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Howdy OCers,
It was a great battle, but in the end your Fearless Leader, and yes I am referring to myself, came away victorious in the 3rd and final night of Summer OC Bowling @ Uncle Sam Lanes. What an even matchup it was again. Eddie took the first game on me winning by 5 pins. The next game, I won by 3 pins, and the last game I took by 20+. There were additional prizes that Kathy gave away. I am definitely jealous of the “Bobble Heads” that Duke and Meghan won. Thank you again for a great OC Bowling Experience by Kathy Howard, and her friend Sal at
September – what an awesome month for our Club:
• Weekly meetings at the PCC start back up.
• Sept 8 – Seafood Festival. Thank you Mike Koutelis for running.
• Sept 15 – Volleyball Tournament. We need many volunteers to make this event successful – please help if you can.
LIFTLINELIFTLINELIFTLINEA P U B L I C A T I O N O F T H E O C S K I C L U B
SEPTEMBER 2018WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/OCSKICLUB
TWITTER.COM/OCSKICLUBWWW.OCSKICLUB.ORG
ADMINISTRATION
Cathy Marvin
Vice President for Administration
PRESIDENT’S CORNER
David Simonian
President
Uncle Sam Lanes. Sal was a big help to Kathy in these events. She couldn’t have done it without Sal, and this event couldn’t have be so successful without Kathy! Great Job Secretary!
The OC’s are looking for some new volunteers and ideas that can top Kathy’s Bowling Event. We are always looking for new ideas and new volunteers. THERE ARE NO BAD IDEAS!!! Feel free to bring any ideas to me, Arline Welch (A&E chair) or Cathy Marvin (VP Administration). We are encouraging additional OC activities or Friends with Friends “FWF” events. I need to clarify FWF events. These are Friends doing things with Friends. No money goes through the OC treasury and not everyone participating in the event must be an OC member. This is a great informal way to introduce
our FUN Club to your friends. Some activities currently FWF are golf,
hiking, kayaking, and biking. To organize one, just speak to any officer with the details.
The Club will help you advertise your event via email, LiftLine, and website. You can also recruit at meetings. The more informal activities we have, the more likely your friends will join the Club.
The Club has been around for over 50 years and created many policies to prevent issues. These policies can be found on the Website under “About US”. The Constitution and By-Laws are there also. They are kept up to date by our Secretary Kathy Howard. One policy that needs reminding is that no one can use the OC Ski Club name, logo or “Out of Control” phrase without Board approval. We love getting our name and logo out there but we just want to make sure it is being used properly. All you have to do is contact the officers or Board members to
put a request for approval on the monthly Board Meeting Agenda for the first Thursday of any month.
• Sept 22 – Golf Tournament. Thank you Fred and Sylvia.
• Golf not your thing? Hike Killington High Peak on Sept 22 – thanks Peggy for leading this event.
• Arline and Erin are doing a great job – thanks.
• Save October 11 – Budget Vote. We need you to show up. We will even have munchies as a thank you.
• Membership – Pay your dues. We have sent invoices to remind people to renew. Use referral cards to save money on your annual fee and help us increase our number of members. I want to thank Gretchen, Amy and Pat in advance for all that they do at the meetings.
• Are you on Facebook? Tara is always putting up “ads” about our Club. SHARE, SHARE, SHARE – when you like it and share it, your friends see it.
• Are you getting our weekly blasts? If not, why not? All you need to do is go to our Website and “opt in”.
• Fundraising – still need a volunteer or 2.
• Marketing – go Fred. He has lots of ideas for our Club.
• Publishing – thank you Greg for working on the LiftLine for years. It always looks good.
• Volleyball – thank you Tara, Robin and Jan for a great summer.
• Website – Frank and Tara are trying to keep up with all the requests for some changes that people are requesting.
• We are closer to skiing – get happy!
USE OF THE SKI CLUB NAME:
It is important to note: Only Club Officers, or those members, applicants, or Volleyball Only members who are authorized by the Board of Directors, may use the OC Ski Club name, logo, or “Out of Control” Ski Club phrase in any communication that states or implies it is associated with the OC Ski Club Inc. directly or indirectly. This includes T-shirts, caps, etc.
