Membership Meeting - Feb 2, 2009

Meeting was called to order at 7:00 pm by VP/President Elect, Bill Hoffman.

Approximately 25 people attended.

Brief introductions were made.

Officer Reports:

• VP/Elect, Bill Hoffman – nothing to report
• Treasurer, Dave Leroy – discussed trip status – send your payments now
• Program Coordinator, Tanya Richter, reports the next social is February 17 at TJ Rockwell’s in Elizabethtown. Next general meeting March 2 with speaker Cheryl Capitani discussing her volunteer medical mission to Ethiopia.
• Newsletter Editor, Pete Oswald – Next deadline February 18.
• Extended Trips, Sandy Stine
• North Conway – Full, Lake Placid – full Laurentians – maybe can squeeze one more
• Inlet – full 13 signed up, 12 will go. Pulaski II – 15 signed up
• Day Trips – Andrea Hospodar – Two remaining – Feb 22 Eagle’s Mere and Rick Begley’s open date trip
• Membership – no report
• Secretary, Marilyn Grove – nothing to report
• 2010 Banquet, Sandy Stine – working on finding a place to hold this event
• Webmaster, Bill Stine – absent
• Nominating Committee, Bill Stine – absent, but working on this.
• Trip Leader Reports:
• Turin: Jan 8 Joan Short reports great snow, good company, excellent food.
• Laurel Highlands: Jan 16 Participant Bill Pickering reported the group skied Saturday and left in the rain on Sunday.
• Morrisville, VT: Jan 16 Nan R reported the B&B was great. Wonderful skiing.
• Pulaski, NY:  Jan 22Bill H trip participant reported good snow first day, skied in Osceola 2nd day. Great trip.
• Bennington, VT: Jan 27 nice trip. Stayed in motel and ate out. Should consider for next year.
• Yellowstone: Still in progress
• Highland Forest: Jan 29 - Windy trip, skied at Osceola.

EVENING PROGRAM: presented by Don Youngblood with great slides and interesting discussion of his adventures as a Peace Corps volunteer in Morocco.

Winner of the Wildware gift card – Nan Reisinger

Meeting adjourned at 8:30 pm.