President's Fall Message 

Hello All,

We are almost there ... time to get back on the ice and enjoy the sport we all love. As of this writing, the ice installation is well underway, with the "white paint" being applied over the next couple of days. Some important points to note as our season is about to start ...

• Saturday, September 23rd (next Saturday) is our AGM and Open House. The AGM starts at 11:00am ... all those who were members last year are welcome to attend. The Open House will directly follow the AGM starting at approximately 1:00pm and will run until 3:00pm. The Open House is open to all members, new and old, and those who are considering membership or just want to learn more about the Club. Tasty food and drink will be available. Come out and learn about the status of your Club at the AGM, catch up with other Club Members and hopefully welcome some prospective new members.
• Registration for the Season is open. Please register now so league convenors can begin to plan their leagues. It's a really easy process once you log on to www.staynercurling.com. If you need any help, contact our Registrar, Dee Pauze, at deepauze@hotmail.com. Registration assistance will also be available for those that wish to register at the AGM/Open House.
• In terms of timing, practice ice times will be available during the week after Thanksgiving (October 10th-13th); Leagues will begin on Monday, October 16th. 
• A huge thank you to all of those that have volunteered their time over the past two weeks on the Stonebridge Blues Fest event and the Club "Spruce Up". A Club can only be as strong as its volunteer efforts permit and Members really came through to support both of these initiatives. When you come out to the AGM/Open House, you will see first hand the results of all the "Spruce Up" volunteer effort.
• On a final note, I want to reiterate the subject matter of my last e-mail to members ... the importance of building Club membership. We will speak to this further at the AGM. As you peruse the Club website or Facebook page you will see lots of promotion on our new intiatives around "Try Curling", "Learn to Curl" and the new "Sunday Jitney" and "Jitney Packs". We need all of you to be Club ambassadors for this initiative ... reach out within your circle of friends and relationships to just get one or more involved in these programs. We've made it so easy to just "try it out". As per that iconic film "Field of Dreams" ... if we build the field the people will come ... we sincerely hope this is the case.

That covers all of the important points for now. See you all Soon ... hopefully at the Open House/AGM!

Respectfully,

On behalf of the Board,

John Robbins