ACTIVITIES AND ENTERTAINMENTErin O’Brien and Arline Welch
OC Ski Club 3rd Wed. of the Month
Happy Hour Off-Site Meeting for September
OC Hampton Beach Seafood Festival Party Bus
Sat. September 8, 2018Annual OC Golf Tournament Saturday September 22, 2018 Kingsbury Country Club Any questions please contact Fred Haefeli at [email protected] (more info on back cover)
Vintage House 897 Broadway
Albany, NY
WEDNESDAY, Sept 19, 2018 From 5:00 to 7:00pm
Come and join us for a spectacular happy hour with quality cuisine & enjoy impeccable wines
Offering great specials:
Small Plates / $6.00 • Plum Caprese • Bruschetta • Watermelon & Radicchio • Margherita Flatbread
Wines / $6.00 • Calavista Malbec • Purple Owl Pinot Noir • Stones & Bones Red Blend • Le Champ Des Etolles Chardonnay • Allessandro Gallici Pinot Grigio • Zardetto Prosecco
Canned Beers / $3.00 • Bud • Bud Light • Coors Light • Corona • Michelob Ultra • Miller Lite
Cocktails / $8.00 • Unicorn Lemonade • Sunshine Punch
Well Drinks / $5.00
All Draft Beer / $4.00
Tickets are on sale now at meetings or sign up on-line through PayPal! Continuous Live Entertainment on 2 stages featuring Saturdays “tribute band” Head Games will rock the Seashell Stage until the Fireworks start. And let’s not forget more than 60 top restaurants serving an abundance of mouthwatering, scrumptious seafood!
$53 per person ($58 for non-members) includes:
* transportation
* party bus surprises
* entry fee to Festival
Brown’s Bus will pick us up at Crossgates Parking Lot located on the north side of Crossgates Mall Road directly adjacent from JC Pennys. The bus will arrive at 6:45am and depart promptly at 7:00am.
We will depart from Hampton Beach immediately following the Fire Works which begins at 8:30pm. The Browns bus will arrive at the same place they drop us off and arrive at least one hour before departure for pre-loading.
Some items to remember to bring are: bathing suit, beach towel, SUN BLOCK, small cooler, beach chair, and your choice of beverage. Remember Hampton Beach regulates and strongly enforces with hefty fines their rule of NO GLASS allowed on beach. So pack accordingly.
We are looking for volunteers to bring pop-up shade tents.
Please call Mike Koutelis if you can help us out with this request. Any questions you may call Mike Koutelis at (518) 428-0528
OC Ski Club Volleyball Tournament – Maple Ridge Ski Area Saturday, Sept 15, 2018
Northeast Ski & Craftbeer Showcase, Albany Capital Center, Friday, November 2 thru Sunday, November 4, 2018
OC Ski Club Applicant Party
Polish Community Center Thursday November 8, 2018
OC Ski Club Holiday Party Franklin Terrace 126 Campbell Ave., Troy, NY Friday, November 30, 2018
One seat left!
Taking names
for waiting list.
OC SECRETARYKathy Howard
OC Board Meeting Highlights
August 2, 2018
Meeting Highlights:
The Board Meeting was held on Thursday, August 2. Here is a summary of what took place. Complete minutes are found on the website.
• Upcoming events and contracted trips were discussed. You can find this information elsewhere in this Liftline or on the website.
• Discussed procedures for handling conduct incidents. (Note: The Club’s Code of Conduct and Incident Reporting procedures can be found on the website)
• Discussed the application of Roberts Rules to the running of Board Meetings.
Next meeting is September 6th. Members are welcome to attend the meeting.
August 13th was the last night of summer bowling and it was full of fun. We have the normal beginning challenge. This month 1 member of each team had to throw the bowling ball down the lane with the bumpers up. The winner was the one who got the most pins – but if you did not hit the bumper, you were disqualified. Again, if you threw a strike when the head pin was colored, you got to spin the wheel for a prize. There were prizes for scores that were the highest
Summer Bowling was a BLASTgame and highest triple and closest to a magic number. What was different this month is the voted favorite bowler – male and female. Meghan Ruby won the trophy for favorite female and Jamie “DUKE” Duchessi won favorite male. And for all bowlers that were present and had bowled at least twice, there was the grand drawing. Matt Quackenbush won the new bowling ball and bag. Thanks for Uncle Sam’s Lanes for all the giveaways and hosting another fun summer of bowling.
Hello everyone – Can’t seem to get rid of me. I am currently the Marketing Director for the OC Ski Club. We are in the process of increasing the promotion of this great ski club in order to increase membership. The easiest way is for you, a current member or applicant, to get the WORD out. Did you know you could get a FREE membership next year for doing this? Contact me or see details as I post them to the OC website.
