President's Report, 2010
          
I want to thank everyone for once again giving me the opportunity to serve you as your new Ski Club President. My first 2006 thru
2008 Presidency was an exciting period, a lot of great times and good things happening and I am looking forward to this next 2010-2011 tenure.

To me it is important to point out to all our Club membership that we are operating as a “non-profit organization”. Nobody is making any money, nobody is getting paid for any of their services; everything done is strictly through member’s volunteered time and services. At this time I wish to commend some of these members such as;
• Clair Cunningham on his tremendous work with the ULLR Newsletters throughout the past years, and as he continues to serve as Secretary, both last year and this coming year.
• The great job Lynn Kramer has done with the newsletter this last year.
• Ralph Barber on his work as the Chalet Manager and at the same time, Chalet Reservationist for so many, many years and thanks for all the delicious dinners after the work parties.
• Jerry and Melissa Stokely as Chalet Manager and Reservationist for three plus years and Jerry who continues to manage the Chalet (four major improvements that stand out in my mind are the new overhead extension of the Chalet entrance, the new furnace, the new vinyl framed, double glazed windows and replacement of the two water heaters with a tankless water heater) and Jerry’s management and running of the Labor Day
work parties.
• The great job Ken Dean has done for so many years as
Membership Chairman.
• The work Amelia Putnam, as Membership Chairperson has done this last year (and is continuing to do) recruiting new members.
• The terrific job our Webmaster; John McCormick did setting up our website and maintaining it.
• The great programs and inspiring articles in the newsletters on
“back country skiing” by Alvin Walter.
• Dave and Tracey Rossler’s work with the Chalet reservations this last year.
• John Hopkins for reminding us of the wonderful history our club has as he told us about previous members and activities at our last awards banquet.
And all those members who have and continue to host our Board/ General meetings and social events through the years.

Finally, thanks to all the members who participated in the Labor Day work parties.

Dave

 Every month Alvin Walter submits adventure tales of the trips he leads in the local and Sierra backcountry. Alvin has been recognized by both the Sierra Club and the California State Assembly for his contributions to outdoor education.
Congratulations Alvin!

        

               

          

             

"It has been a real Honor to voluntarily do what I love-- Take People to Climb and ski Mountains-- and tobe recognized with Public Awards for my contributions to Skiers and Skiing"

                                         -Alvin
 

  
Alvin Walter, Chairman of Ski Mountaineering awalter@pacbell.net
 

Chalet Report for July, 2010

The Chalet party at Phil’s BBQ is only a few days away (July 20th) and we have only 8 reservations. It’s really hard to plan an event like this if people don’t RSVP. Please RSVP if you are planning to go.

I want to thank Dave and Tracey Rossler for doing the reservations for the last year. It’s no easy job, and a lot to juggle with their work schedules. Their work doing the reservations for the last year is truly appreciated. The reservations for the Chalet
are transferring from the Rosslers to Jim Patzold. During the transition process I will be doing reservations for a few weeks.

Regarding payments, some members using the Chalet continue to pay on a very tardy basis. This causes the reservations person to have to follow up and chase down the payments, sometimes more than once. This is a lot of extra work. Remember, you expect a prompt return of your call for reservations. How about the same courtesy when you get
back in sending in a check for the number of days you reserved and didn’t cancel, and for the correct amount?

As I am auditing the lastyear’s payments, reservations and stays, I am finding that some people don’t pay at all unless they are called. This is completely unacceptable. We shouldn’t have to tell you the obvious but the Chalet consumes water, electricity, propane, supplies, taxes, insurance and
maintenance. It can only sustain itself if everyone pays the correct amount, and on time. Please, what’s with the lax attitudes? You expect a lot from the volunteers, how about making sure that as a very minimum, you do your part and take care of business when you return? Don’t be surprised if I put you on COD if we have to chase you down. By the way that means “Bring me a check before you get the combo."

So for this next year, please try to make it easier on our already overburdened system and send in checks promptly for the right amount of money with
whom- member or guest, adult or child, and for what dates. Cancel if you are not going to stay, or
you owe.

If you are planning to come to the Labor Day work party, please RSVP to me.
 

Jerry

Racing Highlights July 2010

We have revisions to the race schedule. We moved the Februray date to the 26th. Here's the new schedule for next season.

ROKKA race camp, the best way to get a jumpstart on the season and start you off right with proper turns and body position will be the week of December 6-10.

Our race dates for next season are:
December 11th - GS
January 8th - SL
January 26 on the Far West trip to Sun Valley, Idaho
February 26th - GS
March 19th and 20th- SOCALCS (GS and SL)
April 1st thru 3rd FWRA Championships at Alpine
Meadows, CA.

These dates are confirmed.  If you plan now and get the dates on your calendar, you won’t miss any races.

Have a great summer!

-Jerry

Vice President  Tom Bundgard

Secretary         Clair Cunningham

Treasurer         Karen Metzger

Membership      Amelia Putnam

Race Director    Jerry Stokely
 

Chalet Manager  Jerry Stokely

Chalet Reservations 
                                                               

Newsletter          Lynn Kramer

Webmaster          John McCormick

Directors:           Carol Conway

                            John McCormick

                           John Hopkins

                           Ken Dean

Past President    Erin Barber

Ski Mountaineering   Alvin Walter

Trustees               Erin Barber

                             Jerry Stokely
                             
                             Norm Tang

Want to rideshare or keep current on club activities?

YAHOO GROUPS By Lynn Kramer
Yahoo Groups are a great way to communicate with other members. San Diego Ski Club has its own group, called SDSKICLUB.

Here is a step by step signup method:
1) Open the Internet
2) Type groups.yahoo.com in the
address bar (no www)
3) In the exact center of the screen,
there is a box that says "Find a
Yahoo Group" type sdskiclub.
4) Hit Search.
5) Our group should pop up. Click
Join This Group under the
logo.
6) If you have a Yahoo, Ymail,
sbcglobal, pacbell, att or
rocketmail email address, you
can sign in.
7) If you don't have one of the
above, click Sign Up. Follow the
instructions until you are back at
the sign in page.

That's it. You're in. You can now get a ride, post photos, sell your skis, or check the online calendar.
 use and allows for members to get together to share rides or other information. Take a look at it!

Link to San Diego Ski Club Yahoo Group

       FWSA Convention Report by Lynn Kramer

June 10-13 was the Far West Ski Association 78th Annual Convention at the Renaissance Esmeralda Resort and Spa in Indian Wells, CA. Tom and Miyuki Bundgard and Erik Hunsaker and myself represented the San Diego Ski Club.
 

          

           
               Miyuki and Tom Bundgard

If you are interested in learning leadership skills, or if you like to travel to ski destinations, eat, drink, or dance, you should consider attending the convention next year.