What the Federation can do for Clubs & Councils. Thursday August 25, 2016

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1 What the Federation can do for Clubs & Councils Thursday August 25, 2016

2 Increase your exposure!

3 Increase Exposure for your Trips Increase Exposure for your Club/Council

4 Another exposure for your trips Interested?? Click here for details

5 SkiFederation.org Detailed information about your trip Who s running the trip Hyperlink to your website Contact the trip leader Attach a trip flyer

6 But we already list the trips on our own website. How is this different???

7 Trips posted on the Federation site are in a searchable database

8 This may not be important to your club members But is important to non-ski club skiers who don t know you but want to go skiing!

9 I want to go skiing in January, but not really sure where

10 Texas trip to Vail looks interesting.

11 Best news any trip leader can enter their trip Just get a username and password PS. We send you a password, but you can change it to one you ll remember

12 Most information can be entered quickly via drop-down menus

13 IF you want more exposure for your trips: take advantage of this Federation benefit

14 But that s not the ONLY way SkiFederation.org can help your Council and Club

15 Use the Federation website to increase exposure for your Club/Council Showcase your Council

16 Showcase: Your Council s history Activities Charity Support Exceptional Members Council activities in support of snowsports * An example is included at the end of this ppt

17 Important Note: Unlike the entering trips in the database, Clubs & Councils only have to SEND THE INFORMATION TO THE FEDERATION. We will post it on the website.

18 Showcase articles your members have written By Tere Mayne, Past President, Texas Ski Council, from the TSC Newsletter Also published, Dianna Digiandomenico: Her Amazing Story fromthe Unrecables (UnLimitedRecreationalAbilities)Ski Club Member of LA Council

19 Upcoming articles: Avoid Passport Pitfalls By Jan Majerus, Thunderbird Ski Club Why Your Club Should Survey Its Membership By Michael Finegold, Upper Cape Ski Club (MA) SKIING DAVOS, SWITZERLAND by Sam Fontaine President, Sly Fox Ski Club (IL) From their FoxTales Newsletter Improve Your Club From the Don Diego Ski Club s (CA) Ski Chatter

20 Highlight up and coming racers

21 Capitalize on the benefits the Federation has negotiated Over 60 offerings Feature these as a benefit of Club membership As long as they have gotten a user name and password for the website, they can access the details for each offer As a club member, our benefits = your benefits

22 SkiFederation.org is a living, breathing entity that needs constant feeding Feeding = content (articles, news, features, pictures, video) If you send us news or stories about your club, your charity efforts, you members We will get it on the website!

23 SkiFederation.org Content Committee welcomes volunteers Volunteer to be in charge of collecting content from your Club and even better for the Clubs in your Council Keep it up year round!

24 It s up to you Help the Federation promote your Club/Council to: Webmaster@skifederation.org

25 Smple of Council Spotlight writeup: New York Metropolitan Ski Council The Metropolitan New York Ski Council had its inception as the Central Ski Committee in Representatives from 6 clubs met for the purpose of finding a way to bring skiing information to New York and to blaze the trails for the adventuresome to escape to the Winter Wonderland. Drawn together by mutual interests, they worked in close harmony with the press and the Northland in an endeavor to evolve a uniform method of snow reporting. The Council found and developed its own area at Norfolk, Connecticut, got ski trains to run there, and promoted weekend snow trains to the Catskills, Vermont, and the Laurentians. It got snow reports into the New York SUN, established a practice slope in Phoenicia, conducted interclub races which have been run ever since 1935, gave free instruction in Central Park, infected thousands of city dwellers with the ski bug by sponsoring movies, and helping promote the first winter sports show in New York City. This Council formed the Metropolitan Ski Patrol shortly after the NSPS was started. Ken Littlefield put out a bulletin, TRAIL SWEEP, which has become the National Ski Patrol s house organ. Over the years this council has been host to foreign ski teams visiting the United States, largely because of its location and because of the efforts of the late John J. Clair Jr. It has also been a leader of the revival of ski touring. ( continued next slide)

26 The following is a highlight of events throughout the years: November 1940 The Metropolitan New York Ski Council met with ski writers. The meeting was devoted to an exchange of ideas between the members of the council and the press. Means of facilitating snow reports were also discussed. November 1940 The Amateur Ski Club, member of the Council, sponsored a meeting to award Minot Dole, Chairman of the National Ski Patrol, with the United States Eastern Amateur Ski Associations Safety Trophy. November 1943 The Swedish Ski Club, one of the most active ski clubs of the east, contributed 17 members to the United States Ski Troops. December 1947 The Amateur Ski Club hosted the United States Olympic Ski Team before they were sent off to the Fifth Winter Games at St. Moritz, Switzerland. November 1949 The Metropolitan New York Ski Council was designated by the National Ski Association of America to serve as the official reception committee to welcome all foreign skiers for the world championships to be held at Lake Placid, New York and Aspen, Colorado this winter. At this time the Council had 28 clubs and 7500 members.

27 October 1950 The Metropolitan New York Ski Council had 30 clubs and close to 10,000 members. January 1952 The Metropolitan New York Ski Council hosted the United States Olympic Nordic Ski Squad before they departed to Oslo, Norway for the Sixth Winter Games The Metropolitan New York Ski Council s Ski Development Committee worked with New York State with forming new ski areas in the State. Today, the Metropolitan New York Ski Council is very active with organizations that bring kids to the slopes. The Council supports and donates to; Stoked Mentoring, Chill NYC, The Peaks Project, Cochran Ski Area. We will also be giving these organizations free ads in our guidebook to help further their causes. The Council also donates and participates in Charity races such as; Race for Cancer, Shawnee Mountain, PA and 24 Hours at Stratton. The Council has gear & clothing drives with various clubs and donates to organizations that could use them. The Council is a member of; National Ski Areas Association, Snowsports Industries of America, Ski Areas of New York and National Ski Council Federation.

28 Michael Calderone, Chairman of the Metropolitan New York Ski Council: I feel we must do our part to bring kids to the mountains. This is the future of the sport. Past members of the council who had an influence in the ski community: John J. Clair Jr. The Chairman of the 1956 United States Olympic Ski Games Committee. John has also held key positions with the National Ski Association of America, National Ski Patrol System and The United States Eastern Amateur Ski Association. In October 1956, John was named winner of the American Ski Trophy, because of his many contributions to the sport. In May 1970, John was inducted into the Ski Hall of Fame. Roland Palmedo The founder of Mad River Glen which opened in He was also an author of many books on skiing and developed one of the most extensive ski libraries in America. Roland was also a founding member of the National Ski Patrol. Harry Voege President of the New York State Winter Sports Council, Vice President and Director of the United States Eastern Amateur Ski Association and he founded The Metropolitan Ski Jumping Committee. He was instrumental in forming ski clubs throughout the Metropolitan New York City area. Harry was also Director of the National Ski Association. From the 1930 s until his death, Harry was an advocate of eastern U.S. Skiing. Today, The Metropolitan New York Ski Council has 45 ski and board clubs and over 20,000 members. The Council strives to uphold the dedication and hard work of the founding fathers in promoting winter sports in the Metropolitan New York City area..