Item two for now is that I am looking
MARKETINGFred Haefeli
Marketing [email protected]
for a few experienced persons, 2 plus yrs. in the Club, to help out the Ambassadors at the weekly PCC meetings. I do not need you every week, but if you could help out once every third week? All that is required is for you to be available to walk a new applicant or someone interested in the Club around the meeting, so they can find out what is going on. 10 – 15 minutes of your time will greatly increase the experience for this person who we want to get excited about the OC’s
Officers
President David Simonian
Vice President, Admin Cathy Marvin
Vice President, Skiing Matt Quackenbush
Secretary Kathy Howard
Treasurer Bob Denninger
Board of Directors
Matt Fabrizio
Mike Furdyna
Fred Haefili
Jeff Kenton
Deb Kruszona
Gail Marotti-Hossan
Meghan Ruby
Eddie Vassallo
Cynthia Ward
Willy Welch
Committees
Activities/Entertainment Erin O’Brien and Arline Welch
Alpine Buses Lynda Heaney and Mark Wilder
Alpine Bus Assistant Sylvia Haefeli
Alpine Trips Gail Marotti-Hossan
Alpine Trips Assistant TBD
Ambassador Mike Koutelis
Audio/Visual Tech Bill Corbin and Jen Hammond
Cross Country Barbara Sorrell
Elections Robin Raco
Family Committee Matt Wakefield
Finance Bob Hossan
Fund Raising TBD
Historian Eileen Finn-LeMatty
House/Facilities Management Bob Hossan
Membership Gretchen Riley, Pat Jones and Amy Teal
NYCDSC Reps Cynthia Ward, Meghan Ruby and Wayne Podbeilski
Publications Greg Bockis
Marketing Fred Haefeli
Racing Wayne Podbielski
Snow Sports Instruction Jeff Kenton
Technical Director of Snow Sports Brian Mieczkowski
Treasurer’s Assistant Mike Furdyna
Volleyball League Tara Cummings and Robin Raco
Volleyball League Assistant Cathy Marvin
Web Master Tara Thomas and Frank Broderick
The last weeklong ski trip last season was to Sun Peaks in British Columbia. The last week of March seems to be a difficult week for trips. You never know what kind of snow you are going to get. Eight people signed up for Sun Peaks and due to great negotiating by Gail Marotti-Hossan, we were able to keep our group rates. Six OCers (2 had last minute health issues) flew into the town of Kamloops to no snow. But as I driver told us, there was snow an hour away in Sun Peaks. Not just a little snow, piles of snow. We spent a week in a charming village with snow covered roads and more than a foot of snow on the roofs. But the best part was the mountains. Every level of skiing including cross country was at our doorstep. The food
Remembering the Snow and ready for more! • Sun Peaks in British Columbiawas good, the company was great, and the mountains were fantastic.
Four of us skied the “Laundromat” which includes some really challenging slopes all named for cleaning clothes?? At the top of “Static Cling”, I stopped and exclaimed, “Holy S***”. This was steeper and narrower than Sunday River’s White Heat, but I was not walking back up hill. We all had another great ski story after that.
Would I go back? In a heartbeat. Remembering this fun, I am thrilled to see all the trips for 2018/2019 season. Can’t wait to go skiing.
- Kathy Howard
The Trips Chart has been updated but you will see that there are still some holes … we’re working on filling in that information but in the meantime….
1. We are reducing the deposits and payments for our trips this year and increasing the number of payments to help you spread it out. Hopefully, this will allow you to sign up for more trips!!!
2. A note on Family Friendly trips: for those trips that will allow you to bring your children along with a driving option this does NOT mean that the children are coming for free unless the policy of the hotel allows for children to stay/ski for free. Whatever the policy you must still register the child(ren) as a member of the trip for our insurance policy.
3. Club Policy (see Website for current policies and procedures) is that no one comes on our trips without registering and paying for their
“Space”. It might sound like a great idea to let that friend who drove up for the day to sleep in your room but this is not fair to those others (or even you) who have paid to be part of the trip. Sorry to say that this is a Zero Tolerance item!!!
4. Our trips have many options to try and make each one affordable and available to anyone who wishes to go. You will note that NH, Big Sky, and Sunday River are tightly booked... it was the only way to get space at Big Sky this year and so many indicated that this is where they wanted to go. Don’t let it stop you – we are going to be ever so flexible to accommodate those who want to combine.
