Membership Registration for 2008/09
It feels like the wrong time of the year to be thinking about the next ski season. Or is it only the membership director who feels this way?  It doesn’t matter. Download and print your form here: Registration Form
Read your membership form carefully; there are a few changes from last year. The club expects to reap large savings by encouraging members to take delivery of Ski Chatter electronically. This year’s form has a checkbox you can check to indicate that you want to continue to receive the newsletter by Canada Post.  Leave this checkbox unchecked to let us know you want to take electronic delivery.
The terms of membership are the same as last year. The membership year is from December 1, 2008 to November 30, 2009. The membership fee is $25.
Two registration sessions are scheduled for this fall: Saturday, October 18 and Saturday, November 8 from 10:30 am until 3:00 pm both days. The sessions will be held at Canada Olympic Park (main building, second floor)… a new location this year.
Mail in your form early so the Membership Committee can have your membership card ready for you to pick up at one of the sessions. We also make cards while-you-wait for folks who register on-site. Members who don’t make it to a session will receive their cards by mail after the last session.
Besides easing the job of making and handing out cards, the registration sessions are major social occasions. You should attend if you want to learn more about:

• Club Ski Trips and Ski Days
• Sunshine & Lake Louise Discount Cards and Norquay Season Passes
• Ski lessons and clinics
• Social Committee events
• Volunteer opportunities
• Potluck dinners

I’m looking forward to meeting you at a session. For more information, contact: Jim Kinnaird (403-266-0003 or sascmembership@telus.net)

Fall Dinner Dance — 'Crimson Wreath Gala'
Please mark your calenders now and plan to spend a very enjoyable evening with your ski friends at our annual Christmas Dinner and Dance. It will be held at the Red & White Club (McMahon Stadium) on Friday, November 21. Enjoy cocktails at 6 pm with a buffet dinner starting at 7 pm. Dinner includes turkey with all the trimmings, vegetables, salads, a dessert selection, and coffee or tea.
Following the buffet, dance to the popular stylings of 'Cream & Sugar'… spot dances and door prizes add to the fun evening.
Tickets are $55/person (with tax and gratuity included). Call Fran Koenders (403-251-4597) for information or mail your ticket order to Fran at:
29 Ceduna Lane SW, Calgary T2W 6H5
Donna Cornea (403-686-7688) can also be contacted if you have questions about this event.

Pot Luck Dinners
We will continue to hold the monthly “Pot Luck Suppers” from November, 2008 through to April 2009. This tradition was started by Carla Wearmouth several years ago and she held them in her own home every month during ski season. When Marianne Kortes took over as the coordinator a new format was started whereby other club members are encouraged to step forward to volunteer their home to host one of these fun events. Peter Blacow organized the program through last season and Shirley Roddick is the coordinator for this year.
The host sets the number of guests according to the space they have available. Each guest brings one of either an appetizer, a main course casserole, a salad or a dessert, for approximately 6 to 8 people, plus a bottle of wine. Cocktails are at 6:00 pm and dinner is served at 6:30 pm.
The first two pot luck dinners for this season are:

• Saturday, November 15; Host Shirley Aldous (403-243-1072)
• Saturday, December 13; Hosts Dorothy & Maurice Tyler (403-242-1477)

Please make your reservations early and directly to the host, as spaces are usually limited and there is always a waiting list. If it is necessary to cancel, please do so as soon as possible so that the spot may be filled by someone on the wait list, and to ensure enough food is brought.
If you are interested in hosting a dinner in the new year please call Shirley Roddick at 403-243-3002.
Shirley Roddick 

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