SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2004 TSXTSX Taylor’sTaylor’s BrightBright BeaconBeacon Electricity andand thethe Ice ArenaArena Scheduling forfor Maximum ProfitProfit Dealing with Over-Exuberant Parents Volume 7, Number 2 September/October 2004 Publisher CONTENTS Ice Skating Institute Initiative and Finishiative: Editor Lori Fairchild Keys to Success . .6 by Dr. Jack Vivian Editorial Advisors Peter Martell Patti Feeney Scheduling for Maximum Profit . .8 Print Production and Advertising Sales Manager by Michael Paikin & Robert Mock Carol Jackson Art Director Electricity and the Ice Arena: Cindy Winn Livingston A Hostile Environment for Contributors a Dangerous Necessity . .10 Dave Gorgon/CityTaylor, of Dave Mich. Robert Mock by Albert Tyldesley Michael Paikin Kathy Toon Albert Tyldesley Joint Statement Revision . .16 Jack Vivian The ISI EDGE (USPS 017-078, ISI Fall Instructor and ISSN 1522-4651) is published bimonthly; January/February, Manager Seminars . .17 March/April, May/June, July/ August, September/October, November/December; by the Ice Skating Institute, 17120 Dealing with N. Dallas Pkwy., Ste. 140, Over-Exuberant Parents . .18 Dallas, TX 75248-1187. Annual Subscription Rate by Kathy Toon Taylor Sportsplex is $24.00 per year. Periodicals postage paid at Dallas, TX, and at addi- tional mailing offices. COVER FEATURE POSTMASTER NOTE: Send TSX: Taylor’s Bright Beacon . .20 address changes to ISI EDGE, by Lori Fairchild c/o The Ice Skating Institute, 17120 N. Dallas Pkwy., Ste. 140, Dallas, TX, 75248-1187. Printed in the U.S.A. Judges Pass Update Test . .30 Subscriptions available through membership only. ©2004 by the Ice Skating DEPARTMENTS Institute. 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C C ICE SKATING INSTITUTE 17120 N. Dallas Parkway, Suite 140 news and notes Dallas, TX 75248-1187 Phone: (972) 735-8800 Editor’s Note: In an effort to provide the either. The new scanner can be easily Fax: (972) 735-8815 most timely information, rink news and retrofitted to an existing computer e-mail: [email protected] control system or installed in con- www.skateisi.org announcements are now posted on ISI EDGE Online, a monthly newsletter dis- junction with Accent’s Rink-Pro Ener- ISI INTERNATIONAL HEADQUARTERS tributed to ISI members via e-mail. If you gy Management System. Executive Director Peter Martell are not on ISI’s e-mail address list, please Managing Director, register on the registration page of the Glenview Park District hires Member Programs & Services Web site: skateisi.org. Patti Feeney Decker as skating director National Events Coordinator & GLENVIEW, Ill. — The Glenview Park Skating Program Director An Evening with Champions Barb Yackel District has hired Monica Decker as Director, Facility Programs & Services set for Oct. 8-9 figure skating director for the Glen- Jason Johns view Ice Center. Decker is a former Administrative Assistant CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Top Olympic Kathy Chase and world skaters will continue their competitive skater who has taught Controller & Trade Show Manager battle against cancer this fall as they group lessons and served as ISI’s pro- Karen Schaffer gram coordinator. She holds ISI and Membership Coordinator once again gather here Oct. 8 and 9 to Kimberley Russelle participate in America’s premier figure USFS judge credentials. While work- Advertising Sales & skating exhibition, “An Evening with ing in the corporate sector, Decker Print Production Manager Champions.” Since it began in 1970, developed business skills in such areas Carol Jackson as customer service, staff manage- Sponsorship Sales Manager “An Evening with Champions” has Stuart Sedransky raised more than $2.1 million for can- ment, marketing, organization and Marketing Coordinator cer research and care through the communications. Emily Silva Jimmy Fund. Paul Wylie, a 1992 Information Services Coordinator Jeff Anderson Olympic silver medalist, will make his Gould joins Suburban Training Editor 19th appearance with the show. He Center as assistant manager Lori Fairchild will be joined by an impressive slate Art Director FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. — Sub- including Johnny Weir, Jenny Kirk, Cindy Winn Livingston urban Sports Group Katie Orscher and Garrett Lucash, has