EDGE_NovDec08:•EDGE JAN/FEB 2004 10/29/08 9:53 AM Page 1 NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2008 RMU Island Sports Center An Earth-Changing Partnership Get a Competitive Edge with Technology Integration Energy-Saving HVAC Tips The Business of Coaching EDGE_NovDec08:•EDGE JAN/FEB 2004 10/29/08 9:53 AM Page 2 EDGE_NovDec08:•EDGE JAN/FEB 2004 10/29/08 9:53 AM Page 3 Volume 11, Number 3 November/December 2008 Publisher Ice Skating Institute Editor CONTENTS Lori Fairchild Editorial Advisors Peter Martell iAIM Schools Support Arena NOVEM BER/DE Randy Winship CEMBE Professionals in Difficult Times . .6 R 2008 Print Production & Advertising Sales Manager Technology Integration Carol Jackson A key to competitive advantage . .8 by Pat Walter Art Director RM Logan McCoy U I Take Control of Your sla nd Energy Use, Part 2 . .10 Spo Contributors A rts Tiesha Potvin Coale Reduce space and water heating n Earth Cen -Changi ter Denny Durbin energy consumption ng Partn Lisa Fedick ership Rob McBride by Rob McBride G Dianne Powell et a Com Edge petitive Pat Walter The Business of Coaching . .16 with Te Integra chnolog by Tiesha Potvin Coale tion y The ISI EDGE (USPS 017-078, Energy H -Saving ISSN 1522-4651) is published RMU Island Sports Center: VAC Tip bimonthly; January/February, s March/April, May/June, July/ An Earth-Changing Partnership . .20 The Busine August, november/december, by Dianne Powell of Co ss November/December; by the aching Ice Skating Institute, 6000 Custer Road, Building 9, The 3 Most Important Plano, TX 75023 . 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Submissions ISIA Education Foundation Report . 30 of manuscripts, materials, photographs, and artwork are made at mailer’s risk and Ice Arena Association News . 32 must include self-addressed envelope with sufficient postage for return. No Calendar ISI-Endorsed Competitions & Shows/Exhibitions . 34 responsibility will be assumed for unsolicited materials. ISI reserves the And Another Thing . 38 right to edit material sub - mitted for content and space consideration. EDGE_NovDec08:•EDGE JAN/FEB 2004 10/29/08 9:53 AM Page 4 CROSS CUTS ARID Ice introduces new desiccant dehumidifier SAVAGE, Minn. – ARID Ice has introduced the new MS 2600 desiccant dehumid - Dedicated to providing leadership, ifier, designed for smaller recreational, practice and curling rinks. This system is education and services to the designed to mimic the physical and power consumption profiles of typical mechan - ice skating industry. ical refrigeration dehumidifiers. Designed to deliver 2600 scfm of dry air and run ICE SKATING INSTITUTE on less than 20 amps of electricity at 480 volts, the system provides increased 6000 Custer Road, Building 9 Plano, TX 75023 drying capacity with minimal retrofit cost. Becker Arena Products Inc. is the exclu - Phone: (972) 735-8800 sive distributor for the MS 2600. Fax: (972) 735-8815 e-mail: [email protected] www.skateisi.org NHL contracts CIMCO for outdoor Winter Classic ISI INTERNATIONAL HEADQUARTERS CONCORD, Ontario — CIMCO Refrigeration Inc. will provide customized portable Executive Director outdoor rink services for the NHL’s 2009 Winter Classic outdoor hockey game fea - Peter Martell turing the Chicago Controller & Tradeshow Manager Karen Schaffer Blackhawks and Detroit National Skating Program & Red Wings at Wrigley Events Coordinator Randy Winship Field on Jan. 1. The agree - Membership Coordinators ment calls for CIMCO to Kathy Chase Angela Tooley design and manufacture Advertising Sales & a refrigeration package, ICEHOUSE 300A, which will be installed in a 53-foot trail - Print Production Manager er so that it may be used for future events in a variety of venues. The initial term Carol Jackson Senior Accountant & of the agreement includes the next six Winter Classic events. CIMCO is the NHL’s Sponsorship Sales Manager Preferred Rink Equiment Supplier. Stuart Sedransky Art Director Logan McCoy Information Services Coordinator Tai Babilonia and Bear Hill Sports announce partnership Jeff Anderson CHARLOTTE, Vt./LOS ANGELES — Kim Dow, founder of Bear Hill Sports, and U.S. Administrative Assistant Mary Ann Mangano and world gold medalist Tai Babilonia have partnered to create a new line of figure skating apparel for women and girls. The Tai Collection’s initial line, which will launch ISI OFFICERS this winter, will include several simple but elegant skirts, a ballet wrap style