Alpine Saskatchewan Club Prime Contact Messages

Alpine Sask Fall Meeting and Sask Ski AGM - Saturday, Oct 23

Alana Ottenbreit — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 02:32:19 GMT

Greetings.

Mark your calendars for Saturday, October 23rd. Alpine Sask will be holding its fall meeting following the Sask Ski AGM which begins at 11:30 am. Meetings will be held at the Travelodge Hotel in Saskatoon.

Items to discuss at the Alpine meeting include:

- calendar of events
- fundraising
- program plans
- budget
- member registration (who and why)

Clubs are required to attend the Sask Ski AGM in order to receive their MAP funding for 10-11.

If you have any questions, please let me know.

Alana Ottenbreit
Alpine Sask.
1860 Lorne Street
Regina, SK
S4P 2L7
(306) 780-9236 phone
(306) 780-9462 fax
sask.ski@sasktel.net

Sask Alpine 2010 Summer Newsletter - Forward to Club Members

Terry Hooper - President — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 03:18:58 GMT

This email is being sent to all Sask Alpine club prime contacts. Please forward to your membership so everyone has an opportunity to be informed.

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The Alpine Saskatchewan newsletter is now published and ready for your reading pleasure! It's available through the Sask Alpine web site from the home page (www.saskalpine.com). There's lots of information in the twenty pages covering events from last season as well as what's coming up for next. Take some time to read through the articles so you're up to date - and follow up with Sask Alpine if you have comments or questions.

A brief technical note - the newsletter is the Adobe Acrobat document. If you don't have the free reader already, you can download it at get.adobe.com/reader.

If you would like a paper copy of this newsletter postal mailed, contact Sask Alpine's office manager (Alana) at office@saskalpine.com.

Thanks!

Terry Hooper
President - Alpine Saskatchewan

Mt Hood camp

Alana Ottenbreit — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 06:28:41 GMT

Hello Everyone,

I know the sun is shining and its summer but I just wanted to bring to your attention that there has been a change in the dates for the Mt Hood Camp. We are planning to leave on Monday, Aug 16 and returning on Tues, Aug 24. All age groups are invited.

If anyone is interested in attending this camp please contact Wendy Lumby at programdirector@saskalpine.com

Commitment deadline is this Sunday.

Please see Sask Alpine web for more details.

Enjoy the sun!

Alpine Saskatchewan AGM: May 16 in Saskatoon - Agenda

Terry Hooper - President — Tue, 04 May 2010 06:27:53 GMT

To all Sask Alpine club prime contacts. Please read through the complete message below for important points to be aware of.

Objective: Review past season and current state of Sask Alpine's programs and finances. Elect people into executive positions for next season.

Date/time: Sunday, May 16, 2010 from 11 a.m. until 4 p.m.
Location: Sports Hall of Fame Building, 610 Cynthia Street, Saskatoon.

Each club within Sask Alpine is expected to provide a representative to attend for information purposes, provide input, and to carry out the required voting - defined by the Alpine Saskatchewan bylaws and constitution - of the nominations to the executive and director positions.

Registration: Alana Ottenbreit at office@saskalpine.com by May 12. Lunch will be provided based on the registrations received by the deadline.

Agenda will be:

1. Approval of agenda.

2. Review last year's AGM minutes. The minutes from last year's AGM on May 24th can be retrieved from the Sask Alpine web site at:
http://www.saskalpine.com/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=P164qhsrCDk%3d

3. Update report from each of the Sask Alpine executive and director areas:
- President: State of Organization from Past Season.
- Program Director: Review of past season's programs (Nancy Greene, K1, K2, J1/J2/FIS), plans for upcoming season.
- Finance: Current finance state.
- Competition Director: Review of past season (Sask Cup races, points, awards), plans for upcoming season.
- Communications: Review of past season, plans for upcoming season.
- Officials: Review of past season, plans for upcoming season.

