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The Institute of Directors: best snow on upper floors The Pall Mall Summit: where it happened
The Institute of Directors has been "supporting businesses and the people who run them since 1903" (quoting from the IOD's website, poignantly revealing a birthdate which matches the SCGB's).
This is not the sort of establishment where you arrive on a space-hopper (chauffeur-driven or not). Inside the building, the MCs of the SCGB and snowHeads would have enjoyed waiter service at tables reserved for discreet business discussions through the decades, surrounded by large oil paintings.
Pall Mall is also home to the Travellers Club (founded 1819), Athenaeum Club (founded 1824), Oxford and Cambridge Club (1830), Reform Club (1836), Army & Navy Club (1837) and RAC Club (1897). In 1630, the area's first court for playing pall-mall (a mallet-and-ball game similar to croquet and golf) was laid out north of the highway, in an area known as St. James's Field (later Pall Mall Field).
Only the best and most sporting location to mastermind the future of British skiing.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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| Comedy Goldsmith wrote: |
The Pall Mall Summit: so who was there?
As reported yesterday, the MCs of "the UK's two largest ski clubs" met yesterday in Pall Mall: Frank McCusker, chief executive of the Ski Club of Great Britain, and Graham MacMahon, admin/webmaster of snowHeads.
McCusker took over day-to-day control of the SCGB in July 2012, inheriting a social media situation defined 8+ years earlier. MacMahon was originally a participant on the pre-2004 SCGB Forum (using the 'u brain' moniker), who set up snowHeads within hours of the SCGB pulling the plug.
What did the two Macs bring to the table (at the Institute of Directors) and what did they discuss? That's for them to reveal (or not) in due course - I don't know.
And what - from their respective backgrounds - made the meeting worthwhile and goal-focused? Perhaps there will be developments. We shall see.
The only other thing I know is that at least one other person was present.
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Comedy Goldesmith wrote:
LATER TODAY ... I hope to bring news of a surprising development relating to the above ... and what may involve some
re-thinking ...
Is that the suprising development? 
Last edited by Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person on Wed 15-01-14 12:20; edited 2 times in total
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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why isnt there a yawning smiley?
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You need to Login to know who's really who.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Or POSH of GB, to put it another way...
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You'll need to Register first of course.
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Will David's ban apply here?
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| Hyst wrote: |
| Does the money one donates now go to The Skiclub of Great Britain in the future? |
Err ... the little I know of admin, and his consummate skill in attracting money like an electromagnet, suggests to me that the cash-flow might be in the opposite direction.
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You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
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So will Graham be selling space hoppers with an SKGB logo on them?
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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| DB wrote: |
| @ Admin - when will Snowheads logo underpants be available? |
...and will they be tiny carving underpants or good old fashioned long straight ones ?
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....... and do you do large? (I've got a big helmet)
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You know it makes sense.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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he did so with some difficulty as a stranger had accidentally already paid our bill
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might not have been an accident 
Anyhow, down to the important stuff...
what did you have to eat?
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| Shimmy Alcott wrote: |
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he did so with some difficulty as a stranger had accidentally already paid our bill
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might not have been an accident
Anyhow, down to the important stuff...
what did you have to drink? |
FTFY.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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This is Fun !
Great Journalism Comedy Goldsmith, but I think you needed to fill out more of the details of what actually went on - what the rules were, and some statistics from the game of pall mall - was there a world series?
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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All SCGB discounts now apply to snowHeads and vice versa?
Last edited by Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see? on Wed 15-01-14 14:16; edited 2 times in total
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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I hope we get a Birthday Card this year. 
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| admin wrote: |
| 'ongoing litigation' with snowHeads. |
Obviously some of us haven't been members for ten years and cant realy be bothered disecting Goldfish's posts so I'd hazzard a guess that someone took offence at someone setting up a ski forum in temper?
We did that when Bikeradar took over from MBUK, nobody gave a sh*t.
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Oh.... that was you winking at us from across the room was it?
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no, it was DG disguised as me. It was the only way he could get in, apparently.
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You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
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I bet you could hang your coat on those.
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I got the impression Wee Frank was not as hidebound as the geezer what banned Goldfish.
He was not even a posh Jock.