hired John ISI OFFICERS Tanith Belbin and Benjamin Agosto, President Jim Lange Gould as assistant and the Haydenettes of Massachu- 1st Vice President Mike Paikin manager at Subur- 2nd Vice President Gerry Hart setts. A Boston tradition organized by ban Training Cen- Treasurer Jim Hartnett Harvard’s Eliot House, “An Evening Secretary Margy Bennett ter. Gould holds a Immediate Past President Boyd Wietecter with Champions” will take place at bachelor of busi- Harvard’s Bright Hockey Center with DIRECTORS ness administration performances scheduled for 8 p.m. District 1 Katy Hayden degree from North- District 2 Robyn Bentley on both Friday, Oct. 8 and Saturday, District 3 Richard Arenella eastern University Oct. 9. Tickets are $30 for adults and John Gould District 4 Jeff Doucette and a master’s in District 5 Shane Douglas $10 for children and senior citizens, sports management District 6 Carol Burns and may be purchased by calling District 7 Jack Vivian from the University of Michigan. Dur- (617) 493-8172. Group rates are also District 8 Jimmie Santee ing his time at Northeastern, Gould District 9 Dan Smith available. For more information and District 10 Char Martin worked for three years assisting in the an update on performers, go to District 11 Liz Folger operation of the university’s District 12 Jenise Jensen www.aneveningwithchampions.org. District 13 Janice Forbes Matthews Arena, as well as at The District 14 Paige Scott Pond, a local hockey and soccer facil- District 15 Donald Bartelson Accent launches District 16 Cindy Solberg ity. In addition, he was an arena District 18 Jean-Claude Detre Total Ice Scanner reporter for U.S. College Hockey Hockey Spiro Giotis Builders & Suppliers Doug Peters VICTORIA, British Columbia — Online. At Michigan, Gould was Instructors David Santee Accent Refrigeration Systems has named operations supervisor and Commercial Rinks Andy Deyo Public Rinks Al Tyldesley announced the launch of the Total Ice assistant event manager at Yost Ice Schools, Colleges, Universities Vicki Korn Scanner, which combines the benefits Arena. He was also involved in a con- PSA Representative Gerry Lane sulting project at Detroit’s Ford Field, USFSA Representative Homer Hagedorn of multiple in-ice sensors and the Lifetime Honorary Member Carol Zdziebko broad sensing area of an infrared cam- and took part in the NCAA Academic era without the shortcomings of Reform Movement. 4 ISI EDGE SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2004 SoftSoft SeriesSeries 850850 A Soft Boot For Your Toughest Customers Now there’s a rental figure skate that offers unmatched durability for you and lasting comfort for your toughest customers. Riedell’s new 850 Soft Series is loaded with features that provide the ultimate fit and longevity to increase your bottom line. NEW SOFT MESH NYLON UPPERS for 2004! 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It takes a lot of talent and hockey tournaments, figure skating com- Tboth initiative and “finishiative.” determination to get projects or programs petitions or learn-to-skate programs. While these traits are not common, started, but it is far more difficult to carry Initiative affects the planning and they can be developed and are essential them through to completion, to make promotion of the to leading and directing any organiza- them successful. The finished project is program. Individuals tion in the 2000s. Why is it that some what counts — finished in a timely fash- and teams need to organizations with fewer resources out- ion, within budget and with attitudes know about pro- perform others with more staff and bet- and enthusiasm at the same level as they grams far enough in ter facilities? Usually because the person were at the start of the project. Many advance to fit dates MANAGEMENT at the top has both initiative and “fin- building improvement projects or pro- into their schedules ishiative” characteristics. grams are not fully completed because and to register for the Initiative is a characteristic com- management fails to stay on task and fails programs. Brochures Jack Vivian monly evaluated on job appraisal forms to require workers to stay on task. need to be designed and something that should be encour- According to Atthreya, “finishia- and produced in aged by all employers in the workplace.