Monthly Membership Meeting
Tuesday, December 16th
7:00 pm
Register To Attend
by Monday December 8th if you want to be sponsored
for long-term Ft. Myer visitor access (see below)
Our next meeting will be on Tuesday, December 16th, 7:00 pm at Ft. Myer's Patton Hall (same location as always). The evening will feature our annual campaign in support of Bread for the City, a local charity that supports the needy in our area. Please consider bringing your unneeded, gently used winter coats to donate (as well as your checkbooks!).
Our complimentary holiday menu will include Roasted Top Round of Beef with Roasted Red Potatoes, a Veggie Tray, Mozzarella with Pear Tomatoes, and Christmas Bread Pudding. A cash bar will be available for the beverages of your choice.
Trip Payments: Several of our ski trips have final payments due coincident with the meeting, or before our January 13th meeting, including:
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Snowmass, Colorado - Final Payment
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Lake Tahoe, California - Final Payment
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Copper Mountain, Colorado - Final Payment
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Madonna Di Campiglio, Italy - Due by January 1st - Final Payment
There are several ways to make your final payments:
- You can pay online, before the meeting, directly against your trip invoice. You can find your invoice(s) from your profile page by selecting your name in the upper right corner of the website when you are logged in.
- We can take credit-card payments at the meeting.
- You can also pay by going to our Partial Payments Page, but you will need to know your remaining balance.
- If you prefer to pay by check, make it payable to the Pentagon Ski Club and mail it to our treasurer: Tom Gallagher, 8203 Lazy Point Lane, Lorton, VA 22079. Indicate which trip, and what skier(s), it is for. Or give it to your trip leader (or to Tom) at the meeting.
Registration Required
We're asking everyone to register to attend. This will allow us to adjust the catering, and to offer you an opportunity to apply for long-term (1-year) Ft. Myer Visitor Access (see below). You must register by Monday, December 8th, to be sponsored for long-term visitor access.
If you need to apply for or renew your long-term access, but can't actually come to the meeting, there's an option for that: Register for the meeting and select the option that you want long-term access sponsorship but won't be at the meeting.
Bringing a Guest?
If you plan to come to the meeting with someone else, there are two ways to let us know:
- If your companion is a club member in their own right, they can log in with their credentials and register for the meeting much as they would do if signing up for a trip.
- Whether your companion is a club member or not, you can simply include them in your own meeting registration by clicking on the Add guest button before submitting your registration.
If Your Plans Change
If your plans change and you can no longer attend, please let us know (ideally by Monday, December 8th) so we can adjust our catering order. You may do this by:
- Calling (301-579-2749) or emailing Dave Olsen
- Cancelling your registration yourself:
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- log into your account
- click on your name at the top
- click on My Event Registrations
- click on your meeting registration
- click on the Already registered link
- click on the Cancel registration button
Entry to Ft. Myer
REAL ID Requirement
Ft. Myer has implemented a REAL ID Requirement (click for the full explanation on their website). Briefly:
- All occupants of a vehicle should be prepared to present a REAL ID at the security checkpoint.
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Any occupant who does not have a REAL ID-compliant state driver’s license will need to provide a second form of identification. We suggest you check Ft. Myer's website for the list of acceptable ID.
- You should be able to enter the base as normal if you have an active duty, retired, or dependent military ID, or a DoD-issued Common Access Card (CAC).
- One-Day Access: You might consider instead applying for a temporary/one-day access online at this website:
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- Select Other and indicate Pentagon Ski Club Meeting as your Reason for Visit
- If approved, you'll receive a text notification on your phone that links to your ID credential.
- Your application must normally be submitted at least four days in advance of your visit, but might be approved almost instantaneously depending on your footprint in various online systems.
Long-Term Ft. Myer Visitor Access
You may recall that we offered an opportunity, when signing up for our September 2025 meeting, to be sponsored for obtaining long-term (1-year) access to Ft. Myer. We're able to offer that opportunity on a quarterly basis, so here's another chance!
- Register for the meeting by Monday, December 8th and indicate your desire for long-term visitor access.
- We'll include you on the list that we'll send to our contact at Patton Hall (Ms. Helena Hollo) to request her sponsorship.
- We'll send you an email (on December 9th or soon after) confirming that your name has been forwarded by Ms. Hollo, and that you can go to Ft. Myer's Visitor Control Center (VCC) to apply for your long-term access.
- Go to the VCC during their normal hours (see below) sometime before the meeting. We suggest you go well before the meeting to avoid slamming them that afternoon.
- When you arrive at the VCC, tell them that you're part of the Pentagon Ski Club group that is being sponsored by Ms. Hollo, the Business Manager at Patton Hall. They'll have pre-printed Installation Access Request Forms with her sponsorship. All you'll need to do is present your REAL ID-compliant state driver’s license and complete their form with your DOB and SSN.
- Assuming you pass their vetting process, you should be able to be approved for year-long access during your visit to the VCC.
- Note that Ft. Myer is no longer issuing physical visitor passes. Instead, they will link your access approval to your REAL ID. Then, they will simply scan your REAL ID at the gate. If your state driver's license is not REAL ID compliant, they will link to it, but you will still need to provide a second form of identification (discussed above) each time you enter.
We anticipate the next subsequent opportunity for long-term access sponsorship to be in conjunction with our planned March 10, 2026 meeting. (Note: We won't have a meeting in February.) If you have a pass that hasn't yet expired but will expire before our planned January 13, 2026 meeting, go ahead and request sponsorship now, then go to the VCC once your pass has or is about to expire and they should have your name from the December meeting list.
VCC Operating Hours: Ft. Myer's Visitor Control Center has shortened their hours:
- They were previously open 0600-1700 Mon-Fri and 1000-1500 Saturday
- Their current hours (as of September 2025) are 0700-1530 Mon-Fri ONLY.
