Prez Says

 Hi Everyone,

Summer has just completely flown by.  I hope you have all had a fantastic summer and here’s a great fall as well.

I hope all of you who attended our first general meeting at Riccardo’s enjoyed our new meeting location and the wonderful food that they had to offer.  Also remember that we are now meeting on the 1^st Tuesday of the month for our general meetings.

Our final Monday night volleyball will be held on Monday, August 27^th.  We plan to also have a cookout to close out our volleyball in style and just ask those attending to bring something to share.  It always seems to be a great turnout. 

Well I guess that’s about it right?  Oh, wait.  I think we have a couple more items.  How about some upcoming trips?  How about a trip opening with free pizza?  Sounds good to me.  We will be providing free pizza at our upcoming September general meeting that will be held on Tuesday, September 4^th at our new meeting location, Riccardo’s Restaurant.  This will be our trip kickoff meeting.  Our trips have come into focus and it’s a great way to get people to sign up for upcoming trips.

What trips you ask?  Well the trips that have come into focus are:  Afton Alps during the end of December and optionally heading to a Bears Game against Minnesota on Sunday, December 30^th, trips to Granite Peak and also to Cascade with our good friends at ABSF, a trip up to our wonderful lodge, and finally a trip to Davos, Switzerland.  We likely will have a day trip or some other last minute trips during the winter months as well. 

We plan to take signups at the September general meeting for all of these trips with details on dates, pricing, and what is included in each trip.  The September general meeting is also the last day to save $5 off on early membership renewal so be sure to renew your membership and completely fill out your membership form including signing the waiver on the back.

We do have a CMSC Sox outing coming up on Saturday, September 8^th for those of you without some sort of prior commitment on that day.  The next Saturday, September 15^th, a bike ride will be hosted by Dave Breyer and of course details are on the website regarding this.

We do plan on attending the ski show that will be held October 19^th-21^st.  Pat Clark will be requesting volunteers to be at the booth so please see him for available times.  It’s a great way to meet those interested in skiing and snowboarding and explain to them all that our club has to offer.

Finally we also have started looking into ideas for our holiday party so be on the lookout as details on this come into focus.  It’s hard to believe that with it being late August as I type this up that we are already looking into holiday parties and trips coming up in late March.

That is about it for now.  Enjoy the rest of your SnowTimes Newsletter.  Hopefully you can join us for our final volleyball cookout outing, trip kickoff general meeting, bike ride, or on one or more of the other upcoming social events or some other future meeting.

 Russ (Prez: Four Winds Ski, Ride & Socialize Club)