The Beginner's Mind the Season Opener: Fall Seminar
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Fall 2013 Issue #1 2013/14 Season PNSIA-EF The Season Opener: Fall Seminar October 12, 19 & 20 Spokane, Portland, Seattle The Beginner’s Mind by Tara Seymour Season Guide Inside! Event Details through July 2014 DUES: DID YOU FORGET? IT’S NOT TOO LATE! Who’s Who: The 2013 Exam Pass List To renew your membership by phone call (206) 244-8541 or to renew Member “Contribs” online go to PSIA-NW.ORG Snow Pro Tips and more! Calm in the eye of the snowstorm. When the forecast calls for snow, call on the 2013 Subaru Outback with Symmetrical All-Wheel Drive, which transfers power to all four wheel all the time. This much control lets you handle the road conditions regardless of the weather report. Love. It’s what makes a Subaru, a Subaru. Subaru is proud to partner with PSIA and AASI. 2013 PSIA_FallAd.indd 1 7/1/13 4:28 PM contents features contributions fall seminar 10 with Ron Kipp, USSA Alpine 4 President’s Report by Bill King, President Sports Education Manager, Author and Keynote Speaker 5 National Report by Ed Younglove, PSIA-NW National Representative and ASEA Treasurer 6 Call for Candidates 2014 by Mary Germeau, Executive V.P. 2013-2014 8 Certification Report 14 by Chris Thompson, Certification V.P. Season guide 9 Education Reflections Complete Event Information by Kim Petram, Education V.P. pages 14-21 13 Survey Highlights by Tyler Barnes, Communications V.P. 14 Welcome to the 2013/14 Northwest Season by Kirsten Huotte, Executive Director 22 The beginner’s 24 Alpine & Snowboard Snow Pro Tips by Linda Cowan, Jeremy Riss, Jesse Murphy and mind Greg Dixon by Tara Seymour 26 2013 Exam Pass List: Congratulations! 28 Seven Ingredients for Great Demos by David Lawrence Growing the Sport & Retaining the Core by John Gifford, PNSAA President 29 Service Award Recipients & 20, 30, 40, 50 & 60-Year Members ON THE COVER Mike Buzzelle enjoying some of the epic groomers 31 Nordic Fall College at Mission Ridge. We’ll be seeing you here for Early Season Event Details Symposium and a few other events this season! Photo by Nick Barth fall 2013 3 state of the union Our methods of working together over the last 25 each Board meeting, for your representative to president’s years or so, have generally served to our mutual ask questions or relay concerns to the Board as benefit. What were the issues then? Three words: a whole. If the answer is simple I will provide Report people, perceptions and principles. People try it there, if not I will ask the appropriate person by Bill King, PSIA-NW President to do their job; often they do it in a vacuum, es- to get back to you or your representative within pecially when dealing with actions between dif- three weeks. “The further you can look ferent entities. These actions create reactions back, the easier it is to see the amongst the people involved in the process. I am also asking the Secretary & Second VP to future.” – Winston Churchill Then personalities take over. Throw in systems post the minutes of ExCom and the full Board that don’t work as advertise, with a touch of meetings within a reasonable time after the Since my election on May 19, ego and trust is gone. If it were this simple, it meetings. Likewise, all meetings are open to all 2013, all I can say is the sum- would be easier to fix. However, it is more com- of the membership. My only ask is you let the of- mer has been a blur. Taking plex, as the people involved are very talented fice know a month ahead of time of your intent. over the Presidency, learning and competent. This is so as to have the space available. It your the day-to-day nuances of organization please let me know what your is- the organization has been a pleasant but a time Hence, we needed and continue to need to look sues are. consuming effort. For almost 20 years as a Board back so we can look forward. Stepping back we member, I knew the office was doing a lot. But I asked ourselves what is the one or is there one I am reachable at (206) 369-6988 or my e-mail of must admit, I did not fully appreciate the work basic issue we could recommend a change to [email protected]. Thank you for the privilege of Kirsten, Cami, and Vicki do behind the scenes. and the answer became clear. Let’s return to a allowing me to serve you. M pre 2008 situation where National bylaws al- They make each of our lives easier as we wait for lowed Division’s to directly elect their represen- Bill King is a twenty plus year member of the snow to fall and after, so from the beginning tatives