4. Nominations for the Sask Alpine executive positions.

Please forward names of people interested in having their names stand for nomination for any of the Sask Alpine executive and director positions. Note that there are several vacant Sask Alpine executive and director positions; Finance, Communications, Program Director. We are specifically requesting nominations to fill these roles. Contact Terry Hooper at president@saskalpine.com with the names of interested people - or if there are questions.

On a personal note: For many months now requests have been issued to have volunteers step into the vacant executive roles of treasurer, communications and program director, but no one has come forward. In the meantime, I've had the added burden of finding ways to cover these vacant roles. The total time I have been allocating to cover everything to has become unsustainable for a variety of reasons.

What it comes down to is this - unless there are people that step up to cover these three positions in Sask Alpine (i.e. director of finance, communications, and program director), I will step down as President. In any case, I hae fulfilled the expected two year term in this position, and someone needs to take over the President's position after next year - so this would be an ideal time for anyone considering doing this to prepare themselves by getting involved on the executive this year in preparation for that role.

5. Other Business. Send additional agenda requests to Terry Hooper at president@saskalpine.com.

Terry Hooper
President
Alpine Saskatchewan

Cell: 306-529-6846
Office Manager: 306-780-9236
Office Fax: 306-780-9462=

Sask Alpine: Annual General Meeting - Book Calendar for May 16

Terry Hooper - President — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 00:27:33 GMT

This email is being sent to all Sask Alpine club administrative contacts, club coaches, and Sask Alpine staff and executive/directors.

The Alpine Saskatchewan Annual General Meeting is scheduled for Sunday, May 16 from 11 a.m. until 4 p.m. in Saskatoon at the Sask Sport Building (610 Cynthia Street). Lunch will be provided.

Each club within Sask Alpine is expected to provide a representative to attend for information purposes, provide input, and to carry out the required voting - defined by the Alpine Saskatchewan bylaws and constitution - of the nominations to the executive and director positions.

Detailed agenda will follow.=

Race Notice Posted for the April 9-10 SaskTel Sask Cup GS at Panorama

Terry Hooper - President — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 06:39:04 GMT

The race notice, registration files, and accommodation/lift information has been posted to the Sask Alpine web site page for this event. This GS race at Panorama will be open for ages E2 (8-10) through to Senior - and will include para-alpine participation. Navigate to http://www.saskalpine.com/Programs/SaskCup/2010GSSpringRace/tabid/239/Default.aspx to gain access to the event information.

Note that there is a registration cap for this race, so get your information in early to avoid disappointment! Saskatchewan clubs are being notified of this event early to get a foot in the door. The race notice will be published to organizations outside of Saskatchewan later tonight.

Fw: NG race help

Alana Ottenbreit — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 02:26:23 GMT

Greetings.

The Nancy Green race this weekend is short of volunteers.

Here are the positions they short for:

Saturday

Level 2
Chief of Gates

Level 1's
1- Time recorder
1-Finish Ref
2- coffee runners
2 Course crew

Helpers- (do not need to be an official)
1- start area organizer
1- Announcer

Sunday.

Level 2
Gate of gates

Level 1's
3- Gatekeepers
2- Coffee runners
2- Hand timers
2- Hand time recorders
4-Course crew
1- Start ref
1- Finish ref

Helpers- (do not need to be an official)
2- Start area organizers
3- Food prep and serve
1- Announcer
3- Help to organize prizes.

If anyone from your club is able to help out, please contact Kevin Isbister at kisbister.pazep@shaw.ca and let him know what you are able to help out with.

Alana Ottenbreit
Alpine Sask.
1860 Lorne Street
Regina, SK
S4P 2L7
(306) 780-9236 phone
(306) 780-9462 fax
sask.ski@sasktel.net

Shipping b-Net from Whistler

Terry Hooper - President — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 08:23:01 GMT

This email is being sent to all club prime contacts and club coach prime contacts. Discuss with members that you believe can provide assistance.

As part of the Vancouver Olympics legacy, there are leftover rolls of b-net that have been allocated for distribution to the Alpine Canada Provincial Service Organizations (PSOs) including Alpine Saskatchewan. In our province's case, we are allocated about 35 rolls of 20 meter b-net.

