St. Louis Ski Club Membership Application

2008-2009 Membership Expires April 30, 2009

Instructions: Please type or print legibly (a return address label is ideal). Membership runs through April 30 of each year. Minimum age is 21. (Persons under 21 years of age are welcome on trips when accompanied by a responsible club member.) Please read the trip policies on the back of this form. Mail this form with a check to:

St. Louis Ski Club

P. O. Box 4343 Chesterfield, MO 63006-4343

E-mail: info@stlouisskiclub.com

BIRTHDATE: (MM/DD/YY)____________________ Male Female

New Membership $30 Where did you hear about the Ski Club?____________________________

Renewal Membership $30

Senior Member 70 years of age (10 or more years continuous membership)

Must complete form each year to maintain membership.

(Senior Members Only: Pay $10 with application if you wish to receive all mailings.)

Change of Address/Information (Check if your address of record has changed.)

Check enclosed. Use my trip credits.(If using trip credits, please enclose signed trip credit form.)

At the request of our members, we are mailing one newsletter to married couples at the same address.

Please type or print legibly (First/Middle/Last):

Name: ______________________________________________________________________________

Address: ____________________________________________________________________________

City:_______________________________________________State: Zip: ________________

Home Phone: __________________________________Work Phone: ___________________________

E-mail Address: ______________________________________________________________________

Employer:_____________________________________Occupation:____________________________

May we publish your name, address, and home phone number in our membership directory? YES NO

Release of Liability

The St. Louis Ski Club is a not-for-profit corporation engaged in snow skiing and other sporting events and activities for its members. Many of the activities may be hazardous. By applying for membership in the club, I voluntarily assume all risks involved and by doing so I agree not to hold the St. Louis Ski Club, its agents, officers, Board of Directors or members liable for any accident or injury to myself, or for any loss of or damage or destruction to my property which may result from or on account of my participation in a club activity.

I have read and understand this Release of Liability and the club’s Trip Policies and, having done so, I apply for membership in the St. Louis Ski Club.

Signed:___________________________________________________ Date:_______________________________

ST. LOUIS SKI CLUB TRIP POLICIES

A. Trip Administration:

1. Board members may not serve as Trip Captains.

2. The Trip Captain will arrange for lift tickets at group rates. Ski rental information will be made available to the trip participant.

3. The St. Louis Ski Club will not finance post-trip picture parties.

4 The St. Louis Ski Club will not finance any lessons.

5. The St. Louis Ski Club will be responsible for the financial losses of a ski trip due to an insufficient number of trip participants. The Board of Directors may cancel a ski trip at its discretion.

6. With written approval of the Trip Director, the Trip Captain may offer a member a portion of the ski trip. The member will pay any fees or penalties charged to the St. Louis Ski Club for these arrangements. “Land Only” packages are only available for the first 30 days following the annual Sign-Up Night to members who live more than 300 miles from the Lambert St. Louis airport. Full payment for the trip must be received prior to the date the club must cancel airfare without incurring any financial penalties. The Trip Director will verify this date. The club is unable to assist the member in obtaining other travel arrangements in these cases.

7. Trip insurance is the responsibility of the trip participant. The Trip Director will provide this information upon request.

B. Membership Requirements:

1. Membership in the club is required to sign up for all trips sponsored by St. Louis Ski Club.

2. A member's child who is less than twenty-one years of age is welcome on all St. Louis Ski Club trips. In the event a child (children) is a trip participant, an adult SLSC trip participant must accompany and be a designated responsible party for the minor.

3. The St. Louis Ski Club is not responsible for the personal acts of negligence of the individual members. Each (individual) member will bear the full legal and financial responsibility for personal acts or negligence.

4. Smoking is allowed as directed by law and the specific carrier. On all bus trips where permitted by law, the Trip Captain shall designate smoking and non-smoking sections of seating. The smoking seats will be in the rear of the vehicle. Members who plan to smoke will be encouraged to sit in the designated smoking seats for the duration of the trip. Members are requested to refrain from the use of cigars and pipes. No smoking will be allowed between 12 midnight and 6:00 a.m.

