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Piette’s Post

Welcome to the first Post of spring.  As much as I love to ski, I’m also happy to welcome the warmer temperatures that usher in months of cycling and golf.

That said, I am happy to report that our trip to Searchmont was excellent. Thank you, Adam Hanson and Frank Wickham, for leading 33 fun-loving people to the good snow conditions and great terrain at Searchmont.  Everyone seemed to have a great time and consensus is that we should go back.  One aspect of the hill that I certainly did not fully understand before the weekend was that Searchmont added a chair lift and a new run that caters to green slope skiers.  Several of us took that new run and found a wide and gentle slope through the woods.  It might be just what some of our members would prefer in order to be comfortable on the slopes, especially early in the day.   I’ll leave the rest of the story for our trip leaders Adam and Frank.  You can also go to the Gelandesprung Facebook page and see the photos from several of our participants.

Our Spring Banquet Business Meeting will be held April 26 at the Woods.  There are a few very important things to be aware of.  

• First, this is the time of year that we encourage you to nominate someone for The Dick Wortiska Service Award.  This award is established to recognize people for leadership and/or service in any number of ways.  If you have an idea of someone to nominate, contact me and I will be happy to help you prepare the nomination.  The Full Board will choose the winner of the award at our meeting on April 9. 
• Second, many of you were requesting different food at our banquets.  This is the first experience you will have with this significant change to plated meals that you must order ahead of time.  To order your plated meal, you MUST sign up by the deadline in a week or so.  See the article in this newsletter for meal choices and information about sending in your sign-up. 
• Third, the positions of Vice President and Treasurer are up for election at the banquet this year.  Although Scot and Phil have both agreed to run for election again, anyone that wishes to become involved is invited to run for one of the positions or to indicate that you would be interested in helping down the road.
• Fourth, we are working to update the Bylaws for our club.  We intend to have a draft version available for review prior to the Spring Banquet

Finally, if there is a summer activity that you would like to share with club members, put your thoughts together over the coming weeks.  We would be happy to work with you to market an event for the benefit of our members and friends.

Tom Piette