PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

Just returned from Summit County last Sunday, and I can’t wait until next year’s trip to Whistler/Blackcomb. The trip committee has already started planning for the trip, and it’s already looking like it will be one of our biggest trips in a years. Hope you can join us!

The Board has a variety of events planned for Spring and Summer, and I hope to see you all from time to time. For April we have Kayaking and Casino Night in May.

On the shadier side, as of this writing, PTB Travel (Obie) has refused to return our deposit for this year’s trip. Though it was stated in their proposal, PTB has not honored it. The reason I am bringing this up is that it affects all of us. The deposit comes out of our treasury. Hopefully, we can get our monies back, and I hate to settle for anything less. If need be, we will pursue litigation.

Aloha,

Geof

ELECTION OF NEW OFFICERS AT APRIL 5^TH GENERAL MEETING

Please attend April's meeting to elect new board members but especially to thank those departing board members who have served you well the past two years: Kathy Mulledy, Carol Wood, and Myra Yamane. What most club members don't realize is that board members spend many hours organizing the ski trips and club activities, completing paperwork, searching the internet for deals, making phone calls, and compiling emails and newsletters. Mahalo Kathy, Carol and Myra for your hard work in making ours a great ski club!!!

!!!! IMPORTANT---URGENT !!!!!

If you are unable to attend April's meeting to vote for new club officers, please email your ballot (last page of this newsletter) to Wandi Sagum  Contacts

MORE REASON TO ATTEND THE APRIL 5^TH MEETING

What?? You think the fun's over, just because it's 60 degrees on the slopes? There's nothing to look forward to 'til next ski season?? Wrong. We've got an exciting calendar coming up.

Your ski club is starting out the "off-season" with a bang. The April meeting features member Rebecca Horne and her incredible art. There will be door prizes, dessert provided by the club, and don't forget to pick up your group photo of Park City Ski Week 2007.

Be there or miss out!

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

April 5 (Thursday): 5:30 General meeting and ELECTION OF NEW OFFICERS, Sam Snead's Tavern April 13, Friday, 5:30 PM, Pau Hana, LuLu's Waikiki Surf Club April 19 (Thursday):6:00 PM, Board meeting and dinner for exiting and incoming board members, Maple Garden Restaurant April 21( Saturday): 12:30 PM, Kayaking, Kailua Beach Park, barbeque follows May 3(Thursday): 5:30 General Meeting, Sam Snead's Tavern May 11( Friday): 5:30 Pau Hana, location TBA May 17 Thursday):6:00 PM, Board meeting, Sam Sneads May 19 (Saturday): Casino Night, James and Marybeth Purvis's house

NOTE:***Please double-check dates and times in the most recent newsletter to make sure times and dates are current***

UPCOMING SKI CLUB ACTIVITIES:

April—

COME JOIN US FOR A FRIDAY THE 13TH PAU HANA AT LULU'S WAIKIKI SURF CLUB. MAKE SURE FRIDAY THE 13TH IS A LUCKY DAY FOR YOU BY BRINGING ALONG YOUR SPECIAL GOOD LUCK CHARM (or person!) TO SHARE WITH OTHERS!!!!

LuLu's Waikiki Surf Club is the latest addition to Oahu's popular south shore restaurant community. LuLu's offers patrons an amazing panoramic view of Diamond Head Crater and the exciting scenery of Waikiki Beach. Guests can always be found enjoying one of LuLu's signature cocktails on our rail seating, taking advantage of the incredible view. With generous portions, reasonable prices, and exciting atmosphere, there's food and fun for all at LuLus Waikiki Surf Club. LuLus Waikiki Surf Club offers a full-scale menu of fresh local seafood, choice cuts of meat, and top quality island produce. From stuffed French toast and unique omelettes to our sizzling steaks and seafood, guests can enjoy a mix of American cuisine and local favorites any time of day!

Located on the corner of Kalakaua and Kapahulu at 2589 Kalakaua Blvd, (926-9222) EASY AND INEXPENSIVE PARKING AVAILABLE ACROSS THE STREET AT THE ZOO OR FREE ONE BLOCK OVER AT KAPIOLANI PARK !

Kayaking – April 21, 2007 Kailua Beach Park – 12:30 PM

Exact location to be provided in a later announcement.

Come join fellow club members for an afternoon of Kayaking from Kailua Beach Park. Weather permitting, a short trip out to the Flat Island, the “Mok’s” or a mellow paddle around Enchanted Lake will be planned.

Rates are $29.00 for a Single Kayak and $39.00 for a Tandem Kayak. In order to ensure that there are enough Kayaks available, please phone (330-7432) or E-mail Geof Chu if you plan to attend so that they can be reserved.

A late afternoon/early evening potluck BBQ concludes a day of exercise and holo-holo.

June: Flavors of Honolulu (volunteering); "Flavors" is the replacement for the now defunct "Taste of Honolulu"

September: Lion King performance

October: Hot Air Balloon Festival in Albuquerque, NM

November: Thanksgiving volunteering at NBC arena

January 20008: Whistler Ski Trip, the highlight of our club year.

