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Director's Letter

I would like to begin with a big THANK YOU to Scott Ulbrich for his leadership and support as Chairman/President of our Foundation over the past five years. In that time, we achieved several goals: constructing new exhibits, inducting more honorees into the Hall of Fame, and attracting new Museum members and donors while keeping the Foundation financially solvent in a very tumultuous year. Your leadership, Scott, was a guiding light-thank you! Now, a big WELCOME to David Vandehei as our new Chairman/President. David brings a wealth of business knowledge from 32 years as an executive for JC Penney Company. David and his wife, Susan, have been involved at Utah Olympic Park since volunteering for the 2002 Winter Olympic Games and are lead docents for our Educational Field Trip Program. David and Susan have a great love of skiing and especially enjoy Alta Ski Resort.

Some of the Museum highlights since our last newsletter include:

• Starting the 2009/2010 School Year with a full schedule-36 registered Educational Field Trip schools. This is the first time we have had a complete "sell-out" since starting our Field Trip program in 2002. Our Educational Field Trip program is made possible thanks to the Summit County RAP Tax Grant, the Marriner S. Eccles Foundation and the Park City Sunrise Rotary Club.
• Continuing to update our website through Search Engine Optimization- thanks to CentralPoint Systems. Please take the time to visit www.engenmuseum.org and see what is new. Thanks to the Summit County 1% Restaurant Tax Grant which made this website enhancement possible.
• Installing a new web cam kiosk exhibit that is linked to our website and enables Museum guests to send a postcard of themselves and/or their group to friends and family via e-mail. This exhibit was made possible thanks to a grant from the Utah Office of Museum Services.
• Installing a new Intermountain Ski Hall of Fame structure to accommodate our yearly induction of Hall of Fame members. This exhibit was made possible thanks to a generous grant from the George S. and Dolores Dore Eccles Foundation.
• Our Exhibit Committee is currently working with the Prance Corporation to install a new exhibit in the Museum Foyer. The proposed exhibit will feature a video wall comprised of 4 by 40 inch LCD TVs displaying University of Utah J. Willard Library Ski Archives photos and video content. This exhibit is also made possible thanks to the George S. and Dolores Dore Eccles Foundation.

Thank you to the very supportive and gifted Board of Trustees, patient docents, generous granting agencies, wonderful museum members and all of the fabulous museum guests who come through our doors each year. Wow! What a fabulous year we have had already!

Connie Nelson