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Ann Arbor Ski Club Weekly Reminder of Events and Activities

8 . 9 . 2020

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A2SC By The Numbers

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A²SC Does Terrace Inn

February 2020

Photo Credit: Jeff Forth

Are we done?

State of the Club

The Ann Arbor Ski Club
has suspended all club activities
(except virtual ones)
until further notice.

Latest COVID information from the State of Michigan

Still No Approved 2020-2021 Ski Trips

The BOD met on July 23.

Ski Trip Coordinator Lane Hotchkiss reported on his in-depth conversation with one of our longtime travel agents.

25% of clubs are entering locked-in contracts
25% of clubs are entering escape-clause contracts
50% aren't scheduling trips

Because of the uptick in infections and hospitalizations the Board chose to continue in the current virtual-only status.

Lane reports that travel agents will have ski trip options to offer as late as November this year because travel is so far down. But, BOD consensus leans toward no ski trips due to the ongoing pandemic.

Stay Safe

The only club-sponsored event on the calendar is the September bike trip to Traverse City. Updated details are below.

Membership Year Extended AGAIN!

The club's Board of Directors elected to extend current memberships until 30-APR-2021.
If you want to join the fee is $20.

Extended!

AGAIN

The
66th Annual Corn Roast

There's good news and bad news.

Good: We don't need you to find us Corn Roast volunteers this year.

Bad: For the first time in 65 years there will be no Corn Roast.

Whoa!

El Corn-ado!

It doesn't exist old timer.

A²SC has NOT reserved space at Cobblestone for General Meetings in 2020 - 2021.

Stay Safe

Trips !

CANCELLED.

ALL trips are cancelled.

Leelanau Peninsula

September 18 - 20

Cancelled

Trip Leader Joe Knopp sent a message to members signed up for this trip. It started with;

It’s with great disappointment that I write to all of you to tell you we’ve decided to cancel this year’s trip.

Up North Late Summer Weekend Bike Trip
Cancelled.

If you signed up and sent a check it will either be destroyed or voided and returned by mail to you. Let Joe or Bonnie know which you prefer. The default is to have the check destroyed.

This trip IS ~~open for sign-ups.~~

CANCELLED

Joe Knopp is also on the Board and is Chairman of the Alternative Trips Committee

He's always in your corner!

(... and he's planning for next year's trip.)

Around Town

Not-Now-Kapow !

Photo Credit: Dennis Slough

Is my lens bothering you?

Coronavirus Page

at the National Center for Disease Control (CDC).

They have a self-checker.

Member News & Tips

Restaurants and Lodging, They Have a Plan

The Michigan Restaurant and Lodging Industry has produced guidelines on how to operate safely.

The Snow Sports Industry

Would you like to revisit one of those Snow Sports Industry websites described in a recent eBlast? You can find them here.

Travel Advice from the CDC

"This page is about travel that is different from your everyday activities. [That is, travel that is] away from your local community."

TLC on the B2B

Ken Shannon Pretends to be a Butterfly

During a recent cross-state bike ride Ken helped the Monarch Butterfly Migration Study by carrying sensors on his bike.

A touring bike travels at about the same speed as a Monarch. And, in the future they'll carry their sensors instead of offloading to Ken. Check it out.

Ken Shannon

Nobody Hangs Eleven Here
Surfing the Great Lakes

"The surf can flow thick and slushy like a Slurpee or load up with ice the size of golf balls and even bowling balls. Surfers have to be vigilant for sheets of ice as big as parking spaces, as well as changing shore conditions, where fast-forming ice shelves can make escape impossible."