7-8-9 Killington- $40: 1/21,22; 2/7; 3/17-18 $37: 11/29,30; 12/1; 4/11,12,13 Gore-$42: 1/17; 2/10; 3/7, 22 Okemo $42: 3/14,16, 30 Bellearye $38: 1/18; 2/1,22 *Event dates or locations may be changed or canceled at any time due to weather, snow conditions or other reasons beyond our control. G E Ski Club DEALS- Discounts at local ski areas: McCauley Mt : $20 Lift; Snow Ridge: $25; Toggenburg: $30; Plattikill: $10 off; Oak Mt: $10 off; Greek Peak: $49 lift, & 20% off hotel, water park, adventure park; Royal Mt- buy 1 get another ½ off. Gore bus days, $75 Must show current membership car

January Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 Snow Ridge Ski Day 2 3 Happy Hour Green Onion 4 5 Gore Mtn Bus Trip 6:45 am 6 7 8 9 10 Bolton Valley Trip 11 Bolton Valley Trip 12 Bolton Valley Trip 13 14 6:30 Board Mtg Gander Mtn 15 16 17 18 X-Cty Greenbelt Trails 19 20 Royal Mtn Ski Day 21 General Mtg 6:30 doors open 7:00 mtg begins 22 23 24 Happy Hour Woods Valley Ski Area 25 26 Sugarloaf, ME Trip 27 Sugarloaf, ME Trip 28 Sugarloaf, ME Trip 29 Sugarloaf, ME Trip 30 Sugarloaf, ME Trip 31 Sugarloaf, ME Trip 2014

February Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 X-Cty Snowbird Lake 2 McCauley Mtn 3 4 5 6 7 Happy Hour Coalyard Charlie s 8 9 Gore Mtn BusTrip 6:45 am 10 11 6:30 Board Mtg Gander Mtn 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 General Mtg 6:30 doors open 7:00 mtg begins 19 20 21 Happy Hour Applebees New Hartford 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Happy Hour Snow Ridge Ski Area 2014