Hot Topics:
- Corn Roast!
- Looking for members to help with food at meetings
- Reminder - Payments are due for week-long trips
- Lots of summer events!
Upcoming Events:
Trips:
News & Info:
- Rewards Program to be Discontinued
- Newsletter Schedule
More Ski Club Info:
- A2SC Texting Service
- A2SC Mobile App
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The Corn Roast is on August 27 from 1-4 at the historic Freight House in Ypsilanti. The club will provide corn, hot dogs, beer, wine, soft drinks and water, plus tableware. Please plan to bring a dish to pass. Live music by Spark. Sign-ups for the Instructional Trip! $5 for members and guests.
We need your help! Please sign up here to volunteer.
The last Corn Roast planning meeting is scheduled for Monday, August 21 at 6:00 at the Corner Brewery, 720 Norris St Ypsilanti.
Questions? Contact Ken Shannon via email or text @ 734 383 4072.
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Looking for members to help with food at meetings!
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Do you like to cook? Do you have a favorite recipe that you can scale up for a large crowd? We are looking for members to help with food for our upcoming meetings. Please contact Betty Cornell via email or text 517-392-7222. You will be reimbursed for your costs.
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Reminder: Payments are due for week-long ski trips
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Trip Payments for Zermatt, Snowmass and Steamboat trips are due on or before the Corn Roast on August 27. For most individuals who have signed up for Snowmass and Steamboat, a payment of $850 is due. A payment of $1,300 is due for Zermatt. (Those with single room supplements may owe more.) You may bring your check(s) to the Corn Roast and take them to the trip table. Questions? Contact trip leaders:
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Please check the calendar for lots of summer events! We have everything from a nature hike on a Monday, a picnic, lots of other music events and two weekly bike rides.
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Next issue: Wednesday, August 23. For our complete publication schedule, click here.
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Thu, Aug 10, 11:30 am Ann Arbor Sonic Lunch
Fri, Aug 11, 6:00 pm Downtown Plymouth Music in the Air
Mon, Aug 14, 2:00 pm Dexter Monday Bike Rides - EVERY MONDAY
Wed, Aug 16, 2:00 pm Bikes & Brews on the Lakeland Trail - EVERY WEDNESDAY
Thu, Aug 17, 11:30 am Ann Arbor Sonic Lunch
Thu, Aug 17, 5:00 pm Roaming Happy Hour - August - Captain Joe's
Mon, Aug 21, 6:00 pm Corn Roast Planning Meeting
Sun, Aug 27, 1:00 pm Ski Club Corn Roast 2023 @ Ypsilanti Freighthouse
Thu, Aug 31, 11:30 am Ann Arbor Sonic Lunch
Fri, Sep 01, 6:00 pm Downtown Plymouth Music in the Air
Thu, Sep 14, 7:00 pm General Meeting -- Late September @ UA Hall
Click here to see the full calendar.
Note: Weekly bike rides on Monday & Wednesday continue throughout the summer.
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Rewards Program to be Discontinued
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As we go into the new 2023-24 membership year on May 1, we will be discontinuing the Rewards program. Anyone with volunteer reward points will be able to redeem them until the Corn Roast on August 27. After this date, the A2 ski club will open a club store where different items can be purchased. Please contact Lisa Salisbury to redeem your points for merchandise and also find out how many you have. Click here to see the rewards flyer.
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This newsletter will be published on the following Wednesdays at 5:00 PM: - August 23
- September 13
- September 27
Deadline is 48 hours prior to publication (Mondays at 5:00 PM). Send contributions to Anne Gilbert.
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The Ann Arbor Ski Club texting service for members is now operational and available for sign-up. To use this optional service you must opt in by updating your A2SC membership profile.
Here’s How:
Log in to the A2SC website. (Hint - Use the email address where you received this eBlast)
Once logged in follow these steps:
- Click the large red “Edit Profile” box.
- Head down to “We would like to send you relevant text messages”.
- To read the consent agreement click the link that says “I consent to receive text messages. From….” . Note that it will open in a separate window.
- Return to the original window to consent to the agreement by checking the box next to the link. Leave blank if you do not agree or do not want to receive text messages.
- Return to the top of the page and click the large red “Save” box.
- To log out click the person icon in the upper right corner and select “Log Out”.
After that look forward to receiving your first text alert in the next few days.
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The Ann Arbor Ski Club has a mobile app. It runs on IOS and Android. Jeff Crawford has written a nice piece on how to download the app. Members have reported problems with the app. An upgrade will correct the issue. You have to delete it from your phone, then reload.
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194 Signed up for text messages
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Please note that if you unsubscribe here, you will be removed from all A2SC communications.
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