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This weekend’s events include an exciting boarder/skier cross competition on the Plaza hill for Saturday and Sunday. On Sunday afternoon we will be hosting the second Pabst race of the year on the East Meadow. These events are always fun and are great opportunity to work off your volunteer commitments.

We would like to remind everyone that our biggest fundraiser of the year is also approaching, Febfest. We are always looking for help in gathering outstanding auction items, please help our club by seeking out items from your business and personnel contacts. Let’s us know what you come up with.

The 2012 Bromley Outing Club Annual Meeting will be held on Sunday 19 February at 5:00pm on the 2nd floor of the base lodge at Bromley Mountain Peru, VT.

The agenda for this meeting is attached. In addition to standard annual meeting agenda items, the board of directors is presenting the membership with suggested changes/revisions to the current By-Laws of the Bromley Outing Club. (Current By-Laws with suggested changes also attached for review).

There are five (5) Board of Director terms that will end this year. The nominating committee is presenting 5 names (see agenda) as the slate of nominees for consideration and vote at the annual meeting. Reminder, that two percent (2%) of the membership eligible to vote may submit to the chairperson of the nominating committee, in writing over their signatures, any additional nominees for director. Signed petitions must be received not less than five (5) days prior to the 19th of February. Petitions may be delivered to Amy W. Zimmer  c/o (Richard Mourey) at the Bromley Outing Club Office, Bromley Mountain Peru, VT.

Richard Mourey

Secratary, Board of Directors Bromley Outing Club

At this time, I would also like to mention a growing concern we have with the our clubhouse. During the holiday week our clubhouse was way too messy. Plastic bags, half eaten nachos, french fries and a lot of other garbage all over the place. In plain it, was treated without any respect. I was also made aware of some of athletes not treating each other with mutual respect. Both of these situations are  entirely unacceptable and will not be tolerated.  Please talk with your athlete/child about this situation, we(coaches/staff) can not be downstairs at all times to monitor the athletes behavior and cleanliness. The only alternative would be to close the clubhouse to all but ski storage, something none of us want to do. Thanks for your help in straightening out our situations.

Saturday 12/24 8.30 start BOC will be closing at noon.

Sunday 12/25  BOC will be closed

Monday 12/26-Friday 12/30 regular hours 8.30-2.30

Wednesday 12/28  BOC Holiday Potluck Dinner at 6pm  Alex Krebs, USSA’s youth competition and development manager,will be joining for a presentation on Alpine Training Systems and Skill Development. During the day she will be spending time on the hill with all of our alpine athletes and will be available for questions at the potluck dinner.

Saturday 12/31 8.30-12noon

Sunday 1/1/2012  11.00- 2.30

Monday 1/2/2012 8.30-2.30

Hope this helps with your planning and as always please feel free to contact us with any questions or concerns.

Happy Holidays

Dave

For the 2011-2012 season we are looking to increase the level of participation by our members in managing our events on the mountain.  In particular, we are going to have the parents of each age group support the race day events for their respective races.  It is important that we have our parents on the hill in volunteer positions so that we can run the events efficiently and effectively.

Each age group needs to have two lead parents who can assist Tom Ziegler and Toni Harkins in organizing the race day volunteers.  This will entail making phone calls to parents in the age group and organizing the volunteers in coordination with Tom and Toni.

We will be using a web based volunteer management program to assist in securing and organizing our volunteers.

All members of the BOC should log into http://bocracecrew.volunteerhub.com , provide your contact info and sign up for a minimum of two volunteer commitments.  Keep in mind that with over 350 volunteer spaces that need to be filled we really need our members to commit to more than two volunteer commitments.

If you would like to volunteer for your age group or have any questions about volunteering on the mountain please contact Tom Ziegler by email at wtzieglervt@gmail.com or by phone at 203 856 6956.

Last night we received a couple of inches of snow and the snow guns are working overtime to provide us with skiing for SUNDAY morning. The lifts are scheduled to start at 9, we would like to see everyone at the club to help us start the new season. Groups will be meeting at 8.30 in front of the club. Please keep in mind that terrain will be limited and many other groups will be sharing the limited trails. We would suggest that you leave those new skis at home for this first weekend. As the Bromley website has posted, fast skiing(GS turns) will not be tolerated. At 11 we will have our parent informational meeting in the Boar’s Head. This is your chance to ask those questions you always wanted to, we will also have Dr. Matt Gammons talk with us about concussions and how they effect your athlete. Lead coaches will break out in to smaller groups for your questions and information about their programs.

As always please feel free to contact us here at the club with any questions or concerns. For up to the minute information please like our facebook page, Bromley Outing Club.

Saturday we will kick off at 8.30 and split off into groups to enjoy some first turns of the year. We understand that this will be the first outing for most of you and you are all excited to get out and get on the hill. We want to remind you that we will be operating with very limited coverage and that we will need to respectful of others in a small area.

Sunday we will again kick off at 8.3o. At 11 we are conducting our parent information meeting. As I mentioned last week, we will have presentations on concussions, athlete development and general BOC procedures. After the general presentations, the lead coaches will conduct meetings for your childern’s age class/programs. This will be a good time to asked those questions you’ve always wondered about. Please feel free to contact us here at world headquarters if you have any questions.

Another event that we had planned for December 3rd is our season kick-off all important Parent Information Meeting, but due to the mountain not being open we have rescheduled this important event for Sunday December 11th at 11.00 am. We will be meeting in the Boars Head at 11am and we will start with a presentation Dr Matt Gammons, a highly regarded Rutland neurologist, on current concussion procedures and protocols for today’s athletes.  We  will have various presenters on USSA Long Term Athlete Development and Alpine Training Systems. We also will be talking about club operations and procedures. We will end the meeting by breaking out in to smaller program/age class groups to talk about issues within groups. We highly recommend attending this all important meeting. As with our 60th celebration the night before,  we look forward to seeing you all.

The Bromley Outing Club was founded in 1951. Sally Pabst, the wife of Fred Pabst, who started Bromley Mountain 75
years ago, and Ruth Fowler along with the other co founders envisioned a program that would provide a skiing experience for local school children.  From that idea evolved the Junior Instructional Ski Program also known as JISP.  Since then, JISP has provided skiing and recently snowboard instruction for thousands of area kids who may otherwise not have had such an opportunity. Last year over 700 children were impacted from the seasonal program.  JISPS’s volunteer coaches and co-coordinators, some of whom were JISP athletes themselves, are the backbone of this organization and help to foster a love of winter sports that will last a lifetime.

The BOC has the distinction of being one of the oldest operating ski clubs in the United States. For 60 years the club has trained alpine/freestyle/recreational skiers and now snowboarders, many of whom have advanced to competing at international levels. Whether they have skied at elite, regional or high school level, the coaching focus has always been to support the athlete’s development as much as they can and to help the athlete achieve their personal bests.

On Saturday, the 10th of December, the Bromley Outing Club will mark its 60^th anniversary with a CELEBRATION at the Southern
Vermont Art Center from the hours of 6 until 10pm. The event will offer cocktails at a cash bar, dinner created by Chef Mariah MacFarlane and dancing to DJ Joe Bell. A raffle and commemorative items will also be available. Come join us as we celebrate one of Vermont’s legacy snow sports programs.

The cost of the gala evening is $60 per person. For more information please call the Bromley Outing Club office at 802.824.6498.