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Candidates for President must declare by St. Pat's

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Ann Arbor Ski Club Weekly Newsletter

2 . 27 . 2022

State of the Club
NOTTS
Trips
MACC Racing
Ends & Odds
A2SC By The Numbers

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State of the Club

BOD News

The Board held a meeting on 17-FEB. Like the previous meeting it was held online. It was a newsworthy meeting. See below.

Upcoming General Meetings were discussed and details worked out.

10-Mar Mt Brighton GM is still ON; pizza and salad along with your friends and a chance to ski local
7-Apr Union Hall GM is now a pre-election party with DJ Paul
21-Apr Union Hall GM is now both the Elections and Annual Business Meeting plus an Aloha Party with a live band
15-May, a Sunday, is the target date for our traditional Mega Party. Greg is working on a location with the Union Hall being the most likely site.

Next year's meetings were considered too. It's time to make reservations, particularly if any are to be held at Cobblestone. They opened recently. Sites still TBD.
Schuss/Shanty & Big Sky behind us; both successful. Alas each was affected by a single member each testing positive for Covid at departure.
Terrace and Park City are ahead. Terrace has room, Park City is full. More cancellations than usual this year has kept Trip Leaders busy!
New Western Trips coordinator, Jim Kelly is off to a fast start.
The BOD made some changes to the Rewards program. Details are in this newsletter below.

This IS the trip planning season. Make sure J Kelly hears your ideas.

Declared BOD Candidates

Six existing BOD members have offered to serve again.

Lane Hotchkiss
Joe Knopp
Darlene Morin
Alan Osterdale
Greg Robertson
Lisa Salisbury

Six additional club members have put their names in the hat.

Susan Brown
Anne Gilbert
Todd Newman
Mike Timmerman
Vicki Watson

As the outgoing President Greg's position is automatic.

So far, we have 11 candidates for 10 slots.

Correction to Last Issue

Good news we have an announced candidate for President, Lisa Salisbury.

~~As the Board's chosen candidate~~ As the, so far, only declared candidate she is favored to win the election at the Annual Meeting on April 21.

Your editor has been advised that the Board does not choose or favor any candidate, even one drawn from their own ranks, as has been traditional for quite a while. That is, it has been typical for the next President to be someone who has been serving on the existing board and Lisa fulfills that description.

"Officially, while the board is happy that Lisa has decided to run for President, the board officially DOES NOT have a candidate it is endorsing and it welcomes any and all ski club members to declare their candidacy prior to the 35-day cutoff (March 17.)"

35-Day Rule

All candidates for President must declare to the BOD their intent to run by 17-MAR, 35 days before the election.

This new rule was added a few years ago as a courtesy to declared candidates.

The 35-day rule does not apply to Directors on the Board. They can be nominated all the way up to the day of the election.

But, a committee has formed to receive nominations and run the election. You don't need to wait until the last minute to nominate.

Nominating Committee

Lance Burghardt
Kathy Homiak
Nancy Marcotte
Greg Robertson
Janet Starr

Greg is the chair.

Quorum

And, we need voters! At least 57, to achieve quorum at the Annual Meeting so that we can complete the first election in two years.

Put it on your calendar now, PLEASE!

Interesting Note

Because the Annual Meeting got delayed twice all BOD slots are up for election at the same time.

Normally the 2-year terms are staggered.

There's a solution for that. The top 5 vote getters are assigned 2-year terms and the remaining candidates receive 1-year terms.

It's in the Constitution.

Cool Communication Committee News

Jeff Crawford has agreed to join the club's Communication Committee. He comes with considerable technology and website experience.

Initially Jeff will study POS (Point of Sale) and online payment systems to build a report for the BOD on options, cost-benefit relationships, and a measure of the effort entailed.

He'll do this while also studying our Communications platform, Wild Apricot. Our website, newsletter, and events calendar are built and maintained on this platform.

Also, our contacts and membership database, and certain financial records (membership renewal.)

In time look for Jeff to assume some of our more routine communication tasks and an injection of new ideas. And, he'll probably implement that POS, if directed by the Board.

Send Jeff a Welcome Aboard!

Jeff Crawford, new member of the Communications Committee

Other members of the Communications crew are;

Donna Sagonowsky, Facebook Liaison
Anne Gilbert, Meetup Liaison
Dennis Slough, Web/eBlast/Calendar Editor

Club Meetings

Mar 10 Mt. Brighton
Apr 07 Good Times Get-Together
Apr 21 Election, Annual Biz Meeting, AND Aloha Party
May 15 Mega-Party

Held at the Union Hall, except for the March Mt. Brighton Pizza Party.

Union Hall

UA LOCAL 190 HALL
7920 JACKSON RD

DJ Paul

at the April 7 GM

Live Band (TBD)

at the April 21 Union Hall Annual Meeting

Proof of Covid vaccination required to join a club General Meeting. You will have to show proof at the door to enter.

Mt. Brighton is an exception.
We'll follow their rules.

NOTTs

Night-on-The-Town Events

March

Mar 08 Monthly Movie Night
Mar 10 General Meeting -- Mt. Brighton
Mar 24 Monthly Roamin' Happy Hour

April

Apr 07 General Meeting - The Spring Good Times Meeting
Apr 12 Monthly Movie Night
Apr 21 General Meeting - Annual Biz (Elections) & Aloha

Trips

Mar 12 Park City Downhill & XC Ski Trip

Status of Ski Trips

Big Sky, Montana Reasonable snow, good weather, and a great time.
Park City, Utah Snowed this week. Forty-two onboard.
Schuss/Shanty It's in the history books!!
Terrace Inn Fifty had fun.
Boyne Highlands From our cousins in Livonia. Did any of us go? Tell me.

Flyers and Contracts for 2022 Ski Trips

MACC Racing

Mar 11 MACC Competitive Skiing 2022

Tips & Member News

Euchred!

Euchre or eucre (/ˈjuːkər/) is a trick-taking card game commonly played in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Great Britain, and the United States. It is played with a deck of 24, 28, or 32 standard playing cards. Normally there are four players, two on each team, although there are variations that range from two to nine players. -- Wikipedia

Even though it is most popular in English speaking countries, the game likely came from Germany.

The highest cards in a Euchre hand, eclipsing Aces, are Bowers, phonetically the same as the German word, Bauer, a name used for Jacks. It translates to farmer.

Coincidentally Germans call farts Little Farmers, is something I heard once.

Why Not?

How to Run a Euchre Tournament
Detroit-area 2010 euchre tournament missed world record (the record is 1,024 players.)
How does one establish a Guiness World Record

Kleiner Bauer!

#Ends&Odds

Changes to the Rewards Program got approved by the BOD at their recent meeting. Our website will start reflecting those changes soon. For now here's a preview.

Prices are going up-- both cash and points required
Merch changes

Iron-on Patch added
Flag removed

Also, we're no longer supporting online purchases. You must contact the Rewards Program Administrator to complete either a cash purchase or exchange of points. Lisa Salisbury is currently our Administrator.

Prices go up on May 15, the day of our Megaparty. You may purchase items from our Store at existing cash and Snowbuck rates until then. Contact Lisa and watch for more information here in the coming weeks.