5. We still do not take credit cards to pay for our trips BUT if you really need to do so we can invoice you for the payment; however, you will pay the PayPal fee of ~3%.
6. Presidents Week: I am going to announce this soon and will be asking those who are interested to give me a $100 deposit check. I need 10 people to obtain a group rate and 26 people to obtain a comp (30 from Southwest Air) which reduces the cost to everyone on the trip. The trip will be either Jackson Hole or a Denver area resort and will be in the $1500.00 range.
7. We have many friends who may not be Alpine Skiers or who may have a pass – ALL of our trips have a no lift ticket price – just ask. Our resorts have many other things to do while friends are out on the slopes. Just ask
Final thing: there is so much information to share and limited space – so if you see a Trip of interest but there is something missing from the description to meet your needs – ASK THE QUESTION!!!!
TIME TO THINK: TRIPS!!!!!
Destination Family Friendly? Dates Opens: ##'s Price**
Mount Snow, VT Yes - Drive Up Dec 14 - 16, 2018 10/04/18 42 $300 / $370
January Wknd Trip Yes - Drive Up TBD
Smuggs Yes - Drive Up Jan 18 - 21 Many
New Hampshire Yes - Drive Up Jan 28 -Feb 1 09/20/18 42 $510 +/-
Big Sky, MT 1 No Feb 2 - 9 09/13/18 36 1,885$
Big Sky, MT 2 No Feb 3 - 10 09/13/18 26 1,885$
Sunday River, ME Yes - If Drive Up Feb 10-15 09/27/18 100+ $545 / $525 /$365
Zermatt Resort, Utah (ParkCity, Deer Valley,Sundance, …..)
No Feb 22 - Mar 1 10/04/18 30 $ 1,640
Davos, Switzerland No Mar 8 - 16 10/04/18 42 1,825$
Zurich, Switzerland No Mar 16 - 19 42 $ 415
Bolton Valley, VT Yes - Drive UpWeekend: Mar 1 - Mar 3
Mid week: Mar 3 - 611/01/18 42+
$390 3 nightweekend /$250 3 night
midweek
Jay Peak, VT Yes - Drive Up April Many
President's Week?
3 nights lodging, daily breakfast, city tour
** ALL Trips have a non-Alpine skier option. Ikon Pass, XC, not skiing this year, etc……..
Narrowing it down to Jackson Hole or a Southwest Airlines Denver trip… With Good Faith deposits from 10 people I will bookthe trip… in the area of $1600.00
SWA, no baggage feesFri - Fri currently: trying to get Air on Sat -Sat
Reductions in price for Ikon / Epic pass holders
Delta, No Baggage Fees; breakfast & dinner, high tea
Fri/Sat/Sun or Sun/Mon/Tues nights…. Many details… see soon-to-be published trip flyers. Ski in/out, night skiing, breakfast,
weekend pizza party, great onsite Tavern!!! Meet our Sales Repat the Meeting!!!
Ski Season 2018/19
Alpine TripsNotes
Many Options - Contact Us
New Lessons & Lux…Pkg. is for Room or 1 BD Suite & 2 ski days, DBL occup, Group
Dinner. Options: + / - ski day
Still Looking!!!
Wanna go on NH &/or SR AND Big Sky? Contact us - we canfigure it out - there are options in our plans
Adult / Senior/ No Lift Ticket, includes Bus
Killington High Peak: Climb the Beast Before the Snow Flies
Saturday, September 22 (Rain Date: 9/23)
Meet at the Exit 12 Park ‘n Ride, 7:30 am.
This is a 7.4 mile, round trip, moderate hike with an elevation gain of 2174 feet.
Hiking time: Approximately 5 hours at a relaxed pace with additional time for snack, lunch, and exploring the summit. There should be at least some leaf color change in the high peaks at this point.
Email Peggy at [email protected] to sign up or with questions; Limited to 15 hikers to comply with DEC group regulations. If there’s enough interest, we’ll try and get a second group together.
Bring 2-3 liters of water, lunch/snacks or buy lunch at the Peak Lodge, bug spray
For those interested we’ll stop for dinner.
Attention Non-Hikers: Enjoy some of the fun Killington summer/fall activities at the base then take the gondola to the summit and meet us for lunch. A complete list of activities will be added as soon as it’s available.
