Mt. Laurel Skiers

Board Meeting Minutes

February 11, 2004

Zabbara’s Restaurant

New Britain, Ct.

Board Attendance

2003-2004 Board in attendance

ü	Eric Ardolino – President
ü	Tom Knudsen – Vice President
ü	Bob Wallace – Secretary
	Erika Walz – Treasurer
ü	Kate Robertson – Asst. Secretary/Treasurer
ü	Stan Wasel – Past President
	Anne Alden – Director
ü	Susan Forsdick – Director
	Ray Taksar - Director
ü	Penny Trick – Director
ü	Jason Frechette - Director
ü	Tina Oswald – Director
ü	Pat Moore - Director
ü	Mandy Lavalle – MTL Queen

The meeting was Called to Order at 6:35 PM by President Eric Ardolino.

Secretary’s Report

Stan Wasel asked that the January 7,2004 board minutes be amended to reflect the adjusted Treasurer’s report from December, 2003 that was distributed by Erika on Jan. 20, 2004. The corrected checking balance is $22,545.39 and our total assets are $51,791.13. The adjustment was necessary due to duplicate Motion to accept the minutes as amended was made by Susan Forsdick and seconded by Penny Trick. Minutes were unanimously approved.

Treasurer’s Report

The Jan. 31, 2004 Treasurer’s Report was unavailable, but will be emailed to the board next week and will be presented at the next board meeting along with the February 29, 2004 report for approval. Eric Ardolino presented a report that reflected adjustments made to December 31, 2003 balances.

Money Approvals – No money approvals were needed.

Membership – Current membership is 376. There are 40 Prospective members and 98 Household memberships. Including Household memberships, there are 474 total members. Tom Knudsen mailed the rosters to members that had paid for the mailer. Tom will also send reminders to the Prospective members that reminds them of membership requirements.

The Winding Trails contract has been changed to September 26, 2004. Still need a chair for Lobster cookout.

Lodge Lease –Tom Knudsen will start the Lodge Lease negotiations soon. The lease expires in April. Eric reminded the board that we lose some negotiating power as we get closer to lease expiration.

Club Race – 2/28/04 is the date and the race will be at Pico. Adults are $32, young adults are $28 and juniors are $25. Waivers were not in the newsletter mailing and can be obtained from Tom or printed from the website.

The Election Committee continues moving ahead with it’s candidate search. Elections will be held on April 28, 2004.

Alison Reno will chair the next Annual Banquet. The contract is signed with Indian Hills for May 22, 2004. Non-dinner members MUST pre-pay. No one will be admitted at the door without prior reservations.

Ambassador – Mandy presented the recommendations of the Queen Mum’s for how MTL will transition to the Ambassador role. The Queen Mums offered a comprehensive overview of the Ambassador’s definition, responsibilities and benefits. The board was fully supportive of the new role. The Mum’s will present to the membership at an upcoming meeting.

Heart On Weekend – Frank Molnar has purchased the food for Heart On Weekend at the Lodge, but is unable to attend the event. Penny and Pat will coordinate food preparation for Heart On Weekend. Thanks to both of you!!!

Jack McManus, in a recent email to the board, questioned the 10 percent rule for advancing to a higher class in the recently revised race rules. The board agreed that the rule needs review and that a smaller amount (1-3 percent) should be considered. Tom will advertise this change in an upcoming newsletter and bring it before the membership at a future meeting.

Jack McManus recent flurry of emails to Eric and the board have generated concern among board members. Bob Wallace made a motion that a combined board response to Jack was appropriate and necessary. The motion was seconded by Jason Frechette. Bob will create the first draft for board review.

The meeting was adjourned at 7:55 PM . Motion by Pat Moore , seconded by Jason Frechette .