WHERE HAWAII SKI CLUB MEMBERS HAVE SKIED OR BOARDED IN 2006

WOW: Do our club members love to ski and travel or what?????? These are the recent emails received from Hawaii Ski Club members. If you aren't included, then you didn't respond to the email sent to all club members asking them where they've skied this season. ( Note: this list does NOT include the Park City/Canyons/Deer Valley club ski trip in February)

Jay Hallowell: Ayeska, Alaska

Geof Chu: Snow Valley, CA, Mountain High, CA, Snow Summit, CA, Breckenridge, CO,Copper Mountain, CO, Keystone, CO, and Snowbasin, UT

Amy Bosich, Dave Broederdorf, Bill Hodges, Craig Schaffer: Big Sky, MT

Kathy Mulledy and Roger deHay: Everyplace in Tahoe area!!!

Paul and Fergie Ferguson: Banff resorts: Sunshine, Lake Louise, & Norquay

Margaret Lefton: Wengen ,( Switzerland), Whistler, and North Lake Tahoe resorts

Terry Krutzler: Breckenridge, Keystone, Arapahoe Basin (A-Basin), Copper Mountain, Vail, Beaver Creek/Arrowhead, Monarch Mountain, Ski Cooper and Loveland. Have been riding the "new" Imperial Chair lift on Peak 8 in Breckenridge, highest in North America --12,840 feet.

Toby Kravet: After most of the club departed Park City on February 10, I rented an SUV for 3 weeks, moved into a cheap hotel in Midvale (suburb of Salt Lake City), and skied Brighton (twice), Solitude (once), Snowbird (once), Park City again (once), and Alta (fifteen days). At Alta, I bought an age 65 season's ticket at the post season price, and paid it off with eleven days' skiing. It snowed just about every other day. Some of my other skiing friends from Hawaii came up for a week on February 17th. We had 14 inches of fresh powder for my last day, Friday, March 2.

Jm Takara: I'm locked in for an Instructor Symposium at Big Sky for the Week ending 15 April.

Jo Yee and family: Big White, Canada

Wanda Sowell and family: Breckenridge

Dick and Claire Pickens: Breckenridge (do you see a pattern here??)

Malia Orque and Todd Withy: Squaw Valley

HAWAII SKI CLUB WEBSITE: UPDATED

Don't forget to check the home page of our club website at www.hawaiisnowskiclub.com or www.hawaiiskiclub.com for the 2007 Park City group photo. We're sorry that not everyone who went on the Park City trip was included in this group photo (some were taking lessons, meeting elsewhere, etc), but if you look carefully, you'll see Gordon near the back right corner. Funny??? Gordon TOOK this group photo and is also IN the photo. The magic of computers!!! Mahalo, Gordon, for taking this group photo, digitally improving it and getting copies of it to those on the ski trip.

We encourage others with great photos to email them to  Anita Contacts We prefer ACTION photos of club members skiing or snowboarding not just posing with a group photo. Any other suggestions to improve our website is appreciated.

CLUB TRIP TO NEW MEXICO IN OCTOBER

As of March 22, 14 people have indicated a strong interest in attending the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta with us. Many of us will leave for Albuquerque on the night of October 4, and will stay for 7 nights. Some of us will continue on to visit the Carlsbad Caverns on October 12, returning back to Albuquerque on October 14 for the flight home. We'll be staying at the Homewood Suites by Hilton Albuquerque Uptown, an all-suites hotel a block from 3 major shopping centers. We will be sharing the cost of the rooms as well as the rental cars. Besides attending the Balloon Fiesta, the Rio Grande Arts and Crafts Festival, and the Wine Festival, we will be exploring the scenic Turquoise Trail, designated a National Scenic Byway in 2002, on our way to Santa Fe and Taos Pueblo. We are also considering other activities such as hiking through Petroglyph National Park, horseback riding, flying in a hot air balloon, and gliding on the world's longest aerial tramway to the observation deck atop 10,378 Sandia Peak just outside Albuquerque. And speaking of Albuquerque, besides charming Old Town, there are more than 16 museums in the city, ranging from a rattlesnake museum with the world's largest collection of rattlesnakes to the National Atomic Museum, a Smithsonian Affiliate Museum of nuclear science and history featuring replicas of the 2 atomic bombs used in WWII, Little Boy and Fat Man. The koalas at the Rio Grande Zoo or the seahorses and luminous jellies at the Albuquerque Aquarium are other sights that some of you might want to experience, not to mention the shopping or the casinos! We'll have a lot of choices to keep ourselves busy during those 6 days! Please join us!

Contributions from the membership to future newsletters are encouraged: Please e mail them to Contacts by the next to last Friday of the month.

GENERAL ELECTION BALLOT

HAWAII SKI CLUB 2007-2008 GENERAL ELECTION BALLOT Directions: Please email your votes to Wandi at Contacts by April 4 if you are unable to vote at the April general meeting.

PRESIDENT: 1-YEAR TERM Vote for not more than one (1) Geoffrey Chu _________

BOARD OF DIRECTORS: 2-YEAR TERM Vote for not more than four (4) Linda Giers _________ Anita Hodges _________ Toby Kravet _________ Sam Wright __________ Note: Write-in votes are allowed; Please confirm in advance that candidate is willing to serve.