Hello Gators,
The 2018 Ski trips are on sale! Sign-ups began in late April for our next ski season. Destinations available include Steamboat, Colorado; Andorra and Barcelona Spain; Taos, New Mexico; Jackson Hole, Wyoming and Sierra Nevada, Spain. Still in development are Winter Park, Colorado and Vail, Colorado. Please sign up soon to get the trip of your choice. Please visit our website, read our weekly email blast and download our newsletter regularly to keep up with all of our events.
Our annual membership picnic will take place on Saturday, May 13th in Carlin Park at the Beach Pavilion. This free celebration features hotdogs, sides and beverages prepared and served by your Board members. Please invite your friends and coworkers to come. Join us there and renew your membership. Play some fun games, listen to some good dance music and socialize.
Our new officers were elected on April 13th. Thank you to all who voted to give us a quorum. Congratulations to Sharon Long, President; Patti Bochniak, VP / Ski Trips; Kathy Levas, Secretary and Cheryl Barnes, Member at Large. The positions of VP / Special Activities, VP / Socials and Treasurer are not filled. The newly elected Board will appoint officers to fill these spots at the first Board Meeting of the new fiscal year on June 1st. In addition to the positions just mentioned, we will also be appointing Directors. We are looking to fill the positions of Event Comptroller Director and Communications Director. I invite any qualified members who are interested in volunteering for these positions to please contact me.
We will be moving our meeting place temporarily, probably in July. The North Palm Beach Country Club will be closing for reconstruction and renovation for several months. In the interim we will be moving our meeting place to the Marriott in Palm Beach Gardens. I will keep you posted as the date gets closer.
April 22nd marked the seventh and final Leisure Bike Ride of the season with Ben Smith leading a wonderful ride at Riverbend Park in Jupiter. Thank you, Ben! Afterwards, we enjoyed lunch at Too Jay’s. Stay tuned for the next season of bike rides that will start in the fall of 2018.
Betty Williams hosted her final Easter Party on Saturday, April 8th, since she will soon be downsizing to a condo. Betty generously opened her home again to entertain the Gators, and we all had a marvelous time. Betty will have two final parties: her Memorial Day Party on Saturday, May 27th and her Fourth of July Party on Saturday, July 1st. Please do not miss out on your last chances to enjoy these special events.
On April 21st a big crowd of Gators visited St. Augustine, where we stayed downtown. We had a great time congregating at the courtyard. People visited the historical and entertainment sights, and then tried out the bars with a Saturday afternoon pub crawl. The ghost tour Saturday night was a lot of fun. Kudos to trip leaders Debbi Haselmire and Walter Marussich for a job well done!
Come to our Friday night happy hours, arranged for you by Debbi Haselmire with input from the Social and Special Activities Committee. Happy hour is an excellent way to start the weekend with your Gator friends. We have including some new and exciting venues mixed in with Club favorites. If you have any ideas for happy hours, please contact Debbi.
The volunteers on our Social and Special Activities Committee meeting are working hard to bring you fun parties, events and trips this year. If you have an idea for an event, please bring it to the committee. If you would like to get more involved, please join the committee, volunteer to lead an event or trip, or offer to assist other officers. We are looking for volunteers to help us with our events, so please watch for our next meeting. With your help we can make your Club even better.
Thank you for the opportunity to serve you.
Sincerely,
Sharon Long
President