5. All bus seats are taken on a first-come basis. Please respect a seat reserved with personal possessions.

C. Sign-up, Deposit, and Cancellation:

1. A signed trip application must be completed and submitted by every trip participant on the trip and the wait list. The Trip Captain will retain all signed trip applications and submit them to the Trip Director with the final trip report.

2. A signed trip application with payment from a member in good standing will be processed in the order received until 9:00 p.m. on the day before the September general membership meeting (sign-up night). (except as noted in #3 below)

3. A voting member who has renewed their membership by May 15 shall have Priority Status for trip sign-ups until 9:00 pm the day before the annual sign-up meeting.

4. The wait list begins when trip sign-ups exceed the budgeted number of trip participants.

5. Children of the St. Louis Ski Club members less than twenty-one years of age will have the same sign-up priority as the member parents.

6. Payment options are as follows:

a) Full payment of the trip price with a signed St. Louis Ski Club trip application.

b) A deposit as posted in the trip schedule with a signed St. Louis Ski Club trip application.

c) A one hundred dollar ($100) deposit with a signed St. Louis Ski Club trip application will secure a position on the wait list. This deposit is fully refundable at any time until the member verbally accepts an open position on the trip.

d) The Trip Captain will inform the trip participant of any additional costs for the trip, i.e., lift tickets, activities, etc., as arranged. The trip participant is responsible for meeting all payment deadlines. Failure to do so will result in cancellation from the trip. The Trip Captain will notify the trip participant if final payment has not been received by payment date. The trip participant will have seven (7) days following the official payment due date to make payment in full. The canceled trip participant will be placed at the end of the wait list if final payment is delinquent. If the trip participant goes on the trip, cancellation fees will be waived.

7. Cancellations:

a) A no-show at departure time of any St. Louis Ski Club trip is considered a cancellation.

b) A cancellation request from any St. Louis Ski Club trip member must be presented to the trip captain in writing.

c) The St. Louis Ski Club will assess a $50 Processing Fee from any confirmed trip participant who cancels from any ski trip for any reason. In addition, all penalties or fees the airline, property or transfer company charges the St. Louis Ski Club due to trip participant cancellation will be paid by the participant. Refunds will be issued only after the Board of Directors has determined the total cost incurred by the club due to the cancellation.

8. Trip participants may not transfer deposits or reservations from one trip to another. A member may transfer a waitlist deposit to a trip with openings. Reservations cannot be transferred from member to member.

9. The St. Louis Ski Club will bear no financial responsibility to trip participants in case of delayed trip departure, return, cancellation or poor conditions. Should one or more of the above listed events occur, the Trip Captain is responsible for making arrangements and/or working with the tour operator to secure alternatives. The Trip Captain will keep the travel group organized and informed.

10. Prices of St. Louis Ski Club trips are subject to change.

11. If a ski trip is canceled due to poor snow conditions, the maximum refund will be returned based upon actual cost to the St. Louis Ski Club.

12. The board of directors will determine a final payment date for each individual trip. The Trip Director will publish this in the Sitzmarker. The Board of Directors may change the final payment date at its discretion.

13. Members who cancel off of a trip are not guaranteed a refund of lift tickets or trip deposits. The St. Louis Ski Club will work with the member and/or the tour operator to obtain airline or lift ticket refunds under special circumstances. The club will make reasonable attempts to fill any trip openings that occur more than 30 days before the departure date. See Section A, #7 and Section C, #7B.

D. Rooming Arrangements:

1. The Trip Captains are prohibited from assigning a single man and a single woman to share the same room. A mutual request by a man and a woman to share a room will be honored.

2. Rooming assignments will be based on order of sign-up. The Trip Captain will inform the trip participants of the type of lodging.

3. Trip participants are subject to the lodging arrangements made by the St. Louis Ski Club. No special accommodations and arrangements will be made.