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- 1950: On August 19, 1950, Arnold Rolkert gathered a group of
friends together including Gunnar Engen, Carlo Hojsgaard, Peter Larsen
Bernard, and Ulla Lindberg tto form what they called The Young
Scandinavians Club of San Francisco. Thirty members attended the club's
first general meeting the following January, and Arnold became its first
president. The name was later changed to simply The Young Scandinavians
Club.
- 1960: YSC incorporated as a nonprofit organization; 10th
anniversary
banquet at Canterbury Hotel (anniversaries celebrated every 5 years
since); first ski cabin rented at Lake Tahoe.
- 1961: Lisa Gille (now Wiborg) begins four-year reign as
president. She later serves another year. Started renting current Clear
Lake cabin.
- 1963: Clear Lake property acquired for $28,000 -
$10,000 down +
$200/month for 10 years. 40 members take group flight to Scandinavia.
- 1964: Cabin Manager and Activities Director positions
elevated to
Executive Committee status.
- 1966: Members make major improvements to Clear Lake
property,
including septic tank, parking area, and leach field.
- 1967: New bathrooms constructed at Clear Lake cabin.
- 1974: Clear Lake loan paid off. The cabin and it's 3/4
acre lot is ours.
- 1976: New pier built at Clear Lake.
- 1980: New floating dock at Clear Lake.
- 1979-1981: Formed CL Task Force to rebuild cabin.
Produced architectural plans and received bids from contractors for
2-story building, cost $135 to $160K. Plans were dropped due to an
existing building moratorium and resulting permit problems. It was decided to
renovate instead.
- 1981-82: Major renovations on Clear Lake cabin, with
member Inge Sullivan as key contractor. Total cost $80,000. (Plumbing
connections for
two shower stalls and a toilet were installed in the men's dressing
room)
- 1986: New floating docks with new steel pilings and sea
wall
reconstruction at Clear Lake.
- 1993: Tahoe cabin purchased for $190,000.
- 1997: Andrew Vik, 24, becomes youngest president in YSC
history;
changes made to the bylaws to include Tahoe Cabin Manager on the Executive
Committee and the Board of Trustees at six full members (formerly five
plus an alternate)
- 1996-1999: A Bathroom Subcommittee was charged with
expanding and
remodeling the bathrooms at CL. After ten different design schemes
construction drawings were submitted for bidding. The plans incorporated a
separate new structure complete with handicapped access and resistant to
periodic flooding. At a cost of $106,000 it was decided that we might as
well build a whole new cabin. Preliminary drawings for a 2-story structure
were made for a presentation at our 50th anniversary. The Bathroom
Subcommittee was disbanded in 1999.
- 2000: YSC celebrates it's 50th anniversary with a grand
party at the Sir Francis Drake Hotel. Guest of honor: Arnold Rolkert -
the first president, flies in from Sweden and delivers this speech.
- 2003: Clear Lake - Replaced 21 year old Ski Supreme with
a brand new Moomba ski boat.
- 2007: Bathrooms finally remodeled according to 1982 scheme -
move wall
to add a toilet and a shower from men's to women's roroom, and
installing two showers in men's room using existing plumbing. Purchase
new gas stove, an electric double oven and a refrigerator for the pantry.
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