NEWS! - Crescent Ski Council Learn to Ski or Board Weekend at Appalachian Mountain Dec 6-7
President's Update September 2008
Prior President's Updates: August 2008
July 2008 -
June 2008 - Apr-May 2008
March 2008 - February 2008 - January 2008
Crescent Ski Council was formed in 1969 primarily to operate long distance ski trips:
- One trip to Vail was offered
- One Racing weekend at a North Carolina ski resort
- The first leadership convention was at Myrtle Beach in 1975.
Today Crescent Ski Council has grown to 22 ski clubs and nearly 5,000 members
- Week-long long-distance Crescent trips and Weekend Trips
- Week-long racing, ski and snowboard instruction clinic each December in Steamboat Springs, Colorado.
- Crescent ski week
- Every other year a second ski week is offered
- Six weekend trips to local resorts in North Carolina and West Virginia
- More than 40 club trips to U.S. and European resorts available to all Crescent members
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Extended Racing Program -- Now considered one of the finest in the nation
- Six racing weekends
- Men, women and children, from novice to expert, compete on an equal basis
- First, second and third place prizes awarded in each flight
- Fabulous drawings for gear and trips at each awards ceremony
- Local race training clinics for beginning racers
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Two annual leadership training conventions:
- Fall Conference - Training workshops about Club Administration, Finance, Socials, Newsletters, Websites, Advertising, Trips, Special Programs and Membership
- Spring Convention at Myrtle Beach - Trade Show, where ski mountains from all over the country present ski resort information to club trip directors; beach games, costume theme party, inter-club competitions in newsletters, scrapbooks and websites; and Annual Meeting of the Board
Organization:
Board of Directors: Two representatives from each authorized club of the Crescent Ski Council
Officers: President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer
Executive Committee: Officers, Past President and Chairpersons of the Standing Committees
Standing Committees: Conventions, Member Services, Racing and Trips
Bylaws:
