Whiteface 2008

With snow starting to fall here in London, it is fitting to announce the first UWO Ski Trip of the season. From January 17th to the 20th, 2008, 16 members of the Club will have the opportunity to ski the slopes of Whiteface, NY, the site of the 1932 and 1980 Olympic Winter Games. Whiteface Mountain boasts the greatest vertical drop in the Eastern United States…1,045 meters. The cost for this trip is only $360.00, and it is first come, first serve. Therefore, the first 16 people to make a deposit at Campus Recreation in the basement of the UCC will be going! The deposit of $250.00 is due by December 6th at midnight! The remaining $110.00 will be due by January 10th at midnight.

Important Dates
December 6th – Deposit of $250.00 due
January 10th – Remaining $110.00 due
January 17th – 20th – SKI TRIP!!!!

Itinerary
January 17th – leave UWO at 12:30pm, arrive at Whiteface at 11:00pm
January 18th – SKI
January 19th – SKI
January 20th – SKI until 1:30pm, leave Whiteface by 2:30pm, arrive in London at 12:00am

This trip includes transportation, accommodations, lift tickets and meals on January 18th and 19th. You will not find a better price!

To register…
1. Go to the Campus Recreation Guest Services Desk in the basement of the UCC.
2. Register for Course No. 1391 in the Fall 2007 Registration Period ($250.00 deposit) by December 6th
3. Register for Course No. 1390 in the Winter 2008 Registration Period ($110.00 balance) by January 10th

If you have any questions, please contact Trips Coordinator Ryan Campbell at

ryan.d.campbell@gmail.com

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First E-mail of the Year!

Posting this on behalf of Mike, VP Comms:

Greetings all ski club enthusiasts,

Firstly, thank you for joining! We will be kicking off our season immediately with our first social coming up this Wednesday at the Wave.

**Ski Club Kickoff Social**
When? Wednesday September 26th at 6:40 pm (until we feel like leaving)!
Where? The Wave, 2nd floor UCC
Why? Meet other people in the club, and possibly win a prize.

We will also be announcing details about our day trip to the Toronto Ski Show during this social on Wednesday.

**Joining the Club**
Another thing, for everyone that has yet to pay the membership fee, do so ASAP if you want to come to the social. It really is worth it. To pay go to the campus rec desk in front of the gym and ask to join the ski club.

**T-shirts**
If you have not picked up your t-shirt yet, please email ski@uwo.ca and we will arrange to bring a shirt to the social for you.

**Questions**
If you have any questions please feel free to check out our website at www.uwoski.com and look through the FAQ section. If you still have a question, feel free to ski@uwo.ca

Thanks for your time and I hope to see you all at the social on Wed!

(If you have signed up for the club and did not receive this message in your email, please email ski@uwo.ca so we can add you to the list.)

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Hey Ski Club 07/08!

Clubs week is over… to the relief of the executive I’m sure who put in a lot of hours. Thanks guys.

I wanted to extend a THANK YOU to all of our members that signed up this week. This year should be great for all you wanna-be ski/board ninjas… yes I said NINJA!

ADD SKI@UWO.CA TO YOUR FRIENDLY LIST ON YOUR HOTMAIL/UWO/GMAIL - this will make sure you get all of our e-mails in your inbox and not in your spam folder.

Dates to keep in mind:

THIS WEDNESDAY - Sept 26 - 07/08 Social #1 @the Wave (2nd floor UCC)
I’ll encourage you fellow ski/board pimps/pimpesses to wear your sexy UWO Ski shirts for ease of recognition and as a demonstration of our look cool factor (LCF). We’ll get a time for this ASAP; keep a look out in your inboxes. The reason why we don’t know yet is because last year the Wave would kick us out at 7 or 9pm depending on the night and turn into 19+ only as it is a bar.

Oct 11-14 - TORONTO SKI AND SNOWBOARD SHOW
http://www.sportsmensshows.com/SkiShow/
This is going to sick for all of us that new some new gear. Seriously, it’s all of last year’s stuff being sold at 50-90% off before all the ‘08 stuff comes in. THERE WILL BE A SIGN-UP FOR THIS. We also need to see what day (Fri or Sat likely) the majority want to go on. Keep your eyes on your inboxes…

Anyways, don’t worry about the trips for a few weeks. We’ll keep you posted… haha I said posted on a post-board…

Ok that’s enough for now
-Aaron
07/08 VP Trips

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Tremblant Trip Wrap-Up

Despite Tremblant’s reputation for being terribly windy and cold, we enjoyed four awesome days of skiing in the sunshine under blue skies. Click on the image below to view a selection of the hundreds of photos we took during our reading week trip to Quebec.

 
[ The pedestrian village at night. Photo: Carlee Armstrong ]
 

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Member Rate Escalation Week!

As the shiny centerpiece of the UWO Ski Club’s recruitment drive, we’ll be participating in Western’s annual Clubs Week event from Monday, September 18th, through Friday, September 22nd. All the information you could possibly need to know, including the where, how to get there, when, why, why not, what to bring and the ever important how much, is now covered in our exhaustive How To Join section.

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