This week there were further details provided on obtaining the allocated b-net. The net is provided FOB at Whistler - it is the responsibility of each PSO to arrange the shipping. The b-net is to be picked up at Timing Flats at Whistler between April 1 and 15.

Since Manitoba and Alberta also have b-net allocated, and have the same issues to deal with for transport, we have agreed to try and work together to resolve the shipping issue. All three provinces will collect their b-net allocation at Whistler and have it shipped to Calgary - where the Alberta batch will be dropped off and the Manitoba and Saskatchewan portions will continue. Alberta will have 200 rolls and Manitoba 35 rolls (with Saskatchewan having 35 rolls as well). Manitoba's rolls would end up at Asessippi.

These rolls are larger than the Barry b-net we currently use. Their weight is approximately 40 pounds per roll, just over eight feet in length, and 100 rolls is expected to need a 16 foot cube van. So with 270 rolls you can see there's a large transport need to Calgary, and then the 70 rolls after that to Regina/Asessippi.

Do any of our members have a contact that would provide reasonable options and rates for shipping the above? For comparison, we have an online quote of $700 rental of a truck from Whistler to Calgary.

Email me direct at terry.hooper@think.sk.ca on any suggestions.

Thanks.=

Fw: here notice of race

Alana Ottenbreit — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 01:53:31 GMT

Hi.

Please find attached the race notice for Manitoba finals.

Alana Ottenbreit
Alpine Sask.
1860 Lorne Street
Regina, SK
S4P 2L7
(306) 780-9236 phone
(306) 780-9462 fax
sask.ski@sasktel.net

Sask Alpine Nancy Greene Instructor and Volunteer of the Year Nominations

Terry Hooper - President — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 00:20:57 GMT

Sask Alpine is now taking nominations for recipients of the annual Nancy Greene Volunteer and Instructor of the Year awards.

These awards will be presented at the Alpine Saskatchewan Nancy Greene final race/festival in Wapiti on March 21st. Deadline for submitting is March 13th. The process for nominating each is detailed in two separate documents located in the Resource Library page of this web site, but for direct access use the following links.

Nancy Greene Instructor of Year:
www.saskalpine.com//LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=xzdD7o0WqLM%3d

Nancy Greene Volunteer of Year:
www.saskalpine.com/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=zpbgFEuD8fE%3d

This award is to be decided by a committee of club representatives along with a Sask Alpine board member. I need a member from the Nancy Greene program in each club to volunteer to be on this committee - and the names are to be forwarded to Karin Diehl-Ferris (Sask Alpine Director of the Nancy Greene Program) at k_diehl_ferris@hotmail.com. Volunteer requests are to be received by March 13th as well. The responsibility of this committee will be to determine the exact voting process, review the nominations received, and select one person to receive each award based on the information provided.

Michelle Rezansoff
Director of Competition
Alpine Saskatchewan

Race Notice Posted for March 20-21 Nancy Greene Race/Festival at Wapiti

Terry Hooper - President — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 02:55:00 GMT

The race notice and registration sheet are now available for the March 20th Nancy Greene race and March 21st Husky Snow Stars Festival to be held at Wapiti, SK. Registration deadline is March 12th to allow proper organization for all the expected kids.

Navigate to the Sask Alpine web site home page (www.saskalpine.com) and look under the announcements for more details and links to the two relevant documents.

Sask Alpine Sask Cup at Mission Ridge Mar 12-14: Race Notice and Registration

Terry Hooper - President — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 23:08:30 GMT

To all club prime contacts and prime coach contacts.

The race notice for the March 12-14 slalom and dual slalom at Mission Ridge and the registration for the windup supper and awards has been issued. The documents can be found through the calendar entry for this event on the Sask Alpine web site at:
http://saskalpine.com/Calendar/tabid/103/Default.aspx

Note the following:
1. Registration deadline is March 4th.
2. Registration for the windup and awards supper is March 5th.

Thanks.

Terry Hooper
Chief of Race

CSCF Course March 5 - 7

Alana Ottenbreit — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 01:56:51 GMT

Hi.