sweater President Jim Hartnett 1st Vice President Mike Paikin hand-woven in South America, leggings and two leotard-style tops. The line will be 2nd Vice President Janice Forbes available at bearhillsports.com. Treasurer Rob McBride Secretary Margy Bennett Immediate Past President Jim Lange 50th Anniversary ISI DIRECTORS District 1 Scott McCoy Conference, Trade Show District 2 Robyn Bentley District 3 Lisa Fedick and Skating Championships District 4 Christine Wilson Brinton District 5 Larry LaBorde set for May ’09 in Orlando District 6 Toni Cooper PLANO, Texas — The 50th Anniversary District 7 Jamie Baringer District 8 Alane Swiderski ISI Ice Arena Conference & Trade Show District 9 Brigid LaMear is scheduled for May 26-29 in Orlando, District 10 Char Martin Fla. at the Hilton in the Walt Disney District 11 Liz Mangelsdorf District 12 Debbie Lane World Resort. In celebration of the District 13 Cindy Jensen milestone anniversary, the ISI annual District 14 Paige Scott District 15 Bert Blanchette event will be preceded by a recreational District 16 Cindy Solberg ice skating competition May 23-25 at District 18 Glyn Jones RDV Sportsplex Ice Den, and will fea - Hockey Dan Smith Builders & Suppliers Doug Peters ture a gala and other special activities ISI President Jim Hartnett presents a certificate Instructors David Santee during conference week. Additional of completion of the ISI Judge Mentoring Commercial Facilities Kevin McCormack Schools, Colleges, highlights will be announced in the Program to Crystal Williams, a skating instructor Universities Glen Danischewski coming months. Watch for an e-mail at Harry J. McDonald Memorial Center in Eagle PSA Representative Gerry Lane announcing the event prospectus post - River, Alaska. Williams served as an assistant to USFSA Representative Homer Hagedorn the competition director, Randy Winship, and ISIAsia Representative Raul Gomes ing on skateisi.org, and look for a spe - the chief referees during the 2008 World AMMA Representative Trudy Ivory cial insert in the January/February MIAMA Representative Dean Mulso Recreational Team Championships in Denver. MIRMA Representative Judy Sniffen issue of ISI EDGE . Education Foundation Don Bartelson Lifetime Honorary Member Carol Zdziebko Send announcements and photos to [email protected]. Watch your e-mail Updates for facility news, including construction and openings. 4 ISI EDGE NOVEMBER /DECEMBER 2008 EDGE_NovDec08:•EDGE JAN/FEB 2004 10/29/08 9:53 AM Page 5 EDGE_NovDec08:•EDGE JAN/FEB 2004 10/29/08 9:53 AM Page 6 iAIM thanks our 2008 sponsors: • ARID-Ice by CDIMS Schools Support Arena • Athletica • Becker Arena Products Inc. Professionals in Difficult Times • Facility Management Corp. here is no question that 2008 head-on with an empha - has ushered in one of the most sis on high-quality, Tdifficult financial times our affordable introductory industry has faced in many years. and recreational ice Despite the strains on our budgets and sports programming. schedules, more arena professionals Students learned the than ever before have committed the proven concepts of time and resources necessary to strategic ice scheduling achieve iAIM certification this year. to maximize revenue as A total of 156 arena managers, well as linking and operators and programmers earned blending programs to certification at schools held in Kansas increase retention and Participants in the iAIM Schools of Programming and Management, held in Rockland, Mass. City (in partnership with IAAM), progression into other Michigan, Minnesota (in partnership arena activities. Creative marketing of Association (MIAMA) to provide certifi - with MIAMA) and Massachusetts. the facility and programs, sponsorship cation schools for members at their fall These dedicated professionals under - and ancillary revenue sources were all meetings. The collaboration got off to a stand that the best way to overcome covered in detail to give graduates the strong start in September with more than our current challenges is to invest in knowledge and tools required to have 40 graduates earning their iAIM Certified an immediate impact Arena Management (CAM) or Certified on growing revenue. Arena Operations (CAO) credentials. Of special note as Combining the resources and assets we look back on the of both organizations proved once 2008 schools is the again that our industry can achieve so expanding partner - much more when we work together ships