Monthly Membership Meeting
Tuesday, December 8th, 2026
7:00 pm
Register To Attend
by Monday November 30th if you want to be sponsored
for long-term Ft. Myer visitor access (see below)
Our next meeting will be on Tuesday, December 8th, 7:00 pm in Ft. Myer's Spates Hall Conference Center. We expect to meet in the Ballroom. Here's the link to a map showing the location of Spates Hall on Ft. Myer.
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 (to be confirmed) 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 Final Payments: Several of our ski trips have final payments due before or coincident with the meeting, or before our next subsequent meeting on January 12th:
Due by December 1st (i.e., prior to the December 8th meeting):
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Sun Valley, Idaho
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Red Mountain, Canada
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Vail, Colorado
Due Coincident with the December Meeting:
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Quebec, Canada
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Steamboat, Colorado
Due by January 1st (i.e., prior to our January 12th meeting):
There are several ways to make your final payments:
- You can pay your remaining balance online directly against your trip invoice. After logging-in, you can find your invoice(s) from your profile page by selecting your name in the upper right corner of the page.
- We can take credit-card payments at the meeting.
- You can also pay online, for one or more trips and for one or more members, in a single transaction, with our Partial Payments Page. However, it won't tell you the amount of your remaining balance; you'd need to first confirm the amount you owe and then enter it manually.
- 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's for ... and you might let your trip leader know that the check is in the mail. Or give the check 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, November 30th, 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, November 30th) 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.
- Any occupant who does not have a REAL ID-compliant state driver’s license will need to provide a second form of identification (a passport will do). 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 applying for temporary/one-day access online at this website:
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- Your application must normally be submitted at least four days (but not more than two weeks) in advance of your visit, but might be approved almost instantaneously depending on your footprint in various online systems.
- If approved, you'll receive a text notification on your phone.
Long-Term Ft. Myer Visitor Access
You may recall that we offered an opportunity, when signing up for our September 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, November 30th and indicate your desire for long-term visitor access.
- We'll include you on the list that we'll send to our contact at Ft. Myer (Ms. Helena Hollo) to request her sponsorship.
- We'll send you an email (on December 1st 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 Spates 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.
- You must take it upon yourself to remember when your access approval will expire. We suggest you make a note on your calendar.
We anticipate the next subsequent opportunity for long-term access sponsorship to be in conjunction with our planned March 9, 2027 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 12, 2027 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.
