Calendar of Events ***
April 6, 6:00 PM - General Membership Meeting and
voting for new Ski Club Board, Elk’s Club (you may also vote
by e-mail: see ballot below)
April 13, 5:30 PM, Board Meeting to welcome new
board members and thank departing members, Pagoda Hotel
April 14, 5:00 PM – Rainbow Warriors Volleyball Game vs. BYU.
April 21, 5:30 PM – Pau Hana, Gordon
Biersch, Aloha Tower Market
Place
May 4, 6:00 PM – General Membership Meeting,
Elk’s Club
May 13, 5:30 PM – Saturday Pau Hana, The Shack,
Hawaii Kai
May 18 – Board Meeting, Sam Snead’s
May 20 – Casino night at James and Mary
Purvis (tent.)
May 21 – Golf at Mamala
(Hickam AFB golf course (Geof Chu/Jim Kelly)
May 26 - ARTafterDark, Holy Grail: Behind the DaVinci Code,
Honolulu Academy of Art (new date)
June 1, 6:00 PM – General Membership
Meeting, Elk’s Club.
Jun 15, 5:30 PM – Board Meeting
June 16. 5:30 PM – Pau Hana, Islands, Ala Moana Center
June 25 – Taste of Honolulu
NOTE:***Please
double check dates and times in the most recent newsletter to make
sure times and dates are current***
President's Message
RAIN,
RAIN, GO AWAY! Last weekend’s bike ride was rained-out
but perhaps it may be time left to sneak away and hit the slopes
one last time should the rain continue.
My
term as president is PAU and much
MAHALO’S to the BOARD OF DIRECTORS for their work over
the last year. They were able to:
- Organize and
conduct a successful trip to Vail while keeping the price very
reasonable
- Redesign the
club website
- Create a club
brochure
- Change the club
name to the HAWAII SKI CLUB
- Maintain the
membership numbers
- Organizing
parties and activities for the membership
Keep
up the good work!
Aloha,
Geof
The Board
of Directors
President –
Geof Chu – 330-7432;
Vice President – Anita Hodges, 486-8667,
Secretary - Craig Shaffer - 261-5989;
Treasurer - Wanda Sowell – 487-7485;
Michael Cloe - 942-7883;
Darrell Large - 395-6825;
Kathy
Mulledy – 423-3190;
Wanda "Wandi" Sagum - 523-0982;
Carol Wood – 595-4888;
Myra Yamane – 621-8025;
Recent Activities:
FORD
ISLAND BIKE
RIDE:
Due
to unrelenting rain, the March
Ford
Island bike ride
was canceled but will be re-scheduled during the summer (when
there’s less chance of rain). Many club members had
their bikes tuned up for this event, but they won’t be
disappointed when we reschedule the
Ford
Island adventure
in the near future. Keep checking the calendar of events in
upcoming newsletters to discover the new date for the
Ford
Island bike ride.
Mammoth
Mountain Resort
– March 4 thru 11, 2006
On
a sunny Saturday morning (March 4,
2006),
four of us club members (Lori, Darrell, Craig and Geof) met up at LAX and drove up to
Mammoth Mountain. After stopping for
breakfast in Mojave, we arrived in Mammoth @ 1:00
PM. We
got settled and hit the slopes first thing Sunday morning starting
with a Mountain Tour conducted by Geof.
Unfortunately the tour went around the backside of the peak on a
windblown icy narrow cat track. No wonder we did not see
anyone going in that direction. Toward the end of the track Darrell
crashed and burned suffering a torn tendon in his hand. He
gutted it out for the rest of the day but underwent surgery at the
local hospital the following evening. But we all know Darrell,
after a day’s rest after surgery and a cast on his hand he
was back on the slopes and joined us for the rest of the
trip.
While
at Mammoth we had about 2-3 feet of snowfall, mostly while we were
on the slopes. The snow conditions, when we could see, were
awesome, very similar to Vail. Sunday night we were joined by
Gail and Cheryl who spent a few days with us. On Friday we
spent the day at June Mountain Resort and drove back to
LAX on Saturday morning.
Mammoth
is a big mountain (4,000+ acres) with varied terrain well divided
in ability. Not very much double black stuff. June Mountain is a smaller mountain (700
acres) with mostly groomed beginner and intermediate terrain and is
less crowded than Big Sky Montana. Mammoth has two
negatives while we were there: Crowded restaurants and it is
known for its wind. Other than that it would be a good fit for
the club.
CLUB
MEMBERS WHO WENT SKIING AND SNOWBOARDING ALL OVER THE MAINLAND:
February
and March showered Hawaii with
record rainfall, but Hawaii Ski Club members experienced great
skiing/snowboarding conditions on the mainland! Those who
informed a board member of their mainland ski trip are listed below
with the ski location. Our apologies to members who took a trip but
are not listed, so please update us on your past ski trips!
Members:
Location:
Geof, Darrell, Craig, Lori
Mammoth
Anita,
Bill, family
Park
City
Jackie,
Steve , family
Park
City
Lynn,
Duane Vail
Roger,
Kathy Tahoe area
Amy,
Dave Big Sky
Claire,
son
Copper
Mountain,
Winter
Park and Eldora
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Upcoming Events
HAWAII SKI CLUB 2006-2007 GENERAL
ELECTION BALLOT:
If unable to attend April general meeting, please email votes to
Anita
Contacts by April 5 in order to be
tallied.
PRESIDENT:
1-YEAR TERM
Vote for not more than one (1)
Geoffrey
Chu _________
BOARD OF DIRECTORS:
2-YEAR TERM
Vote for not more than three (3)
Darrell
Large _________
Wanda Sagum _________
Kathlyn
Wong _________
Note: Write-in votes are
allowed; just make sure candidate is willing to serve.
Every
Monday - TENNIS AT KEEHI LAGOON @ 4:30
p.m.
Go ‘Bows!
Join your ski club friends on Friday, April 14, to see the #3
nationally ranked Rainbow
Warrior volleyball team play arch-rival BYU. Avoid traffic and arrive early
(5:00 p.m.) for pre-game dinner/drinks
and pupus at Eastside Grill in Puck's
Alley. The game starts at 7:00. So we
can get seats together in advance, e-mail Anita or
Wanda
ASAP! Since this is the last home series
of the season, good seats will go fast. Let's cheer the team on to the
road to a National Championship!
Pau Hana: Gordon Biersch Microbrewery; April 21
at 5:30
Situated
in the Aloha Tower Marketplace on the
Honolulu
Harbor, Gordon
Biersch is Hawaii's first
brewpub. Known for its waterfront views, island music and its
spirit of Aloha, Gordon Biersch is all about fun, friends, pupus and music. We’ll try to find
seats for the ski group outside near the bar if the weather is
clear. Music at 7 PM with
Mike Times and eight 0 eight
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Announcements:
Ski
Club Shirt Order
Since we have a new club name,
now is the time to order new club shirts. We are putting together a
club shirt order that requires a minimum order of 24 shirts. Ski club members are always encouraged to
wear these shirts to our events to promote the ski club.
Ski trip information:
Hawaii Ski Week February 2007:
Park City, Utah. Further information will be
forthcoming!
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