Just a reminder that there is still room in the Entry Level CSCF course at Mission Ridge on March 5 - 7. Registration is online at www.snowpro.com

Please pass this on to anyone you think may be interested.

Thanks.

Alana Ottenbreit
Alpine Sask.
1860 Lorne Street
Regina, SK
S4P 2L7
(306) 780-9236 phone
(306) 780-9462 fax
sask.ski@sasktel.net

Sask Alpine Level 2 Officials Course: March 7th

Terry Hooper - President — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 05:12:57 GMT

To all club prime contacts and coaches. Distribute within your ranks.

Alpine Saskatchewan will be providing an Alpine Canada Officials Level 2 course on Sunday, March 7th in Regina and Saskatoon. Both coaches and volunteers would benefit from attendance at this course.

This course is relevant for coaches seeking an Officials Level 2 course to be compliant for filling the referee role at races (along with a CSCF Development Level certification). We are thin on referees in the province, and you are encouraged to pursue this. There are no prequisites to attend an Officials Level 2 course for coaches (other than having an Entry Level certification). Note that attending the full Officials Level 2 course equates to 1 RM (Risk Management) and 4 ED (Education) CSCF credits.

This course is relevant for volunteers with an Officials Level 1 standing to fill race roles such as Start Referee, Finish Referee, Race Chair, Chief of Gates, Chief of Race, Chief of Course, Chief of Timing, and Race Secretary. Note that volunteers are expected to have prerequisite experience before pursuing an Officials Level 2 as outlined at:
http://saskalpine.com/Programs/Officials/tabid/83/Default.aspx#level2.

The course will be offered from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in Regina and Saskatoon via video conference link in the following rooms:

- Regina: Sask Sport Building, 510 Cynthia Street (North/back door), main conference room.
- Saskatoon: Sask Sport Building, 1870 Lorne Street (South/side door), main conference room.

Cost will be $10 and charged back to the respective club. For a preview of the course content, refer to the course presentation at:
http://canski.org/images/stories/PDF/National_Programs/Officials/Course_Material/OfficialsLevel2-Presentation_en.pdf.

To register:

1. Visit the Sask Alpine web site and login to your web site account (create one if you don't yet have one).
2. Navigate to the web site Programs > Officials information page at:
http://saskalpine.com/Programs/Officials/tabid/83/Default.aspx.
3. Click on the March 7 "Officials Level 2 Course" hyperlink.
4. Click on the "Enroll for this event?' hyperlink near the Start Date/Time information at the top left of the event description.
5. That's it!

Registration deadline is Monday, March 1st to ensure enough copies of the students' materials are prepared.

Questions: Contact Alana at office@saskalpine.com. =

Sask Alpine: b-net Workshop at Mission Ridge February 10

Terry Hooper - President — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 05:41:54 GMT

This email is being sent to all Sask Alpine prime club contacts and coaches. Consider forwarding to your members.

Sask Alpine has received the Barry Cordage b-net safety fencing for Mission Ridge and will install it in time for the Saskatchewan Winter Games. Understanding of the proper handling, installation, and maintenance of the safety fencing system is important for race coaches, course volunteers, ski area staff - and anyone else that will be working with this system.

A workshop will be offered to that target audience at Mission Ridge on Wednesday, February 10 at 7 p.m. Cost is free. Additional details (including how to register online) can be accessed through the Programs > Other Events web site page (direct hyperlink is

http://www.saskalpine.com/Programs/OtherEvents/tabid/216/Default.aspx). Registration deadline is Monday, February 8th.

NOTE: To register online you will need to login to your Sask Alpine web site account (create one if you don't yet have one).

Questions: Contact Alana at office@saskalpine.com.

Sask Winter Games

Alana Ottenbreit — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 04:27:33 GMT

Hi.

If you are attending the Sask Winter Games as a volunteer, you need to register online at www.saskgames.ca ASAP.

Please pass this message on to anyone in your club that is attending the games as a volunteer.

Thanks.