Description:
Mount Killington is the second tallest mountain in the Green Mountains of Vermont at 4,235 feet. The Long Trail and the Appalachian Trail both cross the summit of Mount Killington. If you are traveling south on the Appalachian Trail, you won’t reach another 4,000 footer until Virginia. The hike passes by the Cooper Lodge, a bunkhouse for hikers. You begin at the Brewer’s Corner Parking lot located in Mendon, New Vermont on Wheelerville Road. Take the Bucklin Trail up for 3.3 miles. The first 2 miles are mostly flat with low inclines. Once you reach a junction with the Long Trail/Appalachian Trail, you will want to stay right and hike for 0.2 more miles where you will see the Cooper Lodge. From there, the summit of Mount Killington is just another 0.2 miles up. This last part is really steep and requires rock scrambles. Once you enjoy the views on the summit, retrace your steps the way you came up to get back to the Brewer’s Corner parking lot.
OC HIKING SERIESOrganized by Peggy Morehouse
Or let us team you up. OC Annual Golf Scramble is coming. Don’t miss this year’s tournament. Everyone will tell you last year’s was great. This year could even be better if you attend. What it’s all about:
Get Your Golf Team Ready!
4 Person scramble – Shotgun startAprès-Golf dinner & party includedGreens fee & cart
Saturday Sept 22nd, Tee time 1:00 pmTeam and individual prizesKingbury National – Hudson Falls, NY
This is a FUN event not a PGA outing so we want all golfers regardless of skill level. The idea is to get out with fellow OC Club members to laugh and enjoy the outdoors. This golf scramble is open to all OC members & applicants. You can also invite family, friends & guests to join in. So there are no excuses not to sign up. Get a foursome (or 2) together or we will team you up.
Cost is $70 for OC members & applicants - $75 for non-members. Send checks, made out to “OC Ski Club” to me at – 160 2nd Street, Troy, NY 12180 , Or pay online on the OC Web site thru PayPal
Please sign up early as this makes my life easier to organize this event.
This event requires a minimum of 40 players to run (Refunds if cancelled)
If you are interested please email me at [email protected]
Thanks and looking forward to seeing all your smiling faces – Fred Haefeli, OC Golf
ORGANIZED SKIING
Matt Quackenbush
Vice President for Organized Skiing
AS THE SKI CARVESIt’s late August and I’ve had a great
summer. That being said, I am thinking more and more about the upcoming Ski season.
There is a lot going on with planning for next winter. Trips are being finalized and the Bus schedule is being set. If you get chance, say thanks to Gail Marotti-Hossan and Linda Heaney, Mark Wilder and Sylvia Haefeli for all their efforts over the off season getting things ready for the snow.
What’s new in trips? Davos, Switzerland is new with a side trip to Zurich.
Also new this year is “Lessons and Luxury” at a new luxurious location - Mt. Snow. We’ll be starting the season right with Mt. Snow’s great new snow making (new last year). Believe me, they know how to make snow.
Personally, I am looking forward to an old standby, but new to me, Big Sky, Montana, I can’t wait.
Locally new this year will be Hunter Mountains new trails, an entire new side of the mountain will open with a new lift. This will be a great addition to the acreage at Hunter. I also hear Magic Mt. has a new lift and increased snow-making.
I got a brief preview from Lynda Heaney about lift ticket rates and I am definitely hearing good things. Let’s roll a lot of buses this year.
Tell your friends and get them to join us on the mountain. Spread the word.
OC Ski ClubP.O. Box 13901
Albany, NY 12212-3901
Maple Ridge Ski Area2725 Mariaville RoadSchenectady, NY 12306
Our annual volleyball tournament is one of the largest outdoor volleyball events in the Northeast. Your entry fee is the ticket to lots of volleyball, plenty of tasty food and beverages, and lots of fun and excitement. Competition levels for for 6-person teams include Recreation and Advance. We will also have 4-person teams at either Women’s or Men’s Height.
A note for Club members: This is the Club’s LARGEST EVENT, as well as being our largest party and fundraiser. The fundraising part is important to you because it helps to maintain our overall costs for club membership dues.
WE NEED YOURHELP to put thisevent together!
September 15th, 2018Volleyball Tournament Set-Up: September 14th, 2018
Clean-Up Day: September 16th, 2018
For Tournament Inquiries:Gail Marotti-Hossan:Home: 518.439.5842Cell: 518.956.4363 [email protected]
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