to the National Board. Representatives PSIA, Alpine Level II certified instructor for many thanks. Thus the summer has been a great that would represent their Divisions, that would Ski Masters School. He can be reached at 206 learning experience, an opportunity to learn from work together to suggest changes, to balance 369-6988 or by e-mail: [email protected] Jack Burns and the other members of the ExCom the needs of a national organization with ideas the in and outs of what PSIA-NW really is and from each of the diverse divisions, to insure the what it takes to make it better. Continuous im- public consistency in the high level of instruction provement is a mantra of the aerospace industry our members provide. The clients do not see the National Report and I see our staff practicing it here. Divisions. They see PSIA or AASI. They don’t see by Ed Younglove, PSIA-NW National Representative it is the groundwork of the Divisions that create and ASEA Treasurer I have consumed much of my summer working on the product or generally realize the Divisions are the Governance Task Force (GTF). By the way of providing the direct service. This is my first opportunity to background, during the summer of 2012, PSIA/ report since the June meet- AASI (National) drafted an affiliation agreement The GTF is currently recommending National re- ing of the National Board of and presented it to the nine divisions for signa- turn to the bylaws that gave the divisions direct Directors in Golden, Colo- ture and approval. Their objective was to for- control over appointment and potential removal rado. The June meeting is the mally create a relationship between the Divisions their representatives. Once this is accomplished, organization’s regular busi- and National, which in the past was largely an the National Board can review and address the ness meeting. At this meet- informal relationship. Not being in our best inter- other issues. It will mark the beginning of rees- ing, along with other busi- ests, we rejected it. Jack Burns, recent past-Pres- tablishing the trust lost over the last 5 years. ness, the officers are elected; ident, with the help of several of us drafted an the organization’s financials are reviewed; and a alternative version that National rejected. Over Aside from GTF, I want to address issues that budget for the upcoming year is adopted. the course of the year, five divisions accepted the surfaced during my campaign for President. The agreement and four of us rejected it (Northwest, first is a perception that the PSIA-NW Executive All of the organization’s officers were up for elec- Intermountain, East and Rocky Mountain). At an Committee (ExCom) and the general Board of Di- tion at this year’s meeting. The officers’ terms impasse over the affiliation agreement, National rectors are not adequately communicating with are for two years. The incumbent officers were convened the GTF. They decided to focus on Gov- membership. While there is an appearance of this, unanimously re-elected: Eric Sheckleton, Presi- ernance, the art of how we run ourselves both on I personally don’t believe this is entirely true. I dent (Northern Rocky Mountain division), John the national level as well as the divisional level, know each Board member is in contact with many Peppler, Executive VP (Central division), Peter but most importantly how we interact together of their constituents and a fairly regular basis. Donohue, Secretary (Rocky Mountain division) as entities. National created the GTF to work out With 3500+ members, it is hard for Board mem- and Ed Younglove, Treasurer (Northwest divi- the “rules of the game.” bers meet with everyone. However, it should not sion). The national board has a strategic role, stop you as members from reaching out to them, unlike many of our division boards, which tend In June 2013 at Lakewood, Colorado, the GTF to me or anyone else on the Board. Let us know, to be operational in nature. The board sets goals met for 17 hours over a day and a half. We arrived what you think, what is it you think will move us for the organization’s staff and adopts a budget at a number of potential recommendations. We in better direction. On my part I want to renew a for the staff to achieve those goals. The board brought them back to our respective Boards for program that existed for many years. I am asking also accounts for the organization’s performance comment. The result was a series of comments, your elected representatives to visit each of the against those goals and the budget. some supportive, others outright rejections.