Alana Ottenbreit
Alpine Sask.
1860 Lorne Street
Regina, SK
S4P 2L7
(306) 780-9236 phone
(306) 780-9462 fax
sask.ski@sasktel.net

Level 1 Officials Course

Alana Ottenbreit — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 07:11:57 GMT

Greetings.

A Level 1 Officials course is being held on January 24 at Mission Ridge. Start time is 10 am.

To register please contact Alana Ottenbreit at office@saskalpine.com

For questions on the course, please contact Terry Hooper at president@saskalpine.com

Alana Ottenbreit
Alpine Sask.
1860 Lorne Street
Regina, SK
S4P 2L7
(306) 780-9236 phone
(306) 780-9462 fax
sask.ski@sasktel.net

Sask Alpine: b-net Workshop at Table Mountain on January 16

Terry Hooper - President — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 06:31:56 GMT

This email is being sent to all Sask Alpine prime club contacts and coaches. Consider forwarding to your members.

As everyone should know by now, Sask Alpine will be receiving and installing Barry Cordage b-net safety fencing at Table Mountain and Mission Ridge this season. Understanding of the proper handling, installation, and maintenance of the safety fencing system is important for race coaches, course volunteers, ski area staff - and anyone else that will be working with this system.

A workshop will be offered to that target audience at Table Mountain on Saturday, January 16 following the race day's coaches meeting. Cost is free. Additional details (including how to register online) can be accessed through the Programs > Other Events web site page (direct hyperlink is

http://www.saskalpine.com/Programs/OtherEvents/tabid/216/Default.aspx). Registration deadline is Wednesday, January 13).

NOTE: To register online you will need to log into your Sask Alpine web site account (create one if you don't yet have one).

If you cannot attend this offering, a second workshop is expected at Mission Ridge within the next few weeks - stay tuned.

Questions: Contact Alana at office@saskalpine.com<mailto:office@saskalpine.com>.

Sask Alpine: Duck Mountain January 30/31 Nancy Greene Race/Festival
Cancelled

Terry Hooper - President — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 05:09:22 GMT

To all Sask Alpine club prime contacts and coaches.

The Race Organizing Committee for the January 30/31 Nancy Greene Race/Festival at Duck Mountain has given notice that they will be cancelling the event due to lack of snow at their ski area. The Duck Mountain ski area does not have have snow-making capabilities and is dependent on natural snowfall. At this point they have had about an inch of snow cover and the forecast is pessimistic for it to fill in by the event date. They regret any inconvenience this causes people that had been planning to attend, and are disappointed they cannot carry through with this event.

As a substitute, it's suggested that the Nancy Greene groups consider organizing a 'scrimmage' event similar to last season where clubs in regional areas created an ad-hoc day for giving the youth exposure to a Nancy Greene race format. This would be in preparation for attending the March 20/21 Nancy Greene Race and Festival in Wapiti. Last year's event in Wapiti in March was a great time for all - and it's expected to be an event to look forward to again this season!=

Sask Alpine b-Net Status: Deadline for 2009 Taxation Year Donation:
Dec 31

Terry Hooper - President — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 12:39:25 GMT

This message is being sent to all Sask Alpine prime club contacts. Please distribute to your members.

We are in the final strokes of building our funds for the b-net safety fencing initiative for our two Saskatchewan ski area training/race courses - Table Mountain and Mission Ridge. There has been a wave of donations received over the last two weeks to take us within grasp of our fundraising goal. As the donation amounts are received, the fundraising thermometer has been updated - check it out on the Sask Alpine web site home page at www.saskalpine.com.

A quick reminder about the charitable donation: To be included as a 2009 charitable donation for taxation purposes, payment must be received at the Sask Alpine office by December 30, 2009 at the latest. If it is received after that, it is still eligible as a charitable donation, but will be applied for the 2010 taxation year. You can find the donation form under the fundraising thermometer on the Sask Alpine web site.

Thanks to all for their efforts in promoting this worthwhile safety cause, and all of the corporate and personal contributions made to date!

Terry Hooper
President
Alpine Saskatchewan=