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ABOUT AUSTIN SKIERS
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We’re glad you’ve come to visit! We hope
you’ll find that joining our club provides you with enjoyment, excitement,
and opportunities to meet great people. Skiing is our main business, and fun
is the outcome. Austin Skiers offers a variety of opportunities for
singles, couples, families, ages galore, to interact and share common
interests. Many of our trips are specifically geared for family fun.
Our Beginnings
Austin Skiers’ roots go back all the way to
early 1970, Joe Colbert, Fred Hansen, and Roger Beasley (yes, that
Roger Beasley) and several others founded the Club to bring together area
skiers for economical group trips and to provide a social setting for skiing
enthusiasts. In fact, over 300 people attended the first group meeting, and
200 of them joined the Club when it was incorporated at the next meeting
(February, 1970). In April, 1970, 50 members took Austin’s first trip to
Vail, Colorado. The new adventure was beginning!
Where We Are
From those early days, the Club has
continued to exist as a non-profit organization. Volunteers run the Club,
plan the trips, and spend significant time to bring you the best ski/winter
trips your money can buy. We’ve skied on five continents, at dozens of the
world’s most famous and fabulous resorts—and more cheaply than normal! Ever
wanted to ski Austria? Italy? France? Even New Zealand? We’ve been there.
How about closer to home: Whistler, Tahoe, Aspen, Lake Louise, Sun Valley,
Breckenridge, Snowbird, Jackson Hole—on and on; if you want to go there,
chances are we do, too!
Click on the following
links to find out more about us!
Austin Skiers organizes a
number of trips each year, usually beginning with the Thanksgiving weekend,
and running through late March or early April. Sometimes, we even take trips
during our summer to ski the Southern Hemisphere (where it’s winter
then!)—South America, New Zealand, and more!. Trips are usually
all-inclusive, with air, ground transportation, and lodging in the deal
(lifts usually extra). We also offer special optional excursions on some
trips, which include tours of famous cities or sites and special activities.
Trips usually run about seven days, with occasional shorter, concurrent 3-4
day options on some trips. When choosing potential resorts, we try to
include a variety of terrain, night life, optional activities, and local
flavor. We also listen to our members – we take a yearly survey of them on
where they would most like to go—and we usually schedule it sooner rather
than later!
View the 2010-2011 Trip Lineup
These run year-round. They’re held in a
variety of Austin locations; for example, hotels, community centers, and
retail stores (wherever winter sports are being talked about!). Meetings are
usually held the 2nd Tuesday of the month, from about 6:30 to
8:30 p.m., and usually begin with a social hour, followed by a program
relevant to skiing, boarding, or other sports or activities. These programs
can be lectures, equipment demos, discussions, and other neat discourses on
the subject. Anyone can attend, and you can join the club during these
meetings, too! Meeting locations are
posted in various areas (see the
Getting Info link below).
We even meet informally every week for a
drink or two, some munchies, and great conversation at
Happy Hours. We hold these all
around Austin, in some of its most well-known venues. While we might do or
discuss business (such as signing up for trips, asking about activities,
etc.), the tone is actually more social and informal. This is the best place
to meet new people, as well as to find out more about the Club from some of
its officers and old hands who’ve been around. Happy Hours run every
Thursday from about 5 to 7:30 p.m., usually in the same location for a
month, then moving to another venue for the next month. See the
Getting Info link below for how to find out
about Happy Hour locations.
Skiing (and boarding) might be our first
love, but it’s not our only love! We also plan and run numerous special
activities- usually around town, and often beyond that! If you want to do
something for fun, chances are that we’ve done it, will do it, or better
yet, take your suggestion and run with it. Past activities have included:
day trips, dinners, movie nights, scuba diving weeks (including the
Caribbean!), holiday parties, bike rides, sporting events, picnics, fashion
shows, camping, you name it! Our Special Activities VP serves as the
catalyst for planning and administering club special activities. These are
also published every month in our Newsletter
Getting Info
There are a number of ways we get our
messages out to you:
Newsletter
For members, a monthly newsletter is
published, which gives out Club information on trips, meetings,
activities, and other items of usual or special interest. This year we
are using an electronic format to deliver the newsletter. You can
request information by clicking here!
Sign up to receive club emails and the electronic newsletter.
Web site
Well, you know about that, because you’re
on it now! Our Web site contains a potpourri of activities, trip
information, meetings, photo galleries and trip updates. The site is
updated as needed (usually every few days). The address is:
http://www.austinskiers.org/
Also look for our link from the Austin 360 site.
Local Publication Ads
Check out local sports shops for our
brochures. Other local periodicals also post our activities.
Come to a Happy Hour, meet folks and get the latest news!
Personal Touch
Nothing beats talking to someone in
person.
Austin Skiers'
Executive Council
members
frequently attend club trips, meetings, activities, and Happy Hours. Look
for their name tags, or ask someone around—they’ll point them out to
you. If you have a question or concern, talk to them. They’ll be glad to
help you!
Interested in joining? We hope so! It’s not
hard to do. You should first fill out a membership application. Membership is $35 for a single member, or $45
for family membership (immediate family, spouse or significant other).
Membership is renewed each June1 marking the beginning of the traditional
ski year. Remember, that only paid members can attend our trips!
We welcome your
comments, suggestions, and questions. You can pass these along at any
meeting, Happy Hour, or activity. Or, you can contact one of our
Officers/ Director
to communicate directly with him or her. Please use the
red e-mail sign up
form to subscribe to our electronic newsletter and activity reminders.
We’d love to hear from you, and we hope that you’ll consider making Austin
Skiers a part of your lifestyle!
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