Week Ending: May 6, 2005

The purpose of this communication is to provide an activities update to the membership of the Patroller Committee and interested patrollers as it relates to changes that are taking place which may affect our future involvement as patrollers, and the direction of our purportedly membership driven organization.

Activities during the past week were focused on digesting the information collected at the Detroit meeting. This information has been sent out to the participants of that meeting for further review and comments.

The good news is that our momentum is growing which has resulted in more National Ski Patrol members offering comments, suggestions, and of course wanting to actively participate with this team. As a result we have spent time working on an organizational design to support the various expanding activities that are in flight. During the next week we will be putting in place a steering team made up of Division representatives, and 5 sub teams (Marketing/Communications, Discovery, Legal, Financial, and Member Contacts). The leader of each sub-team will form the Core team. Additionally, we have defined an operating discipline to ensure prompt issue resolution, and communication protocols.

Further, we continue to lay a strategic plan with key milestones and checkpoints to drive our discussions with the National Board in a constructive and timely manner.

Our next critical activity is participation in the June NSP Annual Board Meeting that will be held on June 24-25 in Golden, Colorado. We are encouraging all registered national ski patrollers to attend this meeting. This would be a great opportunity to interface with the leadership of our organization and a good way to truly understand the issues at hand.

Our current NSP Vision and Mission was revised in 2004/2005 and reads as follows: Vision: is to be the premier provider of outstanding education programs and services benefiting the global outdoor recreation community. Mission: Provide quality focused education and training in safety, credentialed outdoor emergency care and transportation services.

In the Ski Patrol Manual dated 1941, the ski patrol was defined as follows: “The National Ski Patrol System is essentially a great cooperative movement organized by skiers, run by skiers, for the benefit of all skiers. It is a national organization of Registered Ski Patrols whose primary objective is to work towards greater safety and thus greater enjoyment in the sport of skiing”.

Subsequent statements until 2004 reflected a common theme of a member driven organization with a focus on skiing and ski safety.

So, why has the SKIING gone out of SKI PATROL? Is this the kind of organization that we want to continue supporting?

Pass the word, keep the momentum going. This is your chance to make a difference and have your voice be heard. Take 5 minutes this week to contact 5 other patrollers and get them to register on: www.nationalskipatrol.org then ask them to contact 5 others.

Sincerely,
Your PC Team

Week Ending: May 6, 2005

The purpose of this communication is to provide an activities update to the membership of the Patroller Committee and interested patrollers as it relates to changes that are taking place which may affect our future involvement as patrollers, and the direction of our purportedly membership driven organization.

Activities during the past week were focused on digesting the information collected at the Detroit meeting. This information has been sent out to the participants of that meeting for further review and comments.

The good news is that our momentum is growing which has resulted in more National Ski Patrol members offering comments, suggestions, and of course wanting to actively participate with this team. As a result we have spent time working on an organizational design to support the various expanding activities that are in flight. During the next week we will be putting in place a steering team made up of Division representatives, and 5 sub teams (Marketing/Communications, Discovery, Legal, Financial, and Member Contacts). The leader of each sub-team will form the Core team. Additionally, we have defined an operating discipline to ensure prompt issue resolution, and communication protocols.

Further, we continue to lay a strategic plan with key milestones and checkpoints to drive our discussions with the National Board in a constructive and timely manner.

Our next critical activity is participation in the June NSP Annual Board Meeting that will be held on June 24-25 in Golden, Colorado. We are encouraging all registered national ski patrollers to attend this meeting. This would be a great opportunity to interface with the leadership of our organization and a good way to truly understand the issues at hand.

Our current NSP Vision and Mission was revised in 2004/2005 and reads as follows:
Vision: is to be the premier provider of outstanding education programs and services benefiting the global outdoor recreation community.
Mission: Provide quality focused education and training in safety, credentialed outdoor emergency care and transportation services.

In the Ski Patrol Manual dated 1941, the ski patrol was defined as follows: “The National Ski Patrol System is essentially a great cooperative movement organized by skiers, run by skiers, for the benefit of all skiers. It is a national organization of Registered Ski Patrols whose primary objective is to work towards greater safety and thus greater enjoyment in the sport of skiing”.

Subsequent statements until 2004 reflected a common theme of a member driven organization with a focus on skiing and ski safety.

So, why has the SKIING gone out of SKI PATROL? Is this the kind of organization that we want to continue supporting?

Pass the word, keep the momentum going. This is your chance to make a difference and have your voice be heard. Take 5 minutes this week to contact 5 other patrollers and get them to register on: www.nationalskipatrol.org then ask them to contact 5 others.

Sincerely,
Your PC Team