Maybe a rapprochment is in the offing.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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I'm surprised no one has mentioned Freshtracks and Bashes so far.
This can't be about lunches and litigation - I'd follow the money. Both the SCGB and snowHeads have discovered the attractions of organising and selling group holidays. Both are chasing a similar demographic of non-family skiers seeking a fun time with similar company - most likely with some instruction/guiding on top - so snowHeads (which doesn't oblige participants to pay a subscription) is a potent threat to a club which does require its new holidaymakers to join and pony-up.
Of course, social media - forums, news, information, discussion, advice, learning - is the new binding agent of an enlightened ski community in the 21st century. Social networking and private messaging are probably now essential to make a ski club meaningful, unified and active throughout the year. And, as we've seen, this constant stream of communication gets people on holiday together.
Perhaps the SCGB is waking up to an attitude of "if we can't beat them, we must join them."
[/end of non-comedic outburst]
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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yawn
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hobbiteater, hows this one? 
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You know it makes sense.
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Comedy Goldsmith, Bashes around 400 punters I guess, Frestracks around 2000. What can either offer each other?
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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| boredsurfin wrote: |
| Comedy Goldsmith, Bashes around 400 punters I guess, Frestracks around 2000. What can either offer each other? |
Commission! Lunch? Bribes! Share certificates?
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Poster: A snowHead
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You missed Chocolate buttons....
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Both are chasing a similar demographic of non-family skiers
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I'll get my coat then if I'm not wanted here - well anywhere!
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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| Comedy Goldsmith wrote: |
I'm surprised no one has mentioned Freshtracks and Bashes so far.
Both are chasing a similar demographic of non-family skiers seeking a fun time with similar company
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So Snowheads exists solely to get people to go on bashes?
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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| Comedy Goldsmith wrote: |
I'm surprised no one has mentioned Freshtracks and Bashes so far.
This can't be about lunches and litigation - I'd follow the money. Both the SCGB and snowHeads have discovered the attractions of organising and selling group holidays. Both are chasing a similar demographic of non-family skiers seeking a fun time with similar company - most likely with some instruction/guiding on top - so snowHeads (which doesn't oblige participants to pay a subscription) is a potent threat to a club which does require its new holidaymakers to join and pony-up.
Of course, social media - forums, news, information, discussion, advice, learning - is the new binding agent of an enlightened ski community in the 21st century. Social networking and private messaging are probably now essential to make a ski club meaningful, unified and active throughout the year. And, as we've seen, this constant stream of communication gets people on holiday together.
Perhaps the SCGB is waking up to an attitude of "if we can't beat them, we must join them."
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Except that Fresh Tracks is doing very nicely indeed.
Fresh Tracks offerings are premium priced whereas Snowheads tend towards cheap and cheerful.
So not necessarily rivals.
The SCGB Forum is a bit pony; but then the members mostly do not give a s*** about forums.
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Hyst, theres really no need for it to be a "them and us" situation so fingers crossed
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Look. I'm on holiday. Against my better judgement I have dipped into this thread. Please will someone send up smoke signals or something when there is actually anything to discuss on this topic. I really don't want to know whether admin had fish fingers or boiled haddock, but such information would be more interesting than what has gone on so far.
Goodnight
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You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
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If Rupert Ponsonby-Smyth joins I'm off......
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| JohnHSmith wrote: |
Look. I'm on holiday. Against my better judgement I have dipped into this thread. Please will someone send up smoke signals or something when there is actually anything to discuss on this topic. I really don't want to know whether admin had fish fingers or boiled haddock, but such information would be more interesting than what has gone on so far.
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I must congratulate you, JohnHSmith, on that posting ... which (to my mind) is the most ludicrous on this thread. Firstly, you say you're "on holiday". What is the relevance of that remark?
"Against my better judgement ...". Indeed, you have clearly stumbled upon this work of literature and then regretted you ever picked up the book. Well, my heart bleeds for you.
"Please will someone send up smoke signals or something ... I really don't want to know whether admin had fish fingers or boiled haddock, but such information would be more interesting than what has gone on so far."
Well, in that case you should know that admin actually ate smoked haddock. But you won't ever learn that, because you've now quit this thread in a fit of pique.
I wish you a pleasant holiday and wish you were here.
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